S p e c i a l F e a t u r e
Thank you Burnaby!
Conwest Group of Companies
250-1311 Kootenay Street, Vancouver
P. 604-294-5067 | www.conwest.com
Celebra ng 30 years
in business
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featuring a luxury retail zone, fashion
anchor stores, new restaurants and
a cinema—all in an indoor-outdoor
conƒguration located around the
Brentwood SkyTrain station.
As for Metrotown, it was put on
the world map decades ago due to its
transformation into a shopping and
business mecca (the community plan for
Metrotown was adopted by City Council
in August of 1977), and today it is widely
considered to be the crown jewel of
Burnaby's town centres. Shoppers and
tourists alike regard Metrotown as a
spectacular destination that would take
considerable e—ort to improve upon; but
evolution is occurring here too on a large
scale, as witnessed several years ago
when Sears Canada announced plans
to carry out a $1 billion redevelopment
project on an 8.9 acre parcel at
Metropolis at Metrotown.
The project will signiƒcantly
expand retail and commercial options
in the immediate vicinity and add as
many as seven new skyscrapers to
an already glittering skyline (prior to
Sears' announcement and just a quick
walk to the west, the Station Square
development has already transformed a
chunk of real estate into a high-density
neighbourhood with ƒve residential
towers ranging from 38 to 52 storeys).
"Not only has our focus on town
centre development created spaces that
allow all of our citizens to live, work,
learn and play close to home, very
importantly, it has also enabled the
continued preservation of most of
our city's treasured green spaces
and historic neighbourhoods," says
Mayor Derek Corrigan.
As deƒned on the City of
Burnaby's website, the town centres
"o—er a full range of housing and
services.'[They]'help to provide
complete communities within each
quadrant of the city,'providing residents
with an'option to'walk, bike,'take transit
or drive to a local destination'where they
can access the mix of goods and services
to meet their daily needs.'
"All of Burnaby's four town centres
provide oce, retail and supportive
professional services. All are served by
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Team BCIT making a di erence
Dr. Hassan Farhangi
Director, BCIT Applied Research and the
NSERC Smart Microgrid Network
