Inside Vancouver - April 15, 2023

First-time buyer incentive

Dulex Laidler is offering first-time homebuyers an opportunity to purchase into Sitka House with a five per cent discount on its remaining studio and junior one-bedroom homes. Located in Port Moody, Sitka House is a six-storey building featuring a collection of 88 studio to three-bedroom homes with amenities such as a communal rooftop patio, fitness centre, co-working space and a pet wash station. Vice-president of sales and marketing of the locally owned company, Alex Rasovic, says Dulex Laidler, “envisioned this development as an opportunity for the next generation to enter Port Moody’s real estate market.” For more information, visit sitkahouse.ca. Completion is slated for early 2025.

Seaside splendour

Executive Group Development introduces West Coast Estates, situated in north Tsawwassen adjacent to the seaside boardwalk and Tsawwassen Mills Shopping Centre. A collection of 127, studio, one- and two-bedroom plus flex condominiums, West Coast Estates is a new 20-acre oceanside master-planned community showcased by a mix of single-family homes, townhomes, multi-family condominiums, and select laneway homes. The community is anchored by two neighbourhood parks with a greenway path connecting to 66 kilometres of trails. Prices start from the low-$300,000s. For more information, visit livewce.com.

Coming soon

Kerkhoff introduces its newest Okanagan project. Coming soon, Sokana will consist of two buildings, with 234 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom riverside residences. Bordering the Riverside Village and Penticton Channel, Sokana is the developer’s first residential offering in Penticton. Sokana is minutes by bike to the city’s ever-growing culinary and craft brewery scene, beaches and lake-life adventures. Mark your calendars — the launch happens this summer. Register today at liveatsokana.com.

Measure Twice, Cut Once podcast

The Homebuilders Association Vancouver (HAVAN) recently released episode #38 in its podcast, Measure Twice, Cut Once. In this episode, host Chris Hall discusses BOSS, which stands for Building Offsite Sustainable System. Hall addresses ways homeowners can reduce the impact of their housing footprint with BOSS, a factory-built wall system designed to build higher Energy Step Code level homes, including passive house. Developed by B Collective, BOSS is an open-source system, which the company hopes will help advance the learning curve to lower building costs, improve building efficiencies and increase quality of output. “With BOSS, you are getting carbon reduction and thicker walls. BOSS dramatically reduces the on-going operating energy that you put into your house,” says Hall. Available for download now: havan.ca/episode-38-boss-building-solutions.

Did you know?

The provincial government has introduced a multi-billion-dollar plan to construct more homes quickly to ease BC’s housing crisis.