The Mayor of Vancouver was on hand at the official opening of a new 'urban orchard' at main and terminal.
Gregor Robertson says the SOLEfood orchard is the largest such urban orchard in North America.
The city is allowing SOLEfood to lease the land for next to nothing for an initial three-year term.
"For time being this is a great use of it, but the beauty of this system is that it's flexible. These growing mediums can all be moved to another site, and we could develop this land. We don't look at selling the assets of the city right now."
Robertson says that's because the soil is contaminated - but wouldn't rule out the city doing something else with the property eventually.