Burnaby Neighbourhood Guide
What it's like to live here, the homes you'll find, how you get around, and who Metrotown suits best — with live market data so the numbers are always current.
Metrotown is Burnaby's downtown — a dense cluster of condominium high-rises around Metropolis at Metrotown, one of BC's largest shopping centres, and the Expo Line SkyTrain.
Metrotown offers central, transit-connected Metro Vancouver living at better value than downtown Vancouver, which has made it one of the region's fastest-growing condo markets. Shopping, parks and rapid transit are all within walking distance.
Urban, convenient and growing — major shopping at Metropolis, the green space of Central Park, and SkyTrain all within walking distance.
Metrotown is busy and dense, with a fast-rising skyline of new towers. The mall and surrounding shops cover almost any daily need, and Central Park offers a large natural escape right beside the high-rises.
Primarily concrete condominium high-rises, many of them newly built, with strong value compared with downtown Vancouver.
The area is dominated by condo towers (with townhomes in the surrounding streets), making it popular with first-time buyers, investors and commuters priced out of Vancouver proper.
Metrotown is one of Metro Vancouver's best transit hubs — the Expo Line (Metrotown and Patterson stations) runs fast to downtown Vancouver, New Westminster and Surrey.
Its transit-oriented location is a big part of the appeal: you can reach downtown Vancouver by SkyTrain in around 20 minutes, without the downtown price tag.
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