3.0 Era

Surrey 3.0

Thesis

By 2030, Surrey
will be the largest
city in B.C.

Population (2041)

New Housing Units (2041)

10.8K

New Office Space (2041)

2.1M

Retail Space (SF)

~75K

Central Downtown
Surrey’s Metropolitan Future

The first Surrey City Centre Plan was a key part in establishing the vision of a metropolitan future. The plan attracted billions in public investment, Surrey’s 1.0 era included the completion of Central City in 2004, followed by the Central Library, Surrey City Hall and Surrey Central Station Upgrades.

With major capital commitments to civic, transportation & academic infrastructure, the next wave of development included $14 billion in private investment, flowing into mixed-use residential developments across Surrey City Centre in the past decade. After a decade of development, an identifiable downtown core has taken shape.

The focus of investment in Surrey City Centre’s 3.0 era is Central Downtown. Over the next decade, with the construction of the Surrey - Langley SkyTrain Extension and the build-out of Centre Block, Surrey will become the largest city in B.C. and the Fraser Valley’s new downtown.

Surrey’s vision of a metropolitan future becomes reality.

Surrey’s City Centre

Era 1.0

2030
Central Downtown

Era 1.0
Era 2.0
Era 3.0

Surrey 1.0
Public Investment

In the 1990’s, Surrey was an edge city south of Vancouver, whose rapid growth and lack of planning left it without a sense of a city centre.

Having identified the need for a large mixed-use development with a significant public sector component, BTA brought together three clients – the provincial government, a university, and an insurance company – to redevelop a declining shopping centre, on top of which was constructed space for the university and an integrated office tower for the insurance company.

By combining the activities of the shopping centre and the University, all parties saved significant capital costs, construction costs, and operational costs. Central City was born, and Surrey entered its 1.0 era.

Over the next decade, public focus shifted to Civic Plaza in the north, where City Centre Library and City Hall were located and executed at a similarly high level.

2004
Central City

2011
Central Library

2014
City Hall

2017
Central Station Upgrade

Surrey’s City Centre

Era 2.0

2019
SFU Engineering Building

Era 1.0
Era 2.0
Era 3.0

Surrey 2.0
Private Investment

With major capital commitments to civic, transportation & academic infrastructure, the latest wave of development included $14 billion in private investment, flowing into mixed-use residential developments across Surrey City Centre in just the past decade.

3 Civic Plaza was conceived, as to Surrey’s Central Downtown what the Marine Building was to Vancouver’s downtown in the 1930s. The building’s shared “mixing lobby” was completed in 2017, and benefits from the activation provided by shared use and access by the occupants of 38 storeys of condos, the Civic Hotel, and KPU.

There was an intentional effort to leverage the university presence develop a core identity in Central Downtown. This presence of KPU, SGU and UBC has animated the ground floor interface on the plazas, with more active uses, and a robust network of walkway connections between university buildings and destinations such as transit areas, retail, restaurants and coffee shops.

2018
3 Civic Plaza, Century Group

Surrey’s City Centre

Era 3.0

2030
Centre Block, SCDC

Era 1.0
Era 2.0
Era 3.0

Surrey 3.0
Central Downtown

Today, Surrey’s central downtown is home to a diverse population, green urban infrastructure of parks and plazas, greenways, and planted boulevards.

As the population in communities south of the Fraser continues to grow, so does demand for transit. Completing in 2029, the 16-kilometre SkyTrain extension will allow travellers from Langley City to reach Surrey Centre in about 20 minutes.

SCDC’s Centre Block recently introduced two new office towers, with a pedestrian focused plaza, completing the Central Downtown Core. This will shape the future of Central Downtown, while leveraging its full potential as the geographic heart of Metro Vancouver.

Centre Block’s new plaza will connect Central City’s plaza to the south, with Civic Plaza to the north, completing one of the best pieces of city building in Metro Vancouver.

The timeline of the build-out of Central Downtown includes our first project in Surrey located at 102 Avenue and City Parkway. 102+Park represents the first ownership opportunity on the plaza in a decade.

By 2030, Surrey will be the largest city in B.C.

Era 1.0

Era 2.0

Era 3.0

By 2030, Surrey
will be the largest
city in B.C.