The upcoming debut of Amazon's newest office space at the former post office depot in downtown Vancouver is generating buzz among the city's business and tech sectors, despite mass layoffs in the industry and record-high office vacancy rates. The south tower of The Post building at Georgia and Hamilton streets is scheduled to start welcoming 3,000 employees by September. "This isn't going to be just an Amazon office, it's going to be a space for the community," Gable said. In total, both towers will offer 1.1 million square feet of new office space for about 6,000 employees. Hollingshead points out that tech companies like Amazon were "bursting at the seams" in their offices prior to the pandemic.

Source: CBC News May 21, 2023 03:23 UTC