I'm not especially excited about this one. The project brand shows a rounded facade to the building and for months I simply assumed the other side of the tower was "the good side".
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I almost bought into it but realized I wanted to live in Mount Pleasant instead. Otherwise We liked the layouts and location. The area is in the middle of a long transition and if you like the area and can wait it out, it will be a great buy. There is a lot coming to the area so the value will go up. Once Douglas gets closed off it will be less noisy and busy as well something to think about. Check Burnaby's town center plans to see what they want to do. I don't have the link but go to their website.
It has the best layouts for the price and lowest maintenance fee (.24 cents a sq foot) which makes it tempting.. I can rationalize the location I guess but it is a bit on its own out there.
It has the best layouts for the price and lowest maintenance fee (.24 cents a sq foot) which makes it tempting.. I can rationalize the location I guess but it is a bit on its own out there.
Did you like the layouts?
24 cents /sq ft is cheap strata. That is a bonus. Most of the buildings are around 35 cents/sq ft. The layouts in Perspective are good but in the end it's all about location. It is not too walk friendly once you go outside the building.
MOSAIC & FRESCO of Renaissance towers across from Save On Foods are the best buildings in the Brentwood area IMO. They have low strata $27 cents/sq ft and no wasted space on their layouts. Also the 2 bedrooms are VERY generous size - minimum 900 square feet!
I figured someone should do a final update for this project... Overall, I quite like how it turned out. The tower gives the impression of "unfolding" in several chunks, which all work nicely together. And for a dreaded "tower in the park", the ground-level treatments of both the tower and the townhomes are definitely above-average. The only issue is, as SFU Vancouver noted a few posts up, the location is pretty awful. It's located almost exactly halfway between Holdom and Brentwood stations, meaning you either walk for 10 minutes along a Lougheed Highway with no sidewalks, or through an industrial area which also isn't exactly welcoming to pedestrians.
It can be a good option if they develop the area west of the building. Any idea if there are plans to redevelop this land south of Lougheed across the street from Brentwood Gates?
It can be a good option if they develop the area west of the building. Any idea if there are plans to redevelop this land south of Lougheed across the street from Brentwood Gates?
Seems like an industrial storage area right now.
I don't know anything about any specific plans, but the land is zoned for low to medium density multiple family residential, as per the Brentwood area plan here: http://www.burnaby.ca/Assets/city+se...+Brentwood.pdf
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