Initiatives Prince George has decided against renewing two leases they have on properties in the Canada Place business centre in downtown Vancouver. The leases were for two years, and expire at the end of August.
One of the locations was in conjunction with UNBC, and served as an office for UNBC staff while in Vancouver, and, to a lesser extent, a recruitment centre.
“We expected it to be used more by employees of UNBC,” but there has been less need for the office in recent years, according to UNBC director of media and public relations Rob van Adrichem. This is in large part thanks to the advent of recent technology such as the Blackberry. With portable devices such as the Blackberry UNBC staff no longer had to stop at a computer and desk to check e-mail and make calls.