Centre Block Surrey to include 47-storey office tower

 https://www.urbanyvr.com/centre-block-surrey This could have been the first 50 story office tower in BC, at least its a good start.

The first 50 story office tower in Seattle opened in 1969.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeco_Plaza_(Seattle) 192 m (630 ft)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeco_Plaza_(Seattle)#History

1111_Third_Avenue is a 34 story stump built across the street.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Seattle#Tallest_completed_buildings

Then Calgary had its first office tower over 50 stories, it opened in 1984. 

Roof	215 m (705 ft) (west), 130 m (427 ft) (east)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suncor_Energy_Centre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suncor_Energy_Centre#Gallery Its like they even built a Vancouver stump next to the tower. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Seattle_skyline_at_sunset%2C_circa_1983.jpg/640px-Seattle_skyline_at_sunset%2C_circa_1983.jpg The 76 story Columbia_Center is essentially double the height of most of Vancouver's tallest office buildings.

https://www.urbanyvr.com/b6-bentall-kennedy-office-tower-vancouver So instead of another 32 story stump, a 65 to 70 story mixed used tower could have gone there. But that's what a big city like Seattle & Calgary would do, because there is no Vancouver power-structure to thwart them.