Everyone is moving back to the city. In Vancouver there was a long gap where there was no commercial building development in the downtown core, and there was ev

Everyone is moving back to the city. In Vancouver there was a long gap where there was no commercial building development in the downtown core, and there was even a short period where they were converting commercial buildings to residential, but there is a significant amount of commercial construction now. The western Canadian telecom Telus is building[1] a new HQ downtown and is moving there from their current building in the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby. The Telus Garden complex will have a residential component as well, and their employees were offered priority and a bit of a deal on units in it. It sold out pretty much instantly.[2] [1]http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/property-report/a-garden-in-the-sky-in-the-heart-of-vancouver/article4179465/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-n... [2]http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/teluss-vancouver-condos-fly-off-the-market/article4098423/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/teluss-...