Residential development in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
This article is about the Vancouver Olympic Village. For the Olympic Village in Whistler, see Whistler Olympic Village. For the Olympic Village in Singapore, see 2010 Summer Youth Olympics § Youth Olympic Village. For the SkyTrain station, see Olympic Village station.
Neighbourhood/Olympic Village in Southeast False Creek, Canada
Vancouver Olympic Village
Neighbourhood/Olympic Village
Country
Canada
City
Vancouver, British Columbia
Neighbourhood
Southeast False Creek
Construction began
February 2006 (2006-02)
Completed
November 1, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-11-01)
Built by
Millennium Development Group
Key people
Peter Malek, Shahram Malek
Named for
2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics
The Vancouver Olympic Village (VVL) is a neighbourhood and Olympic Village built by Millennium Development Group in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, originally built for the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics.[1]
The site is located on the shoreline at the southeast corner of False Creek, north of First Avenue between Ontario and Columbia Streets.
Boasting over a thousand units, ranging over a million square feet, the Village was able to accommodate over 2,800 athletes, coaches, and officials for the 2010 Winter Olympics.[1][2]
Following the Olympics, the accommodations became residential housing. Today, the Village is a mixed-use community, with approximately 1,100 residential units, area parks, and various retail and service outlets.[3]Southeast False Creek is the neighbourhood development that was built around the Olympic Village and in which the Village now sits at the core of.
^ ab"Southeast False Creek and Olympic Village". City of Vancouver. 26 February 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2006. Retrieved 7 March 2007.
^"About the Olympic Village". 12 January 2007. Archived from the original on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 7 March 2007.
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