The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Village
As Vancouver city council waits anxiously to see whether reduced prices on condos at the Olympic Village will entice buyers, it is also looking at other options - from renting out suites, to unloading everything in a fire sale, to a bulk buyer. Council hopes to recover at least the money it loaned to the private developer for construction, even if it doesn't recover the $30-million land cost.
Construction continuous May 23, 2007 on the Vancouver Olympic Village near False Creek.Rafal Gerszak
Vancouver Olympic Village (Millennium Water) January 14, 2009.JOHN LEHMANN
The athletes' village for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games is pictured as construction continues at the site in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday October 9, 2009.DARRYL DYCK
A sitting area is pictured in one of the suites at the athletes' village for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as construction continues in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday October 9, 2009.DARRYL DYCK
Chinese short-track speed skaters eat in the Winter Olympic athletes dining hall during a media tour of the Olympic Village in downtown Vancouver on February 9, 2010.MARK RALSTON
View of the apartments housing the Team Canada on February 9, 2010.MARK RALSTON