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VANCOUVER — Five hundred feet above sea level, way up here in this rarified air, the view goes on forever, past the rival Shangri-La Hotel tower and the freighters in English Bay, beyond the Strait of Georgia and Vancouver Island’s mountains. Watching the sunset from this vantage point is like meeting with God.

The 360-degree view comes with a 6,830-square-foot penthouse, and solo occupancy on the 48th floor of the Private Residences at the Hotel Georgia. Half the interior is unfinished, a blank canvas. The rest is temporarily staged. The developer who built it, Bruce Langereis, gives a tour and names his price: $18 million.

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There’s a caveat. Only a local Vancouverite — or an aspiring one — should apply.

Call it exclusionary, or tapping into the zeitgeist, or just a clever promotional scheme. Langereis says he wants a purchaser who will “commit” to this space and the city, and who will actually live here. If not year-round, then at least most of the time.