EA Sports will anchor one of two new buildings in Burnaby, B.C., which will add 300,000 square feet of office space adjacent to the gaming technology company’s existing 12.6-acre campus.

DIALOG has designed the two buildings, now under construction. The expanded footprint of the north campus will accommodate more than 1,000 employees and contribute to the region’s growing reputation as a key technology employment hub.

The expansion site for EA Sports is less than 30 minutes from downtown Vancouver and most recently functioned as an under-utilized surface parking lot.

“We focused on activating the street frontage with a landscaped south-facing plaza offering views to the north shore mountains,” said Martin Nielsen, partner with DIALOG. “Large central atria connect and animate the three floor levels of both buildings to provide daylight into the expansive floor plates designed to accommodate the evolving technology of the industry.”

A new skybridge over Sanderson Way will provide access for EA employees to the north campus with a seamless connection to the existing main campus buildings to the south. New amenities will include a cafeteria, cafe, as well as bike storage, end-of-trip facilities with lockers, change rooms, and 900 parking stalls within three underground levels. Bicycling access has been an especially significant transit focus within the Burnaby community.

Kingswood Capital Corporation developed the new buildings with Canadian Turner Construction Company leading the construction work through a design-build partnership with DIALOG.

The first of the two buildings is scheduled to complete construction in early 2024, with interior work completed by the end of that same year. The second building is slated for completion in early summer of 2024. The collaborative design and construction team has developed the project under a collaborative LEAN construction model, minimizing waste and construction timeline inefficiencies.