A 52-story condominium/university/hotel and retail tower, 3 Civic Plaza is located in the urban mixed-use heart of Surrey, British Columbia, next to its City Hall and library. (Ed White Photographics) A public/private partnership in Surrey, British Columbia, builds a mixed-use city center near Vancouver.One might not expect to find a 52-story tower at the heart of a suburban city 20 miles (32 km) southeast of downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, a city more than three times greater in density. But the city of Surrey’s population is expected to exceed Vancouver’s within the decade. The tower alone, called 3 Civic Plaza (3CP), houses five separate uses: 349 condominium units, a 144-hotel-unit Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel, 53,000 square feet (5,000 sq m) of offices, and classrooms for
