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I'm surprised that they still haven't found an official beer sponsor.




Millennium joins team as Official Supplier of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

March 20, 2008
VANOC News Release

Developer of Olympic and Paralympic Village Vancouver now on board
Vancouver, March 20, 2008 – The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) today welcomed the Millennium Development Corporation to its team as an Official Supplier through a financial contribution to VANOC of $3 million. Awarded the contract by the City of Vancouver in April 2006, Millennium is the developer of the Millennium Water project that will serve as the Olympic and Paralympic Village Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Games. Through this partnership, Millennium obtains Official Supplier rights which enhance the organization’s ability to market this unique development in conjunction with the 2010 Winter Games.

The Village will be operational from November 1, 2009 until March 30, 2010, and will house more than 3,000 athletes and officials during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. In April 2010, the Village will be returned to the City of Vancouver for the buildings to become permanent residential housing in the late spring or summer of 2010.

“When we welcome the world to Vancouver in 2010, we want to highlight two things — our true spirit of the Games and our commitment to sustainability,” said Peter Malek, Director of Millennium. “We are honoured to be building residences that reflect these two principles to the athletes and officials at the 2010 Winter Games. The Village will be a part of the first LEED Gold Neighbourhood in Canada, and will leave a positive legacy for the environment, the economy and our community.”

“The Olympic and Paralympic Village Vancouver will provide an impressive home for our athletes and officials and will become one of the city’s most beautiful waterfront communities in 2010 and beyond,” said John Furlong, VANOC Chief Executive Officer. “We are pleased to formalize this partnership with Millennium to deliver our shared commitment to a sustainable 2010 Winter Games by building energy-efficient facilities.”

“Millennium was selected from numerous developers to build the Olympic and Paralympic Village,” said Bob Rennie, Principal, Rennie Marketing Systems, a 2010 Games Ambassador and responsible for the marketing and sales of the units for occupation post 2010 Winter Games. “Now as an Official Supplier of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Millennium is pleased to welcome the world when they come to take part in this once-in-a-lifetime experience.”

Located in Southeast False Creek, the Olympic and Paralympic Village Vancouver features modern low- and mid-rise accommodations for the athletes and officials and sits an average distance of 12 kilometres from Vancouver-area competition venues. Athletes will be able to walk, bus or take a ferry to the city's shopping and entertainment districts, as well as enjoy nightly medal ceremonies and cultural celebrations just moments away at BC Place Stadium.

The new development is designed by Canada’s leading architect, Arthur Erickson, in collaboration with Nick Milkovich Architects, Gomberoff Bell Lyon Architects, Lawrence Doyle Young + Wright Architects, Merrick Architecture and Walter Francl Architect Inc.

Building construction is proceeding on schedule with completion slated for October 2009. VANOC will outfit and operate the Olympic and Paralympic Village Vancouver beginning November 1, 2009, and return it to Millennium in April 2010 where it will assume its post-Games legacy design.

About Millennium
The Millennium Group is a diversified real estate group with more than 60 years of experience with local and international projects. Millennium was awarded Canada’s Best Multi-Family Development in 2006 by the Canadian Home Builders’ Association for its development Water’s Edge in West Vancouver. In addition, its masterplanned seven-tower City-in-the-Park community in South Burnaby received the Livable Region Award, the Award for Excellence in Urban Development in 2001 sponsored by the Greater Vancouver Regional District, and Sustainable Community of the Year sponsored by the Southern California Gas Company. Millennium is part of a larger group of companies that in France has developed East Side at Marne La Vallèe, and Bellevue Park, Bussy St. George and Regent Park outside Paris, as well as other projects in Europe.