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Originally Posted by destroycreate
It's a very pleasant area, but I find that it lacks retail/restaurants/bars the way other areas such as Yaletown has. It feels a little dead, any reason why this is? Is it simply because it's so new?
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A large amount of the buildings are used as a bank for foreign investors and are left empty. This is a problem across the entire city but is amplified in areas such as Coal Harbour where the prices are astronomically high for real estate.
For example the penthouse in the green building in this picture was listed for $59 million:
http://www.ledcor.com/getmedia/f449e...axsidesize=960