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UoT study: Downtown Vancouver has not recovered to pre-COVID activity levels, at 46% of baseline levels
(downtownrecovery.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2023
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I feel like Vancouver's recovery has been pretty alright. Especially when comparing to cities like San Francisco, Vancouver's downtown still has a very respectable amount of people meandering through the streets.
I think the main advantage that Vancouver has over other cities is a really strong focus towards building a shitload of residential towers everywhere. Unlike the financial district in cities like San Francisco (that's literally made up entirely of office buildings), it feels like Vancouver's stretches of office buildings are better surrounded by residential properties to prop up downtown activity even when WFH has significantly reduced the number of commuters.
I was in Vancouver for the first time a few weeks ago. It was bustling, had to make reservations at the restaurant's we wanted to eat at and noted how active Stanley park was. Granville Island was packed.
If it were any busier I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much.