People really underestimate how much tech expansion is happening in Vancouver right now. Could we do more. Hell yes. And we will.
In just the last year or so:
- Netflix opened a massive 110,000 sq ft animation/VFX campus in Mount Pleasant (450 staff, Eyeline VFX joining)
- Amazon completed its move into The Post — now fully occupying all 1.1M sq ft
- ILM opened a new 40,000 sq ft studio at The Stack, now 950 staff, their largest office globally
- Sony Imageworks moved its global HQ into The Post
- Databricks opened a Vancouver R&D centre (a $100B AI company)
- Workday signed an anchor lease at 601 West Hastings, their first major Vancouver office
- Asana expanded into 601 West Hastings too
- Boomi opened a 54,000 sq ft Centre of Excellence at Bentall Centre
- Autodesk opened its first permanent West Coast office
- Wayve launched a Vancouver AI/autonomous systems hub
- Gumloop reopened a Vancouver office (after moving HQ to SF)
- Quandri opened a new 15,000 sq ft HQ
- Sanctuary AI continues building humanoid robots here
Vancouver is quietly becoming one of North America's biggest AI, VFX, gaming and creative tech hubs.