Vancouver Olympic/ Paralympic Village
Interview: Ian Smith - Manager of Development SEFC & Olympic Village, COV
Interview: Ian Smith - Manager of Development SEFC & Olympic Village, COV
Interview: Ian Smith - Manager of Development SEFC & Olympic Village, COV
1702 Columbia Street Vancouver, British Columbia
The Olympic and Paralympic Village is part of the Southeast False Creek (SEFC) development. The SEFC site includes 32 hectares of formerly industrial lands which constituted the last remaining tract of undeveloped waterfront land in downtown Vancouver. The SEFC development has over 600,000 square meters of residential development, approximately 6,200 housing units, and an estimated total population ranging from 10,000 to 12,000 people. The first phase of the development, completed at the end of 2009, temporarily accommodated athletes of the 2010 Olympic/Paralympic Winter Games, after which it was converted into a high-density, mixed-use sustainable neighbourhood with approximately 1,100 housing units.