Radar: Why Vancouver tech companies are trading downtown for the suburbs

Leasing an office in Vancouver’s central business district is losing its cachet, a new report suggests.

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Leasing an office in downtown Vancouver has always been seen as the mark of a successful company. Both employers and employees saw the peninsula as the epicentre of business, with floorspace in the tower-filled district tapping the market of Vancouver’s greatest pool of educated workers. Downtown’s cachet, however, is seemingly on the wan…