The Health and Technology District, by Lark Group and ICT Group, is partnering with Western Community College (WCC) on a unique collaborative project featuring more than 500 student and faculty residential housing units, and an expanded campus site at the District’s latest development, City Centre 5 (CC5) in Surrey.

WCC is experiencing significant growth in its hospitality and health and technology programs, which is driving its rapid expansion into the District.

Strategically located adjacent to Surrey Memorial Hospital and King George Skytrain station, the Health and Technology District includes a growing cluster of professional, health, technology and academic-based organizations focused on B.C.’s rapidly emerging health, education, skills and technology economy.

“We are blazing a trail in B.C.’s business and innovation landscape with the continuing expansion and accelerated momentum of Surrey’s Health and Technology District,” says Kirk Fisher, CEO of Lark Group. “The incredible demand for health, office, education space, and now student accommodations, as Surrey becomes B.C.’s largest City, has propelled us to accelerate the construction of our City Centre 5 building, with City Centre 6-9 already in the planning stages. Not only are we igniting Surrey’s innovation, health care and business landscapes, we’re creating access to local academic opportunities for future generations.”

The new WCC campus at City Centre 5 features 500 student and faculty residential housing space, including potential market rental space to support the needs of local health care institutions. The expanded campus space includes a café and large dining hall supported by the college’s Bachelor of Hospitality internships and practicums, resident support offices, a multipurpose room, an Indigenous focused reflection space, laundry facilities, student study, lounge and kitchen area and bike storage spaces.