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Old Posted Mar 9, 2009, 3:28 AM
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Three Harbour Green | 116m | 32fl | Completed

Three Harbour Green


Official Website: www.harbourgreenplace.com
Virtual Tour: http://www.harbourgreenplace.com/virtualtour.html






NEW HOMES: PROJECT PROFILE

Three Harbour Green
Project location: Coal Harbour, Vancouver
Project size: 81 apartments and townhouses, 32-storey building
Residence size: 1,880 sq. ft. - 8,010 sq. ft., 2 - 4 bedrooms
Presentation centre: 18th floor, 1055 West Hastings, by appointment only
Phone: 604-683-3388
Developer: Aspac Developments
Architect: IBI HB Architects
Interior design: BBA Design Consultants
Occupancy: 2012
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Old Posted Mar 9, 2009, 3:29 AM
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Three Harbour Green signals imminent completion of historic Coal Harbour transformation

Barbara Gunn
Compliments of The Vancouver Sun
Saturday, August, 30, 2008


Three Harbour Green is a Vancouver milepost, the "last spike" in the transformation of Coal Harbour from transcontinental railway terminus to what the developer is calling the city's most prestigious waterfront neighbourhood.

By 2012, and the completion of construction of Three Harbour Green, Coal Harbour's last available site will have been filled in and the area will have fully realize its vision -- as a vibrant, people-friendly community that one Aspac executive says is drawing worldwide attention.

"We have so many visitors from overseas planning departments," says Lance Brown, an Aspac vice-president. "I've hosted people from China, from Russia, Europe, the States, from South America . . . And they all want to come and see Coal Harbour. They all say: 'Show me how you do this on your waterfront.' They're all absolutely amazed by it."

The redevelopment story Brown is describing began in 1993, when Aspac, in partnership with Marathon Realty, began to transform some 47 acres of waterfront between the Westin Bayshore and Canada Place -- lands that were once the site of the western terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

The vision called for a new, upscale neighbourhood, one that would combine residential, hotel, commercial and retail purposes with large tracts of green space.


Three Harbour Green -- the last of three residential towers that will comprise Aspac's Harbour Green Place neighbourhood -- will begin to rise at the corner of Thurlow and Cordova, the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre next door.

When that tower is finished, says Brown, it will be unlike anything Vancouver will ever see again.

"This is the last opportunity for anybody to have waterfront down here," he says. "If you want to get in Coal Harbour, on waterfront, this is the last chance to purchase new. The resale market is always going to be there, but if you want to have a new one, this is it. There'll be nothing following."

There's no question that the penthouse -- it will be a two-level, four-bedroom residence that will have more than 8,000 square feet of living space, 24-foot ceilings and a full rooftop deck -- will be what Brown calls "a one-off."

"When we started out, our penthouses were sort of 3,500 feet. That's now a standard suite for us. They're getting bigger, and bigger. And with this one, we thought, well, it's our last building, so let's throw everything at it...


The penthouses in the first two Harbour Green towers, One Harbour Green and Two Harbour Green, set record prices a few years back -- they went for $6.02 million and $7.75 million, respectively, when they were purchased in 2003 and 2005 -- and Brown says the penthouse in the third tower is also attracting a lot of attention, even though Aspac has so far introduced the homes to private clients only.

"Penthouse buyers are a different breed from normal human beings, so they do take their time," he says. "They'll hunt around a bit. There are only so many of these. I mean, if you look at the whole of downtown Vancouver, and you look at the number of penthouses that are actually sitting on the water -- they're very few and far between."


"We've had purchasers who have a house in White Rock or Lion's Bay or the Sunshine Coast, or even the Vancouver area. ... And we have people who have houses in London and Madrid and Hong Kong -- and here -- and they kind of move between them. Lovely lifestyle, if you can get it."

For those who appreciate truly top-end touches, there's no doubt that the lifestyle at Three Harbour Green will be lovely. The views of Stanley Park, the North Shore mountains and Coal Harbour will be expansive, of course, and the access to the neighbourhood's amenities -- it includes a new community centre, children's water park, marina and extended seawall -- are certain to add to the appeal of Coal Harbour residency.

But it will be the interior finishings of the units -- there will be eight townhomes and 73 condos including the penthouse -- that Brown suggests will truly distinguish the homes.


"All the finishings, everything, is coming from Italy," he says. "The kitchens are by Snaidero. The lime [cabinetry] is called Venus, which is designed by Pininfarina, the guy who designs Ferraris. . . . The closets are by another Italian company, called MOVE. The bathroom vanities are by another Italian company, called L'O di Giotto.

"Virtually everything in the suite, everything that's fixed, is from Italy. ... It's the best. If you want design, you have to go to Italy. That's not knocking anywhere else, but if you really want to show quality, the Italians are still unsurpassed."

(Those finishes will undoubtedly be embraced by the one Italian buyer -- Brown won't reveal his name -- who has "bought in every single project we've ever had.")

Residents of the homes will have access to a 24-hour concierge, as well as two amenity centres, which will house a 70-foot indoor pool, gymnasium, squash court, theatre and "virtual golf" simulator, among other things.

Homes will have full-height windows, ceilings that rise at least 10 feet and balconies with gas fireplaces. Most of the levels will have a maximum of three homes, providing for what Brown calls "very, very expansive living."

Now that the transformation of Coal Harbour is nearing completion, Brown says the redevelopment has surpassed all expectations.

"It's the end of a long road for us," he says. "We've been at this for 15 years, and it's going to take another four years to get this complete, so it's a 20-year journey from start to finish. . . .

"I don't think anybody could have envisaged how successful the development of Coal Harbour has been . . . I've lived in cities around the world, and I can't think of anything that compares with Coal Harbour anywhere on the planet."
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^ Hey, thanks for starting this. I love this series...the Harbour Green Series.
I've been to One and Two and I can't wait to see the third one completed. I'll upload a pic I took the other day.

Also, the video tour in the offical site is a must see! I love it: the balcony and
the penthouses.
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There are a couple of my photos from the Downtown update thread that can be moved into here as well.
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I love how the rendering makes it look like there are absolutely no buildings on either side of Three Harbour Green for miles and miles! In fact, Two Harbour Green is closer than is depicted by the very small shadow in the lower left of the drawing and the Shaw Tower is across the street on the east side...
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Nice tower. And the final image on the virtual tour is amazing!!!!!
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I think they're a little off... most notably that the jewel in the Harbour Green crown was in fact HG2.
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Posted by Delirium...thank you!

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here's an update of harbour green III. crane should be coming soon...

photo by nathanpachal on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/npachal/3422812931/
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dleung over @ SSC has done a nice render of HG3

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dleung over @ SSC has done a nice render of HG3

nice rendering

we really do need more office towers in downtown...or new ones in central broadway corridor.
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ha, yume, if we all think like that then who's going to live in there anyways.
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come on, we all know that you are capable of buying the whole thing~~~
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Nice render!
Just wish that tower had retail at the base given its location on the plaza (I don't think it does, does it?).
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Nice render!
Just wish that tower had retail at the base given its location on the plaza (I don't think it does, does it?).
No, it doesn't. Nor do the townhouses especially engage with the plaza.
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No, it doesn't. Nor do the townhouses especially engage with the plaza.
The Thurlow/VCEC plaza frontage was being redesigned as a condition of the DP – so the renderings we’ve seen to date of that part of the project won’t necessarily look like the finished product.

Putting retail at the base probably would’ve required a zoning amendment since the zoning is CD and didn’t allow for retail on the 3HG site. It would be a cool place to have a café or something, but not exactly a hot spot for retail - which is why I'm sure Aspac didn't bother forcing the issue.
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I'm surprised at how quickly this building reached grade.
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