[Coquitlam] 567 Clarke+Como | 49fl |Completed

[HighPockets]

Assigned floor numbers do not match up with Nites posting.

Residential floors start counting up after the three-story mixed-use podium.

Gym facilities are foor 28, which is easy to spot having a higher ceiling, roughly 2 stories.

The building is narrower for Floors 44 through 49.

Penthouse units are 44 to 48 and more shared amenities make up 49, the top floor (excluding a bit extra for service structures).

Driving by the building today, it looks like they're working on 49 now, so this should top out soon.

[Lexus]

October 2, 2020

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[a very long weekend]

There's this basic mystery here: if a person had the money for an apartment in a higher floor in a project like this way out there, why wouldn't he/she just live in Vancouver?

If this an example of the money laundering building we're hearing about?

[SpongeG]

I live out here and I love it, I wouldn't want to live in Downtown Vancouver. Its a very popular area, 5 minutes to everything, costco, IKEA, Casino etc. Lougheed Heights looks pretty full, I don't think there are that many units sitting empty. Traffic is much heavier than it used to be. Its just going to be insane in a few years.

[djmk]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

I live out here and I love it, I wouldn't want to live in Downtown Vancouver. Its a very popular area, 5 minutes to everything, costco, IKEA, Casino etc. Lougheed Heights looks pretty full, I don't think there are that many units sitting empty. Traffic is much heavier than it used to be. Its just going to be insane in a few years.

costco, ikea, and the casino?

[SpongeG]

it's a selling point, plus skytrain in three directions.

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by a very long weekend

There's this basic mystery here: if a person had the money for an apartment in a higher floor in a project like this way out there, why wouldn't he/she just live in Vancouver?

If this an example of the money laundering building we're hearing about?

...because not everyone wants to live in Vancouver.

Originally Posted by SpongeG

I live out here and I love it, I wouldn't want to live in Downtown Vancouver. Its a very popular area, 5 minutes to everything, costco, IKEA, Casino etc. Lougheed Heights looks pretty full, I don't think there are that many units sitting empty. Traffic is much heavier than it used to be. Its just going to be insane in a few years.

Exactly. You have most everything you need close at hand plus easy access to other areas.

That description fits far more areas than just downtown Vancouver.

[officedweller]

Ultimately, it depends where you work.
Empty nesters (with $$$) may also be closer to family in the burbs.

[Metro-One]

If I ever end up back in Metro Vancouver this high density suburban nodes are definitely where I would want to be.

Next to mass transit? Check. Reasonably near a major highway for leaving the city? Check. Walking or short cycling distance to most daily needs (supermarket / bank / post office / etc...)? Check. Not being harassed for change by homeless people every few metres on my walk or the constant need to worry about them setting up camp and leaving bio hazards in my building’s entrance? Check.

[vanman]

Originally Posted by a very long weekend

There's this basic mystery here: if a person had the money for an apartment in a higher floor in a project like this way out there, why wouldn't he/she just live in Vancouver?

If this an example of the money laundering building we're hearing about?

A buddy of mine lives in a much shorter tower in this area. There are spectacular views in all directions on top of all the urban amenities people have already mentioned.

Originally Posted by officedweller

From Marcon twitter May 20th


https://twitter.com/MarconHomes

http://marcon.ca/en/project/567-clarke-como/

Originally Posted by Klazu

Very visible part of the skyline.

[Nites]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

If I ever end up back in Metro Vancouver this high density suburban nodes are definitely where I would want to be.

Next to mass transit? Check. Reasonably near a major highway for leaving the city? Check. Walking or short cycling distance to most daily needs (supermarket / bank / post office / etc...)? Check. Not being harassed for change by homeless people every few metres on my walk or the constant need to worry about them setting up camp and leaving bio hazards in my building’s entrance? Check.

Well put.

[axecapital]

Originally Posted by a very long weekend

There's this basic mystery here: if a person had the money for an apartment in a higher floor in a project like this way out there, why wouldn't he/she just live in Vancouver?

If this an example of the money laundering building we're hearing about?

Got a unit just below the penthouses. Mostly because it was the floor plan I wanted. Proximity to sky train was a huge factor for working in Vancouver. Don’t know a lot about Coquitlam but it seems great. Nearby shopping, parks and the freeway. It was a few years ago when this place went for sale. But you definitely couldn’t get similar units for similar prices in Vancouver. The Joyce opened soon after with smaller units and $50k more if you wanted a parking space. Downtown is great but not worth the price premium. Can’t wait to try the amenities on the 28th floor

[HighPockets]

I also bought one of the higher-floor units at 567 Clarke (penthouse levels). The views should be amazing (and were in presentation material).

I already live in the area (and like it) and am looking to downsize.

$/sqft (for living+deck space) was <$800. I could easily have paid double in downtown Van - while having to deal with miserable traffic.

This is an hot, emerging transit-friendly area with dozens of mixed-use towers nearby, built, under-construction, approved, or planned.

Construction and sales slowed slightly by a downturn in the GVRD condo market, but development is steamrolling along. The nearby ~50-storey HighPoint project (LedMac) is being resurrected and is about to open their presentation centre (in the revised 567 Clarke Presentation Centre) and is advertising "2 Bedrooms from $534,900 including parking and bike storage".

The smaller building at 567 Clarke is rental - for the tall tower, I expect none of the units sold to "money launderers" and only a few, if any, went to foreign buyers.

For Real Estate purchases, there is a lot of FinTrac vetting now. Overseas money is a also lot scarcer and harder to move for reasons unrelated to Canadian financial and tax regimes.

If someone were moving shady money into Canadian real estate, it's a statistically insignificant portion of sales -and is probably going to Ontario.

Originally Posted by axecapital

Got a unit just below the penthouses. Mostly because it was the floor plan I wanted. Proximity to sky train was a huge factor for working in Vancouver. Don’t know a lot about Coquitlam but it seems great. Nearby shopping, parks and the freeway. It was a few years ago when this place went for sale. But you definitely couldn’t get similar units for similar prices in Vancouver. The Joyce opened soon after with smaller units and $50k more if you wanted a parking space. Downtown is great but not worth the price premium. Can’t wait to try the amenities on the 28th floor

[invisibleairwaves]

The blank wall on the rental building as you come up Como Lake is...something.

[Lexus]

2020 November 29

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[Cypherus]

^Great update. Really digging this tower and noticed eastbound Hwy 1 traffic around the Burnaby Lake stretch has a nice view of its prominence as they bend around the corners toward Coquitlam.

[officedweller]

Thanks!
Topped out.

[Klazu]

Tall and topped out.

[SpongeG]

there is a sign up that shows what retailers will be coming. The ones I can remember are

Prospera Credit Union
Bjornbar Bakery (they seem to have one location in North Vancouver)
Panago Pizza
Freshi

And there were some others but I forget, I think one was a clinic maybe.

[SpongeG]

January 15

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