text: And yet, in adjacent cities like Burnaby, the four level apartment buildings conducive to good neighbourhood integration and which convey this coveted sense of well-being, are being torn down and replaced with only towers.
  
  Furthermore, the buildings torn down are rental stock, accommodating  a broad demographic.  Replacement towers are owner condos, with the vast majority micro condos and not suitable for families. 
  
  And here in adjacent Richmond, it is estimated that almost 50% of the new build condos in the city centre are sold...and empty.