TORONTO: 696
MONTREAL: 386
VANCOUVER: 240
CALGARY: 215
EDMONTON: 117
WINNIPEG: 90
OTTAWA-GATINEAU: 70
QUEBEC CITY: 58
COURTESY OF SAJE
SOURCE: BTA Works,
Statistics Canada
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"That's really a double-edged sword. Is
it a good thing to have an ecosystem
that helps companies get bought up?"
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DOMESTIC BLISS
Saje Natural Wellness will be
the largest tenant in Mount
Pleasant's Lightworks Building,
which has a rooftop garden
W
hen you're a well-
ness company
surrounded by a
coastal rainforest, you've got a
built-in one-with-nature brand-
ing that money can't buy. Why go
anywhere else?
Vancouver's geographic gifts
are a large part of the reason that
Saje Natural Wellness is staying
put and deepening its local roots
with a massive new headquarters
plant for radar equipment used
in the Second World War. Saje's
head o•ce will be the antithesis
of a bustling factory, a serene
hideaway whose large outdoor
area includes a rooftop vegetable
garden and a meeting space with
mountain views—the perfect
backdrop for o•ce yoga sessions.
Vancouver "is part of the
DNA of the company—we so
love it here, and it embodies
what our culture is about, and
the backbone of our company
is connecting people," says
co-founder and
CEO Kate Ross
LeBlanc. "Vancouver is such a
central nucleus to wellness for
all of Canada."
No Place Like Home
REAL ESTATE
NO. 3
WITH A
GREAT VIEW
Vancouver ranks third
nationwide in number
of head offices
set to open late next year, out
of PC Urban Properties Corp.'s
new Lightworks Building in
Mount Pleasant.
Saje, whose products include
essential-oil and skincare lines,
will be the anchor tenant for most
of the six-storey, 54,000-square-
foot development, which includes
a major heritage restoration. At
street level, the original building,
completed in 1942, was once a
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