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The newly approved Concord Pacific Metrotown development will feature a 65-storey tower and test the vertical limits of the urban village concept.

The tallest of the three towers to be built on the old Sears site in Burnaby’s Metrotown will be the region’s highest, eclipsing Burnaby’s 64-storey Two Gilmore Place, which is just getting underway.

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The lower levels of the development will turn the old-style enclosed mall inside out, with restaurants and shopping accessible from the street. Three towers with 1,309 residential units will sit atop a podium of commercial space.

“It’s as if you took the village space around Park Royal and added some towers, plus several levels of atrium-style space with lifestyle and health-related businesses,” said Pete Webb, senior vice-president of development.

“It will also add lot of dining opportunities, which is something that is missing from the area,” he said.