News
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).