Top 10 Reasons to Invest in Surrey City Centre
Provided by the Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association.
- Real Estate Investment Network Ranked Surrey as “The #1 Place to Invest in BC” on March 11, 2009
- The City of Surrey has created a new Investment Action Plan offering developers incentives and streamlining approval processes to encourage the build-out of Surrey Centre.
- An increasing number of head and regional offices are moving to the City Centre including 7-11 Canada, JP Morgan Chase, Citizenship & Immigration, Fraser Health and more.
- Surrey City Centre, BC’s second major urban centre, is connected. Skytrain is a just 25 minute ride to Vancouver and access via skytrain to the Vancouver International Airport.
- Simon Fraser University’s new urban campus. They are now expanding their facilities with programs and research in health, science and technology.
- The City of Surrey is building a new library and relocating City Hall to Surrey City Centre as well as the Regional RCMP E Division in the adjacent Green Timbers Park.
- There are over 130 acres of development land available in Surrey City Centre.
- The City Centre is located in the fastest growing municipality in BC with 1,000 new residents per month.
- Surrey Memorial Hospital is receiving $840 million for a new critical care tower and Surrey Outpatient Hospital.
- The provincial government has invested capital of over $10 million into the first phase of SFU Surrey.
Download a PDF of the Top Ten Reasons to Invest in Surrey or see how Surrey compares to other cities in Metro Vancouver with this City Comparison Presentation by Murray Dinwoodie.
