Belle Isle 2060 Curling Road North Vancouver 88 stacked townhomes from 534 to 2182 square feet by Citimark
Belle Isle offers residents a ‘beautiful new neighbourhood’ in convenient North Vancouver location
Simon Briault
The Vancouver Sun
Belle Isle
WHAT: Belle Isle is a collection of 88 stacked townhomes at Lions Gate Village, a new master-planned community on the corner of Marine Drive and Capilano Road in North Vancouver.
WHERE: 2060 Curling Road
WHEN: The developers expect Belle Isle phases 1 and 2 to be completed by the winter of 2020.
Residence size and price: Homes have one, two or three bedrooms and there are also three-bedroom plus den options available. Suites range in size from 534 to 2,182 square feet and prices are between $533,000 and $1,988,000.
Architect: Integra Architecture Inc.
Interior designer: Cristina Oberti Interior Design Inc.
Telephone: 604-788-2728
Website: livebelleisle.ca
The big appeal
In a region like Metro Vancouver, where there’s a growing population, land is hard to come by and getting around can be a challenge, it makes sense to leave the car at home whenever possible. The District of North Vancouver has got this message loud and clear. As a result, its official community plan envisages a network of connected town and village centres where residents will be able to walk, ride a bike or take transit to get to pretty much anywhere.
One of these centres is Lions Gate Village, a master-planned community that will eventually include about 1,800 homes, new retail outlets, a new community centre, a daycare and two parks plus a third just outside the development called Belle Isle Park, which has a dogs’ play area, children’s play area and a sports court. Belle Isle, a collection of stacked townhomes by developer Citimark, is only the second project to go on sale in Lions Gate Village and one of the only pre-sale projects available. The benefits of its location are not lost on Emily Kaplun, who has bought one of the homes with her fiancé.
“It was really important to us for our next home to be close to transit because we don’t want to be in our car the whole time,” said Kaplun. “When we stumbled across Belle Isle the stars just aligned – we’ll be super close to the bridge so we can just hop on the bus and be downtown for work super quick. We’ll probably also bike a lot over the bridge in the summer time. It will be a nice way to stay active.”
The inside buzz
Kaplun is typical of the type of move-up buyers that have been showing interest in Belle Isle. This is according to Lisa McDonald, the sales director at Pacesetter Marketing, which is organizing the sales at Belle Isle on behalf of the developers.
“One of the nice things about the village is that it will have a really great mix of different homes – new rentals and high-rise condos as well as townhomes and stacked townhomes,” McDonald added. “It really will feel like a beautiful new neighbourhood. It will be pretty self-sustaining on its own but at the same time it will only be a 12-minute walk along the river to get to Park Royal with the world of amenities that are there.”
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