News
January 14, 2010
Nesters Markets Open 23,000 Sq. Ft. Grocery Store at UniverCity
Nesters Market will open its 10th location at UniverCity, the award winning sustainable community on Thursday, January 14th at noon.
The UniverCity store is 23,000 square feet of the best that Nesters Market has to offer including a full selection of groceries, meats and produce at very competitive prices. Also available are unique products and specialty services that make Nesters Markets so popular in the communities in which they live and operate, including organic and natural, imported and top-quality fresh foods; a full-service seafood counter; a deli-bistro featuring hand cut sandwiches, take-home lunches and dinners; and a bakery. Opening soon will be a full-service Pharmacy and Postal Office. Download the release (PDF).
April 24, 2009
UniverCity Honoured With ULI Award for Excellence
UniverCity, the sustainable community being developed on Burnaby Mountain, was honoured on Friday as a winner of the Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Awards for Excellence: The Americas competition.
Created in 1979, the ULI Awards for Excellence are the Institute’s most prestigious awards program. Based on ULI’s guiding principles, they are meant to recognize best practice in land use and development. The criteria for the awards include leadership, contribution to the community, innovations, public/private partnership, environmental protection and enhancement, response to societal needs, and financial viability. Download news release (PDF).
January 29, 2009
UniverCity Welcomes New Elementary School
The Province has signed an agreement with the Burnaby board of education to deliver a
new elementary school near Simon Fraser University, which will be built using an existing building located at the heart of the UniverCity development on Burnaby Mountain.
The school will be a partnership between the Provincial government, which is providing
$7,897,809; the Burnaby School District, which is providing $1,250,000; and the SFU Community
Trust, which is contributing not only the building and the land but also $1,250,000 to the project. Download news release (PDF).
November 24, 2008
SFU Community Trust to Examine Sustainable Energy Options at UniverCity
As part of its commitment to sustainable development, Simon Fraser Community Trust is partnering with Corix Utilities to examine opportunities for the development of a sustainable energy system at UniverCity. The feasibility study will explore options for providing heat and domestic hot water to new housing projects planned for the UniverCity community.
For more information on this project click here, or download the release (PDF).
November 13, 2008
UniverCity Wins Two Major Awards in One Week
Over the past week the SFU Community Trust has been honoured not once but twice for UniverCity, the innovative residential community that is developing adjacent to Simon Fraser University (SFU) on Burnaby Mountain. In two separate events, one in Ottawa and the other in Dongguan, China, UniverCity was awarded for initiatives that address affordable housing in the Vancouver area, as well as for the overall planning and execution of UniverCity as a model of sustainable community building. Download news release (PDF).
