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Ajatan Studios: óy SG Lee Building the Future see how that went in terms of being able to rent it out to the film industry. So as things grew I made decisions on what was the most important thing to build next. And now I have the outside street, which has become a bigger draw than I had imagined. I tried to build the buildings so they fit in with an environment. It's a very down environment, it's not upscale - it's more 1990's Tribeca, because that's where the action's happening." T a n always k n e w he wasn't b u i l d i n g just another studio: "Most of the studios around town, they look like anything could be going on, they could be building aircraft in there or anything. That was my target real early in the game, I knew I was going to be small and backwoods and very quaint. What I did was I built the site right on the ocean, right on the river, right where the river and the ocean meet. The energy is high, and people love to work here. This has become a small studio of choice. When they have the opportunity to work at one studio or the other, most people will choose this one." W h o makes use of this high-energy space? "We do a lot of television series pilots. It's also used as a spillover site by other studios. We've also had things like Flight 93 - they built their airplane inside the large studio. We do a lot of Canadian productions. Music videos. Small feature films under ten million. A lot of TV. Low budget Canadian productions basically. And I set out to do that. I didn't have the size to attract big money Hollywood, nor did I want the debt that would be incurred with that. The small budget Canadian film is our hope for the future." The future of the entertainment industry is something Tan has given a lot of thought. Ajatan - New York Street Set T ucked under the Second N a r r o w s bridge on land that is part o f the S q u a m i s h N a t i o n Reserve, Ajatan Studios is B.C.'s largest privately owned f i l m s t u d i o . F o u n d e r a n d o w n e r R a n d y T a n has built a facility that offers t w o soundstages, as well as w o r k s h o p , o f f i c e , l a u n d r y a n d set d e c o r a t i o n facilities, i n a d d i t i o n to o u t d o o r street sets a n d a multipurpose indoor loft. W i t h degrees i n b o t h e c o n o m i c s a n d f i n e a r t s , and hands-on experience i n the film industry, T a n launched Ajatan Studios in 1995. "I went for a good lifestyle in a business that typically has no lifestyle," says T a n o f his d e c i s i o n to e m b a r k o n w h a t has proved to be a highly successful venture. Tan, a man w h o combines business acumen, humour and passion for the entertainment industry describes the evolution of Ajatan. "/ decided to acquire the land and build one building at a time, although I was limited in land space - to Ajatan - New York Street Set