The 28-acre Henriquez Partners-led Oakridge Park mixed-use project for developer Westbank Corp. in the city of Vancouver is progressing toward its completion date later in the year. Once it is, it will boast space for 3,000 homes for nearly 6,000 residents plus workspaces for 3,000 creative industry professionals, 300 retail outlets, a large community center, seven small parks, live music venues, another culture hub, and Vancouver’s second-largest library. It will connect to the Oakridge–41st Avenue metro station. Westbank's founder Ian Gillespie spoke to Archinect about his desire to bring 'Big A' designers to the city in 2017.