URBAN OASIS
First phase of community with 295 homes in two towers about to begin construction
Onni’s Cambie Gardens will include plenty of green space
Homes in the first phase of Cambie Gardens, the master-planned Vancouver community between Cambie and Heather streets and West 57th and West 59th avenues, are now on the market as the Onni Group prepares to start construction of the East and West towers in 2019.
There will be 295 homes in the two towers, ranging in size from studio to one-, two- and three-bedroom units, from 450 to 1,385 square feet, and town houses of 1,710 square feet. When completed, the community will include approximately 2,000 homes.
The two highrises, designed by IBI Architects, will be on Cambie and West 59th, the southeast corner of the site. Residents will enjoy views of the Langara Golf Course to the east, an unobstructed outlook to the south, views of internal parks to the west, and, in the distance, city and mountain vistas to the north, says Nic Jensen, Onni’s vice-president of sales.
Once completed, Cambie Gardens residents will enjoy the conveniences of a master-planned community with amenities such as a two-anda-half-acre park, owned and maintained by the city of Vancouver, a central plaza and a one-acre urban farm in addition to 100,000 square feet of retail space. The presentation centre showcases kitchen and bathroom vignettes in each of the three colour and material palettes designed by Onni’s team of interior designers.
The Cambie and Langara palettes are a dark and light version of a similar palette with marble countertops and slab backsplashes, while the Heather palette has satin painted soft grey cabinetry and a brushed quartzite stone countertop and backsplash.
The Cambie scheme features textured rift-cut oak laminate upper cabinets and white satin painted lower cabinets, while the Langara scheme offers textured quarter-cut walnut laminate upper cabinets and white satin painted lower cabinets.
All three options have flatpanel cabinet doors and drawers with integrated finger pulls for a flush finish and soft-close mechanisms, while the pantry cupboards include pullout shelves to maximize storage space. All kitchens include a 30-inch Sub-Zero refrigerator with freezer drawers and a dual-zone under-counter wine fridge. The 30-inch gas cooktop, dual convection wall oven and microwave are by Wolf and an Asko dishwasher completes the kitchen’s highend appliance package.
The Langara and Heather bathroom vignettes at the
presentation centre include free-standing soaker tubs with floor-mounted brushed nickel faucets, floating vanities with four-inch mitred apron fronts and under-cabinet LED lighting and generously proportioned walk-in frameless glass enclosed showers with floorto-ceiling marble tiles and marble mosaic floors.
Wide-plank engineered oak hardwood flooring with a brushed finish connects the kitchen, living and dining spaces while wool-berber carpets will be soft underfoot in the bedrooms and closets.