APRIL 2013
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Personnel of the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police (RCMP) E Division
Headquarters have a new home in
British Columbia. Partnered with
the Green Timbers Accommoda-
tion Partners, the Government of
Canada undertook a massive in-
frastructure development project
to construct a new facility for the
RCMP that is more “central, inte-
grated, purpose-built headquarters
facility for E Division.”
“Previously, E Division Headquar-
ters personnel are inefficiently
housed in aging facilities at the
Fairmont site at 37th Avenue and
Heather Street in the City of Van-
couver, and numerous other loca-
tions throughout Metro Vancou-
ver,” says Government of Canada
Media Relations spokesperson Deir-
dre Liebrandt-Johnson.
“The Fairmont facility was non-pur-
pose built, significant overcrowded,
poorly located operationally and
reaching the end of its useful life,”
Liebrandt-Johnson says.
The new facility, located in the City
of Surrey, will house all E Division
personnel under one roof, allowing
the police force to better serve the
community. Approximately 2700
RCMP personnel will be trans-
ferred to the new facility, which is
also contributing to the develop-
ment of Surrey’s downtown core.
The new headquarters will be ap-
proximately 76 162 square-metres,
which includes a seven-story of-
Artist’s rendering of the aerial view of the
new RCMP E Division Headquarters, Surrey,
BC. This integrated, purpose-built complex
will provide consolidated office and support
space for 2,700 E Division Headquarters
personnel.
Photo provided by the Government of Canada
