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Mariner at Coopers Landing Opens in Vancouver’s Newest Waterfront Neighbourhood
June 3rd, 2008 Categories: Discovering Vancouver, Vancouver Real Estate
Coopers Landing is Vancouver’s newest waterfront neighbourhood, east of Cambie Street bridge and across from the 2010 Olympic Village with Coopers Park in front of the buildings.
Mariner will be the next one to open at 918 Cooperage Way and has 6 suites on a floor, from 658 sqft l bedrooms to 1273 sq-ft 2 bedrooms. It will be 24 storeys with 133 suites. The Esprit Club features a 60ft pool and concierge service. Mariner has expansive windows, in-suite heating and cooling systems, fireplaces with stone surround and wood mantle, marble or granite entry and contemporary low-pile carpeting. The kitchens have granite counter-tops and glass back-splash, stainless steel appliances with gas stoves, double stainless steel sinks and recessed pot lighting. Read the rest of this entry »
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Discovering Vancouver - 1855 Vine Street, Kitsilano
May 10th, 2008 Categories: Discovering Vancouver, Kitsilano, Vancouver Real Estate
1855 Vine Street is a stylish character Landmark in the heart of Vancouver’s Kitsilano.
The building is Beaux Arts style that was a former Presbyterian Sabbath School circa 1911 and is made up of larger 2 bedrooms suites over 1200 sq.ft. It was converted to condos in the 1980s.
Currently #2 is for sale, just over 1200 sq.ft. $1,275,000. This heritage loft conversion was completely renovated to the highest quality of material & craftsmanship throughout. Exhibiting an elaborate portico of sandstone, 3ft thick brick walls & solid massive wooden beams, these are the original features of this romantic signature building on top of a hill. In 1985, architect Donald O’Callaghan modernized the inside of the Italianate shell into 5 unique 2 storey private residences of timeless quality. The suite has a 580 sq.ft. deck.
Do you know of other Kits condo buildings that are beautiful heritage style buildings that have been converted?
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Discovering Vancouver
April 24th, 2008 Categories: Discovering Vancouver, Kitsilano, Vancouver Real Estate
One of my favourite neighbourhoods in Kitsilano is Arbutus Walk.
Do you remember the Carlings O’Keefe Brewery industrial lands that used to be here, prior to 1996? That’s when the transformation to residential began. The hood is now built out and contains more than 1000 condos and townhomies, in over 12 buildings. There was quite an outcry from the hood in the initial planning stages as the City wanted to build midrise condos. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Origin of Vancouver Names
April 22nd, 2008 Categories: Discovering Vancouver, Vancouver Real Estate
We walk down our City streets and drive around our Vancouver neighbourhoods every day, ever wonder who Vancouver streets are named after?
I’m a bit of a history buff , so thought I’d check out the British Columbia Encyclopedia to see what our forefathers did to get a street named after them. Here’s what I found.
Cambie - named after Henry J. Cambie, born in County Tipperary, Ireland. He came to B.C. in 1874 to work on the railways, and was in charge of the Fraser Canyon stretch of the C.P.R Read the rest of this entry »
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