There are entire floors and even entire buildings sitting vacant in Vancouver because of certain foreign "investment." They were having real estate conventions where property was being sold in a certain country sight unseen and is now just sitting there doing nothing and rotting. These "investments" were/ are merely vehicles for money laundering to get it out of a certain country. This has been basically known about for years and has been going on for years. A person making a decent wage used to be able to afford a home in Vancouver. Now, everyone is priced out of the market. The Olympics were the worst thing that probably has ever happened to Vancouver and derailed the city. Olympics were basically free advertising for foreign investment that opened the eyes of a certain country to decide to buy up anything and everything because of the lax controls in place and the politicians being cool with the grift.