Langley In Progress
Urban Development Institute Township of Langley – April 28, 2011
Venue: Langley Events Center 7888 200th Street, Langley, B.C.
Time: 2:00 to 3:45
Mayor Rick Green
- Township is a community of opportunity, growth and where people want to live
- Home to 106 000 residents and over 5 900 businesses
- Forecast is for over 100 000 people to move into the Township over the next 30 years
- Huge potential for family development
- Township is committed to removing obstacles
- Issued 969 building permits in 2010
Shawn Bouchard – Quadra Homes
- lives in the Township of Langley
- appreciated the opportunity to
- Township is very good at working with people who want to invest in this community and make it
a better place
- Took 24 months after the original application to receive their building permit which in any other
municipality would not be possible
- Fantastic place to create a development
John Conicella – Westgroup Properties
- 10 year project (Gateway 200) to create a business and employment zone
- New interchange created a small industrial property developer to become involved (Westgroup)
- 2005 the Golden Ears and Fraser Health were the game changers for the property
- Township cooperated with the future vision of the Gateway 200 area
- PharmaSave decided to locate their national headquarters in the Township
- Built 378 000 square feet of office space and 570 new jobs
- Township is credited with helping Westgroup achieve their clients objectives especially to
understand the business needs to attract these companies
Dave Gormley – Beedie Group
- Development focused mainly in the Gloucester area
- Credits the Township with
- Township has affordable land relative to the rest of Vancouver, proximity to the US border and a
good available workforce
- One of the best Municipalities to deal with on the development side in the Lower Mainland.
- Supportive Council
Hugh Carter – Qualico
- 60 year history started in Winnipeg
- Willoughby Town Center is their development
- Yorkson is unique and is showing strong market appeal
- 50% of Township population will be in Willoughby by 2031
- 144 000 square feet of retail and commercial development coming to Willoughby Town Center
- Proposed exit off Highway #1 to 216th is in the planning stages and will link to 83rd Avenue.
- Grocery store coming to Willoughby Town Center in 2012.
- Township is open for development business
- Strong sense of community is one of the strong attributes of Langley
- A growing trade area with a potential of 28 000 people in Yorkson
Ramin Seifi – Township of Langley
- A community of six distinct communities
- One of the fastest growing municipalities in the region with an annual growth rate of 3 to 4
percent
- Strong and diverse economy
- 70% of the Township population is under 55
- 20% of the population is under 15
- Fourth largest number of housing starts in the Lower Mainland after Surrey, Burnaby and
Richmond over the last 10 years
- Langley has the highest project growth rate of any municipality in the Lower Mainland (except
Anmore)
- History and future growth potential with our central location provides a great opportunity to
invest in the Township of Langley
Closing Remarks
- Township of Langley is open for business – Mayor Rick Green
- Township is a good spot to do business – Dave Gormley
- Langley has a progressive Council – Hugh Carter
The Township of Langley has a great future!