The City of Richmond, British Columbia is
pleased to announce it has been chosen as the home for the new Microsoft
Canada Development Centre.

Scheduled to open in the early fall, the Microsoft Canada Development
Centre will focus on software development and will eventually employ hundreds
of highly-skilled workers from around the world. Earlier this month, Microsoft
Corp. announced its intentions to establish a centre in the Greater Vancouver
area. Microsoft has now reached an agreement to lease two buildings totalling
80,000 square feet located in the Crestwood Corporate Centre, which is owned
and operated by Bentall Capital, and is acknowledged as one of the leading
business parks in the Greater Vancouver area.