CORNERBROOK CARVES OUT NICHE IN CITY’S NORTHEAST
The developer behind the community of Legacy is making connections between neighbours and timeless architecture an emphasis once again as it moves into Calgary’s northeast quadrant.
WestCreek Developments, which has seen Legacy win two Community of the Year awards, formally launches its next community, Cornerbrook, today at noon. This includes a 14-model show home parade.
Cornerbrook, which is planned to build out to 1,500 homes, is located next to the existing community of Cornerstone, and can be accessed at the intersection of Stoney Trail and Country Hills Boulevard. Cornerbrook is on the north side of Country Hills.
“WestCreek Developments has been building communities for about 20 years now, and Legacy was really the biggest project that we have ever done,” says Kalida Goldade, marketing manager for WestCreek. “To now bring on a second project to be selling at the same time is really another big milestone for us. We’re really excited to have a second community on the go, grow and become more apart of that Calgary landscape in larger communities (with) Cornerbrook and Legacy, and later this year, Wolf Willow.”
Like Legacy, the developer’s planned Wolf Willow community will be in southeast Calgary.
Prior to Cornerbrook, WestCreek’s last development in northeast Calgary was Saddlecrest. They’re happy to be back.
“It is the place with the biggest growth in Calgary,” says Goldade.
Three of the top four communities for population growth in the recent city census were new communities in the northeast quadrant.
Whether it’s a house hunter who lives in an existing northeast Calgary community, or someone new to the quadrant, Goldade says Cornerbrook will be a draw.
When it comes to architectural design, it follows a path that has helped make Legacy a success. Goldade says it sticks with WestCreek’s approach of building “communities that are everlasting, and taking in the elements around it.”
“We’re using traditional architecture, so that house is never going to fade out of style,” she says.
The builder group in Cornerbrook is composed of Cardel Homes, and three companies that are also active in Legacy — Trico Homes, Stepper Homes and WestCreek Homes.
Home styles in the community include front-drive singlefamily homes starting from the $520,000s, laned single-family homes from the $360,000s, and duplexes from the $320,000s. In all cases, this includes the lot and GST.
“There are a lot of different housing options,” Goldade says, “from main floor bedrooms, to up to five bedrooms with basement developments.”
When it comes to design, look for Cornerbrook to offer features that help bring residents together, Goldade says.
The most substantial is its central park.
“It takes up 30 per cent of the community and attaches on either side of the community to additional parks, making a full 180acre (72.8 hectare) park system that has the (Rotary/Mattamy) Greenway that runs through it,” Goldade says.
The Rotary/Mattamy Greenway, when complete, will connect 55 neighbourhoods in a 138-kilometre loop around the city, making it the largest urban system in the world.
The community also has a joint school site that it shares with Cornerstone.
Cornerbrook’s connectivity also extends to access in and out of the community, Goldade says, adding that with “access right off Stoney and Country Hills Boulevard, you’re really close to everything.”
We’re using traditional architecture, so that house is never going to fade out of style.