[North Vancouver] Seylynn Village | 3 Bldgs | 32, 28, 24 FLOORS | Completed

[rofina]

Nice building!

A lot less than ideal location. Wonder who would buy here over just about anywhere else on the North Shore?

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[Pinion]

Originally Posted by rofina

Nice building!

A lot less than ideal location. Wonder who would buy here over just about anywhere else on the North Shore?

You need to add an extra $100k at least to get the same thing anywhere else on the north shore. You can live in a really nice new concrete unit there or an old four storey wood frame in a nicer part. Wish I had the option back in 2005.

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[Klazu]

I like how the tower looks like, but I still don't get the location. There are no further tower plans than the three odd towers of Seylynn Village?

[Pinion]

Nothing official but that whole stretch of "lower" Mountain hwy is supposed to be like a new mini Lonsdale. Even Seylynn's ads show towers on the other side of Fern st where rotting single family homes currently stand.

There is a new four storey rental building coming near Phibbs. Yay


http://www.dnv.org/article.asp?c=1178

[Vanville]

[IMG]_MG_8065 by vancouverbyte, on Flickr[/IMG]

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[BodomReaper]

This one isn't generating a lot of excitement on here, but I'm a big fan. Any timeline for the other two towers?

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[Klazu]

I also happened to be in the area today.

[jozero]

Originally Posted by Pinion

It looks like they're having trouble selling out the first building. They're offering no maintenance fees for three years now. Admittedly you'd have to be insane to buy on the north side of the building, despite the views.

But it looks like prep work has started for the second one.

Maybe Klazu can get a super zoomed in shot of the south side of Beacon since it's virtually impossible to take a photo from the north shore?

Baffled by that development. Who is there target market ? It can't be investors looking to rent out the units, they buy near good transit. It can't be families with small kids, its right by the freeway for pete's sake. It can't be single folks or young couples wanting an urban lifestyle, unless you want to risk life and limb walking to the superstore.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by jozero

Baffled by that development. Who is there target market ? It can't be investors looking to rent out the units, they buy near good transit. It can't be families with small kids, its right by the freeway for pete's sake. It can't be single folks or young couples wanting an urban lifestyle, unless you want to risk life and limb walking to the superstore.

It is just the start of a self-contained North Vancouver neighbourhood centre. Still at its infancy.

[Pinion]

Originally Posted by jozero

Baffled by that development. Who is there target market ? It can't be investors looking to rent out the units, they buy near good transit. It can't be families with small kids, its right by the freeway for pete's sake. It can't be single folks or young couples wanting an urban lifestyle, unless you want to risk life and limb walking to the superstore.

What Vin said (holy crap we agree!) plus it's by far the cheapest high end building on the north shore. If you want a concrete high rise with nice finishings and A/C etc in a bad neighbourhood that might get better, it's worth a gamble. I guess. Mountain hwy will turn into a quiet street once the "upper" Mountain hwy overpass is diverted towards Brooksbank, knocking out two of three busy streets surrounding it. Fern has already been turned into a cul de sac.

And everyone always forgets about Phibbs exchange. It might not have the glamour of the Quay but it's handy to have nearby.

If the reserve ever builds their mega-mall on the other side of the highway, and the rest of lower Mountain hwy gets developed as planned, people who bought on the south side of the building will be sitting pretty. And the north side will be alright too as long as they wear earplugs.

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[vanciti]

Once this tower finishes off, it'll be a while before more condos start rolling. I suspect a rental tower is a likely candidate for the next build. Ledmac is the only other developer with a real large presence in the area and that seems to be dragging out. Darwin is building their low rise rental at the other end of the plan area and a few surrey wood frame developers have picked up some low density wood frame builds...this area is going to struggle for a while as it get legs and becomes a neighbourhood of its own.

[djmk]

As a resident of North Vancouver who lives relatively close to this development, I have not heard a positive word about this development from any of my neighbours.

Everything from being a total out-of-place eyesore, to not understanding the confusing new traffic patterns, I feel there is a general agreement on the north shore that this is a bad idea.

And this is not going to be a self contained neighbourhood in my life time. It might of been if it was located closer to the maplewood farm but not here.

[Pinion]

North shore residents hate anything that isn't a single family home, no surprise there. The road situation is greatly improved and will continue to get better with the new Keith bridge and hwy interchanges.

The area between this development and Maplewood farm is native reserve, so nothing will happen there except for a mega mall that everyone on the north shore will moan about as well.