How Surrey Will Become British Columbia’s New Downtown Core | Interview with SCDC CEO Michael Heeney

Surrey is quietly becoming the new major urban center as downtown Vancouver runs out of land to build new housing and Surrey keeps building in all directions. Michael Heeney, CEO of the Surrey City Development Corporation (SCDC) speaks to the geographic, societal, and technological shifts that are making Surrey a place that corporations, investors and homeowners should be keeping a more watchful eye on for new opportunities. Key Topics • What past career experiences have shaped your journey to being able to deliver your best work as the CEO of the Surrey City Development Corporation? What is in the pipeline now that you’re most proud about? • How is Surrey on route to potentially becoming the next downtown? • How should real estate investors be assessing the potential of Surrey? • With loneliness being an issue in society well before COVID-19, how have you worked to address that from a city design perspective and has COVID-19 brought about new long-term approaches to how you develop