VANCOUVER – Telus is building itself a new home in downtown Vancouver named Telus Garden.
The telco said Wednesday that the new $750-million, one-million square foot project facility will include new office space available for multiple tenants in a 22-storey office tower, plus 500 new residential units in a 44-storey residential tower. The environmentally sustainable facility will also feature 10,000 square feet of green roofs providing organic produce for local restaurants, two elevated roof forests, local artwork, LED lighting on the western façade projecting programmable coloured images on to fritted glass, and media walls where cultural events such as symphony concerts can be broadcast to the public.
"Telus Garden will exemplify the Telus brand and be a truly amazing destination for our team members, the community and the city," said president and CEO Darren Entwistle, in the announcement. "Our vision is that Telus Garden will be a beautiful and unique location where leading-edge technology, urban living, environmental sustainability and tomorrow’s work styles are elegantly integrated into a vibrant community. This development, which will inject millions of dollars into our economy, will highlight Telus’ advanced communications technologies and environmental innovation in a way never before seen.”
Construction is scheduled to begin this Fall and be complete in 2015 when it will house approximately 1,000 Telus employees.
