Olympic and Paralympic Village Vancouver

General Information

Venue Type: Non-Competition
Location: Southeast False Creek Area, Vancouver
Venue Capacity: 2,100
Website: www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/olympicvillage/

Venue Description:
Olympic and Paralympic Village Vancouver features modern low and mid-rise accommodations for 2,100 athletes and officials and sits an average distance of 12 kilometres from Vancouver area competition venues. Athletes will be able to walk, bus or take a ferry to the city's shopping and entertainment districts, and enjoy nightly medal ceremonies and cultural celebrations just moments away at BC Place.

Post-Games Use
Following the 2010 Winter Games, Olympic and Paralympic Village Vancouver will be converted into mixed-use, model sustainable community, with a focus on affordable housing for families and sustainability. Sustainable features will include a new island and inter-tidal fish habitat, and seaside greenway and bikeway, urban agriculture, rainwater management systems, green roofs and neighbourhood energy system. By 2020, Southeast False Creek will be home to 12,000 to 16,000 people.

Construction Information

Construction Type: New
Start Date: April 2007
End Date: March 2010
Construction Responsibility: Millenium Properties Ltd.
Total Expected Expenses: $315 million
            VANOC: $30 million
            City of Vancouver: $285 million
General Contractor: N/A

Construction Update:
Development of the Village in southeast False Creek will be carried out by the City of Vancouver, in cooperation with VANOC. The 1,100-unit project represents the final stage in the complete renewal of the False Creek site, begun by the three levels of government in the 1970s. Temporary structures for the Games will be set up starting in September 2009. Removal of temporary structures will start in March 2010 and the village will assume its post-Games legacy design.

Restoration of the Heritage Salt Building foundation is complete. The Development Permit Applications have been accepted and excavation has begun on six to eight parcels and the City of Vancouver site servicing, road building and waterfront restoration work is 90 percent complete.

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