September Luncheon: Making Space for Local Business
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Thursday, September 24, 2026 · 11:30am - 1:30pm
Location
Fairmont Waterfront Hotel
900 Canada Pl, Vancouver BC
Description
Local businesses are essential to vibrant, resilient communities. They create jobs, strengthen neighbourhoods, and contribute significantly to the local economy. Yet across British Columbia, rising commercial rents are making it increasingly difficult for independent businesses to find and remain in affordable spaces.
As communities pursue higher-density, mixed-use development, there is an opportunity to ensure new projects support not only housing goals, but thriving local businesses as well.
Join BOMA BC and LOCO BC for a discussion on the opportunities, challenges, and innovative approaches to improving commercial affordability. Following highlights from LOCO BC's province-wide research, a panel of local property owners and managers will share practical approaches from their own portfolios, from balancing market and non-market tenants and filling retail gaps, to supporting businesses through permitting, building stronger landlord-tenant relationships, and incubating new retail concepts.
Agenda:
11:30am – 12:00pm: Registration & Networking
12:00pm – 12:45pm: Lunch
12:45pm - 1:30pm: Announcements & Presentation
Price:
Members: $100 + GST
Guest of Members*: $115 + GST
Non-members**: $200 + GST
Speaker:
Amy Robinson, Executive Director, LOCO BC
Panelists:
Steve Johnston, Executive Director, Community Impact Real Estate Society (CIRES)
Jared Stern, VP Investments, PCI Developments
Nikki Stewart, Property Manager, Hudson Pacific Properties
Kathy Tuulos, Director, Tenant & Community Relations, Low Tide Properties
Dietary Restrictions:
If you have dietary restrictions, please include them when registering.
Cancellation Policy: Please provide written notice of cancellation until September 18.
By registering for this event, you agree to abide by the BOMA BC Event Code of Conduct.
*Guest of Member tickets are exclusively for BOMA BC members to purchase for their guests who are not BOMA BC members.
**Non-member tickets are for those who are not members of BOMA BC and are strictly limited to one luncheon per company.
