Welcome to Sen̓áḵw’: A sneak peek inside Canada’s largest Indigenous-led housing development – CBC

Feb 07, 2025

CBC Vancouver’s The Early Edition was offered a tour of the building as part of a special live broadcast

Mindy Wight is riding in a hoist elevator on the side of a tall residential building going up, up, up to the 26th floor, exposing a view of downtown Vancouver and English Bay as it climbs.

“Seeing the towers coming to life and how fast the development is going — words can’t describe it,” said Wight, the CEO of the Squamish Nation’s economic development arm, the Nch’kay Development Corporation.

“It’s been amazing.”

Below, workers and construction vehicles surround the busy work site named Sen̓áḵw, which comprises more than 6,000 rental units and 1,200 homes across 11 towers on 4.2 hectares of Squamish Nation land at Kits Point adjacent to Vanier Park.

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