The 4400 Center is a fiction

Fiction

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al building in the science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 TV series The 4400

The 4400

The 4400 is a science fiction TV series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with Sky Television, Renegade 83, and American Zoetrope for USA Network. The show was created and written by Scott Peters and René Echevarria, and it stars Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline McKenzie...

. According to a postcard in the Season 3 episode "Gone

Gone (The 4400 episodes)

"Gone" are episodes of the science fiction television series The 4400.-Synopsis:Young 4400s are being targeted by an unknown person. Maia is kidnapped by a woman from the future claiming to be her sister, Sarah...

", the fictional location of the center is 6265 Crescent Road, Seattle, WA. The same street address in Vancouver

Vancouver

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 is the address for the Chan Centre

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts is located on the campus of the University of British Columbia near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is situated within the natural landscape of the campus and is surrounded by evergreens and rhododendrons...

, the real-life building portrayed as the 4400 Center.

History

The 4400 Center was founded by Jordan Collier

Jordan Collier

Jordan Collier is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400. He is portrayed by American actor Billy Campbell.-Character Profile:...

 in between seasons one and two as a place where 4400s could take sanctuary and learn to harness their abilities, and where non-4400s could seek out the "inner" 4400 in themselves. A side-effect of non-4400s joining the scheme was that they brought a great deal of money into the center.

When Jordan was assassinated, Shawn Farrell

Shawn Farrell

Shawn Farrell is a fictional character in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Season One:Shawn was born December 12, 1983, and disappeared April 22, 2001 from Highland Beach near Seattle, Washington, while with his cousin Kyle Baldwin...

 (Jordan's "protégé") took over the operation of the center.

Characters in the show sometimes call The 4400 Center a cult

Cult

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. Dr Kevin Burkhoff

Kevin Burkhoff

Kevin Burkhoff is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction tv show, The 4400.-Season Two:Kevin first appeared in the season two premiere episode "Wake Up Call," in which he was a patient in a psychiatric hospital. Kevin suffered from paranoid personality disorder and had not...

 ridiculed the center's "key" scheme, where students progressed through key stages by use of meditation, learning and a sizeable monetary investment. Shawn realised Burkhoff was correct and scrapped many of the useless programmes. He brought Burkhoff into the center and Dr Burkhoff eventually developed the promicin

Promicin

Promicin is a fictional neurotransmitter in the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.- Background :The human body produces neurotransmitters that control and regulate bodily functions. In The 4400, every 4400 produces a fictitious neurotransmitter called promicin that enables him...

 serum as extracted from Isabelle Tyler

Isabelle Tyler

Isabelle Tyler is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.-Background:The daughter of Richard Tyler and Lily Moore, Isabelle is technically not a 4400; she was born after the 4400 were returned, after the first season of the show.- Season 1 :Lily...

.

The Center was closed down and seized by the government in the finale of season three. In season four, Shawn reopens the center as a base for his healing foundation.

In the 4400 book "Promises Broken" the 4400 center stands as the last stand against the government in the Battle for Promise City.

Filming location

The real name of the building used for filming is the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, located at the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...

 (UBC) just west of Vancouver

Vancouver

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. The garden seen in various episodes (including Shawn and Isabelle

Isabelle Tyler

Isabelle Tyler is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.-Background:The daughter of Richard Tyler and Lily Moore, Isabelle is technically not a 4400; she was born after the 4400 were returned, after the first season of the show.- Season 1 :Lily...

's wedding) is called the Rose Garden, located directly next to the Chan Centre.

However, according to the second season DVD

DVD

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's bonus features, some scenes at the 4400 Center are filmed at a studio rather than the Chan Centre, due to the distance required to travel to UBC.