Thursday, June 26, 2008

The Grace Residences at 1280 Richards Street in Downtown Vancouver, 1104 Hornby Residences, 225 Smithe Condo High-Rise and James Schouw and Associates

Downtown Vancouver Exclusive Grace Residences


Downtown Vancouver's most luxurious and exclusive condo residence is at the Grace Residences located in the Yaletown real estate district by James Schouw & Associates.The Grace Residences are an extraordinary collection of world class homes in downtown Vancouver’s real estate market, and is truly unique on the North American continent. It is the evolution of a dream to create, within Vancouver’s most dynamic urban neighbourhood, an expression of character, livability, and luxury normally reserved for the most exclusive Vancouver custom homes. The Yaletown Grace Residences is more than high ceilngs, limestone, hardwood, and exclusive fixtures. Grace Residences in downtown Vancouver real estate is about texture, character, and attention to detail, and a feeling that cannot be described by a simple feature list. It begins with gardens. The embryonic design concept of the Grace Residences in Vancouver downtown homes, spawned by imagination and focused on a series of magical garden spaces, open air passageways, and courtyards. True to that image, a comprehensive design developed as though growing from an existing, every changing, colourful living space that is now know as the exclusive Yaletown residences at the Grace Homes. Within weeks of completion, the first phase of Grace Residences in Yaletown Vancouver was awarded “Best Garden in Downtown Vancouver” by the Vancouver Parks Board and the Vancouver Garden Club. The Grace Residences is simulataneously grand and intimate – in texture, form, and style. Interpretations of the mythical Graces, sculpted by Derek Rowe, intermingle with the Yaletown Residences at the Grace, the extraordinary vaulted passageway invites residents and guests to the intimate, soaring spaces of the concierge lobby and meeting gallery. The Grace Residences Yaletown project is conceived, designed, engineered and executed to an exemplary standard with a very personal touch. Concierge, pool, spa, sauna, meeting gallery, children’s play area and fitness facility all complement the common areas of the Grace Residences. The Green Features of the exclusive and luxury Grace Residences in yaletown real estate include: geothermal heating and cooling systems the reduce energy costs. The Grace Residences is the first high-rise residential real estate Vancouver development to utilize such a system. Dozens of pipes bored deep into the earth collect stored heat energy to reduce dependency on conventional energy sources. The concept is simple, environmentally responsible and saves energy costs for the residences at the Grace. In addition, the Yaletown real estate homes at the Grace Residences’ rainwater is a source of life. After flowing into specially engineered reservoirs, it can be used as required to irrigate the lush gardens that ground Grace Residences and its residents.

Last Yaletown Grace Residence Home Comes With A Guarantee


The downtown Vancouver Yaletown real estate builder of the ultra luxurious residential tower of the year in the annual Georgie Awards competition in 2009, the Grace Residences in Vancouver’s Yaletown neighbourhood, is holding an open house on Sunday. James Schouw has one pre-sale Yaletown Grace Residence apartment left to sell, a resident of 1850 square feet with an asking price of $1.849 million. If you want to see what a $1,000 per square foot listing looks like, the open house hours for the pre-sale Yaletown Vancouver Grace Condominium Residence is from 12 to 4:30pm. The Grace Yaletown residence location is 1280 Richards Street, downtown Vancouver. Look for a greeter and harpist in the lobby entrance of the Grace. Schouw wants to make it real easy for prospects and prospective home buyers as he is promising the price fluctuation guarantee for the Grace Residence in Yaletown. If Vancouver reale state housing prices drop in the next year, he would refund back to the purchaser the difference in the drop. Schouw plans to place 13 per cent of the purchase price in trust to ensure it would be available to cover the downside if it happens at the pre-sale Yaletown condo for sale at the Vancouver Grace Residences. “We feel this is very important and innovative way to market an dprovides assurance to prospective purchasers who would like to take advantage of the new build and buy today without worries of the market softening further,” a news release says. Another real estate developer in Greater Vancouver to take a similar approach is Larco Investments with its Morgan Crossing project in South Surrey where condos start at $249,900. Last summer, the company guaranteed the value of homes at the South Surrey real estate development by up to 10 per cent.

2009 Georgie Award Winner for the Best High Rise in BC for the 2008 Georgie Awards is the Vancouver Grace Residences!


An exclusive showing by James Schouw and Associates for the last remaing Yaletown Grace Residence apartment is happening right now. Grace Yaletown residence for sale on Sunday, February 15th from noon to 4:30pm at 1280 Richards Street Vancouver BC. Only 1 Grace Residence suite is available offering about 1850 square feet of luxurious living. The Property Value Gaurantee protects home buyers against downward market price fluctations of up to 13% during the year after purchase of the last remaining Yaletown Grace Residence in downtown Vancouver real estate market. Details upon request. Current low housing starts, combined with population growth of about 1,000 per week, will influence diminishing supply and rising demand. With very low interest rates, there hasn’t been a more affordable time to buy in years.

Grace 1602 – 1280 Richards Street Exclusive Condo Listing


Grace Residences at 1280 Richards Street Exclusive Condo Listings are now available in the Yaletown Vancouver communityExclusively listed and offered at $1,698,000 if one of the signature residences at Grace in Downtown Vancouver. Grace Residences. An extraordinary collection of world-class residences in Yaletown – Vancouver’s most vibrant downtown neighbourhood. Truly unique on the North American continent, the evolution of a dream, an expression of character and luxury found only in the most exclusive Vancouver custom homes in downtown. Truly an intimate, boutique development at Grace Residences that includes features such as: soaring ceilings, porcelain limestone tile flooring, geothermal heating, biometric fingerprint recognition security, lush botaincial gardens, concierge servies, indoor and outdoor pool, fitness and spa facilities, stainless steel appliances, children’s play area and a lavish meeting gallery. There are only 2 suites per floor at the Yaletown Grace Residences in the Vancouver downtown real estate market. The Suite 1602 at Grace Residences offers luxurious living over 1872 square feet with 2 ensuited bedrooms, open plan gourmet kitchem, entertainment size living room and dining room with grand fireplace, hardwood floors and 2 balconies. Full warranty is in place for this resale property at the Vancouver Grace Residences in Yaletown. Asisgnment of contract. For more information, you can contact David S. of REMAX Real Estate Services at www.thereferraladvantage.com.

1104 Hornby Residences in Vancouver Downtown


1104 Hornby Condominium Residences in Vancouver Downtown real estate market by James Schouw & AssociatesThe residential apartment site for 1102 Hornby Street in downtown Vancouver real estate is comprised of two parcels at the corner location. It measures approximately 110’ x 120’ which is ideally suited to the scale of real estate development planned by JS&A, with consideration for massing, layout, parking and structural design. For this property at the Vancouver 1104 Hornby Residences, the ODP designates an allowable real estate development density of three times the site area (floor space ratio, or FSR) with internal provisions for parking, storage, mechanical systems and a ten percent heritage density transfer. The Vancouver real estate offering at 1104 Hornby Residence apartments and new townhomes will be built primarily of cast-in-place steel reinforced concrete, and the envelope will be constructed as cast concrete or a robust masonry rain screen. An underground parking at the presales 1104 Hornby condo units in downtown Vancouver property market will be provided and suites will typically be separated by demising walls of exceptional sound transmission resistance. The Green Features of the pre-construction 1104 Hornby new Vancouver downtown condos include: Environmental sustainability will play an important role at 1104 Hornby Street Vancouver. The ceilings will be high, the windows expansive, and many of the benchmarks set by JS&A on previous condo projects, will likely be incorporated, including geothermal heating and biometric building security. Interior spaces will generally adopt a brigher gallery style with a minimum of discretionary surfaces. The real estate downtown condo project at 1104 Hornby Street residences willb e designed to showcase assive heating and ventilation technologies. It will adopt low impact, energy efficient technologies. Other systems under consideration for the new pre-construction 1104 Hornby street condo apartments in Vancouver downtown include heat recovery exhaust ventilation, rain water recovery, grey water treatment and irrigation and waste water heat recovery. The new presale Vancouver condos at site 1104 Hornby will have 12,000 sq ft of residential space with a 3.0 FSR Gross Building Area of 45,600 square feet. There will only be 21 presale condos and townhomes at the 1104 Hornby Residences that will include seven one bedroom townhouses, two 2 bed townhomes, six one bed and den condos, two two bed and den condominiums and lastly, two more 2-bed suites.

Downtown Vancouver 225 Smithe Condo Apartment High-Rise


James Schouw & Associates presents the condo high-rise downtown Vancouver condominium tower at 225 Smithe StreetThe residential building description for the 225 Smith Condominium presale Vancouver suites by JS&A: The residential compomnent of this real estate project in downtown Vancouver, representingmore than two dozen condo suites, will capitalize on the unusual zoning opportunity to emphasize views, light, and remarkably high ceilings. With only on or two presale Vancouver condo suites per floor, the extraordinary design of the downtown Vancouver 225 Smithe condo apartment high-rise will emphasize smaller floor plates, with full height windows and floor to floor heights likely to exceed sixteen feet. A striking, unique design philosophy is emphasized at the presale 225 Smithe Condos in Vancouver downtown in order to distinguish the Smithe Street project’s reputation in the Vancouver real estate market. The commercial component to the pre-construction 225 Smithe building includes: large, dramatic, multi-level commercial “town homes” will anchor the real estate downtown Vancouver condo project to the neighbourhood. These elemtns are inteneded to provide complementary amenities to the residential suites at 225 Smithe condominiums in Vancouver, including an exclusive restaurant with room service provisions, and a world-class spa, which would also support the growing number of small boutique hotels in the neighbourhood that do not have adequate space for comprehensive in-house spa facilities. JS&A also intends to permanently occupy one of the commercial town homes at Vancouver 225 Smithe Street as an ongoing centre of operations and display requirements. The presale 225 Smith Condo site area includes 14994 square feet with a 5.5 FSR (including 10% heritage density) and the gross building area is 85,000 sq ft (approximately). The pre-construction Vancouver condo breakdown at 225 Smithe Street development will include only 25 units (residential) with 24 suites, 1 penthouse and 30,000 sq ft of retail and office space on the main, 2nd and 3rd floors of the site at 225 Smithe St. The design of this presale Vancouver new condo draws from the JS&A Hornby project as well and they will share complementary design philosophy, both as a matter of public interest and also in order to facilitate efficient management and construction. Where possible, design, envelope and engineering details of the 225 Smithe condo residential mix-use Vancouver downtown real estat eprojet, as well as site instructions pertaining to both projects will be public art. Green Features of the pre-construciton 225 Smithe condo apartments include environmental sustainability which will play an important role at 225 Smithe. The downtown Vancouver property project, with its high ceilings and high percentage of glazing, will be designed to showecase passive heating and ventilation technologies. The 225 Smithe condo project will adopt low impact, energy efficient technologies in addition to geothermal heating ad cooling.

James Schouw & Associates


James Schouw & Associates create art for people to live in. They are focussed, passionately, detail driven group of individuals who are like minded in their determination to make a meaningful and permanent contribution to the fabric of Vancouver reale state. James Schouw & Associates strives to surpass the status quo at every turn. In terms of character, liveability, integrity, and durability, they are confident that their real estate projects are unique from a local as well as a global perspective. They are proud that each of their creations at James Schouw & Associates is unlikely to be mistaken for any other, anywhere, regardless of origin.

James Schouw & Associates is committed to advancing energy efficienty and environmental sensitivity to all of its real estate projects. They bring several decades of combined experience and a hands on approach to design and development. James Schouw & Associates work with pre-eminent consultants, engineers and advisors to harmonize leading technologies with timelss architectural design. For James Schouw & Associates, they are also, quite simply, home. Having the opportunity to live in the Vancouver real estate projects that they create allows for an intimate perspective of the implications of their design. James Schouw & Associates create aesthetically beautiful homes that have the immediate impact of a striking work of art. With the passage of time the inherent liveability of their Vancouver homes is revealed through the influences of space, light and texture.

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