Burnaby, British Columbia
Internet, voice, security, and renewals sourced through one desk — for tech companies clustered around Metrotown and Lougheed, mid-size tenants in Brentwood's office towers, and businesses that operate in Burnaby but think of themselves as part of the Vancouver market.
How Burnaby Buys Technology
Burnaby carries some of Metro Vancouver's densest commercial real estate — office towers at Metrotown, Brentwood, and Lougheed that house everything from mid-size professional services firms to tech companies that chose Burnaby for its proximity to SFU, BCIT, and a talent pool that doesn't come with downtown Vancouver rent. For those tenants, the procurement question starts the same way as any tower: which business internet options the building's riser and the surrounding infrastructure actually support, and whether the current contract still reflects how the office is used.
For the tech companies — video game studios, media production, software firms — bandwidth and uptime are the headline. For professional-services tenants, the addition is a phone system that handles client calls cleanly and a security posture that satisfies insurers. Both buy better when they're benchmarking against the full set of options available at their specific building address rather than what's commonly advertised for the area.
There's also the Burnaby gateway pattern: businesses with Vancouver-facing brands that are physically located in Burnaby and have never properly benchmarked their connectivity because it's always been "good enough." A review usually finds at least one line that's auto-renewed twice without anyone checking the market. We add cloud voice and put every contract on one renewal calendar. Broader coverage for businesses with additional BC locations runs through our British Columbia desk.
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