“We’ve
already sold just under 50 per cent of the suites,” says
Rennie Marketing Systems head Bob Rennie. “Live/work
is turning out to be very acceptable to our market.”
The 298,000 square feet of office space on the lower 18 levels
has already been 100 per cent leased to Shaw Cablesystems
(80 per cent) Ledcor Industries (13 per cent), and Westbank
(seven per cent); the three tenants are also co-developers.
The live/work residential units on the upper 24 floors range
from 780 square feet to 6,000 square feet and are priced from
$350,000 to $5.5 million.
The project features a 65-foot wide arrival plaza at the east
side that will be shared with a future hotel; office and live/work
residential units have separate lobbies.
The offices have five high-speed elevators plus one service
elevator and two shuttle elevators to the parking levels;
live/work residential units are serviced by two private residential
lobbies and three high-speed elevators.
Other features include a 4,300-square-foot day-care centre
on the fourth floor, a 4,100 square-foot fitness centre, a
400-square-foot meeting/community room.
“Views start on the 19th floor, where other Coal Harbour
buildings’ views end,” says the sales brochure.
“The views offer Coal Harbour, English Bay, the North
Shore Mountains, Stanley Park and city lights.”
Other features include: commercial curtain wall construction
rarely available in residential developments in Vancouver,
over-height ceilings, air conditioning, and Fujitech 700-feet-per-minute
gearless elevators.
The homes have Fisher & Paykel, Sub-Zero, and Bosch appliances.
Other key features include 24-hour concierge service and security
system, building-wide electronic access control system linked
to the concierge desk, 24-hour digital video surveillance
and recording of building entry points, electronic access
using a single, encrypted security key fob, video enterphone
system allowing identification and screening of guests, restricted
floor access, and private secured parking.
The technology includes Shaw super high-speed Internet service,
in-suite telecommunications cabling, Shaw Digital music service,
and a selection of optional technology, entertainment packages
featuring a Sony plasma flatscreen screen television.
There are five levels of parking and stalls for about 570
cars and 30 motorcycles.
The showroom at 1021 West Hastings St. is open daily from
noon to 6 p.m., with the exception of Fridays.
For more information log on to the www.livingatshawtower.com,
or call 604-693-3121 (toll free 1-877-733-6333).
