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The Squamish Nation’s high-density Sen̓áḵw development has already transformed Vancouver’s skyline with the first three of 11 planned residential towers soaring high above Kitsilano, drawing international attention in the process. But there is a fascinating and lesser-known story far below the ground there too.

Postmedia recently toured Sen̓áḵw’s district energy system, a cavernous underground facility that is already heating and cooling the first tower (now about half tenanted), and will eventually service all 6,000 homes for an expected 9,000 residents. That works out to more than the population of Merritt or Gibsons living in 11 tall buildings on the 4.7-hectare property.

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