Vancouver taxpayers on hook for $1-billion as most Olympic Village units unsold

When businesses are incompetent, they go bankrupt.

open quoteSixty-six per cent of Vancouver’s pricey Olympic Village condos remain unsold — a total of 483 units at the massive False Creek development that served as athletes’ housing during the two-week 2010 Games.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, whose city remains on the hook for more than $1.03 billion of the cost of the project, predicts it will take a “full two-year term” to sell the remaining units.close quote (Read more from theprovince.com)

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