Hunter at Lynn Creek 1401 Hunter Street North Vancouver 326 homes in two concrete towers of 27 and 16 storeys by Intergulf Development Group
Hunter at Lynn Creek offers close proximity to shops, walking and biking trails
Michael Bernard
The Vancouver Sun
Hunter at Lynn Creek, North Vancouver
Project Address: 1401 Hunter St., North Vancouver
Project Scope: A total of 326 units in two concrete towers of 27 and 16 storeys each located on 2.1 acres. Homes range from studios at 500 sq. ft. to three-bedroom suites and townhouses of 1,500 sq. ft plus. Development includes construction of the 27,000 sq. ft. Lynn Creek Community Centre. The project includes an 8,400 sq. ft. landscaped private courtyard with children’s play area, a social lounge with a chef kitchen, a bicycle repair room, and a local high street with an easy walk to Park and Tilford shopping centre.
Prices: From $509,900
Developer: Intergulf Development Group
Architect: Ramsay Worden Architects Ltd.
Interior Design: Area 3 Design
Sales Centre: 481 Mountain Highway, North Vancouver
Sales phone: 604.936.1888
Hours: Noon to 5 p.m. daily (except Fridays)
Website: http://www.hunterlynncreek.com
Completion Date: 2021
For real estate agent Jim Lanctot, buying a one-bedroom suite in Hunter on Lynn Creek seemed a no brainer, and a simple way of planning ahead for his two young daughters.
“My kids are not going to want to live up here in Lynn Valley with me and the old fuddy-duddies,” he says referring to Lynn Valley about three kilometres north of the 326-suite two-tower development which will overlook Lynn Creek near the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge. “They would rather live in Lynn Creek.”
Lanctot is so enthusiastic about the District of North Vancouver’s vision for the Lynn Creek Town Centre that earlier he bought another two-bedroom suite in a nearby low-rise development.
“My main motivation in buying this suite in Hunter is that I can get close enough to breaking even (by renting out both properties) so as to lock into today’s price,” he says. “So when my two kids move out of Lynn Valley, this will be kind of a foothold in the market where they will want to live for a while.”
Lanctot sees the District’s Lynn Creek Village Centre as one of the most successful of the District’s village and town centres, which include nearby Maplewood to the East, Lynn Valley, Edgemont Village and Lions Gate Village at the base of Capilano Road and Marine Drive.
“I think you will see a lot of young families taking advantage of the close proximity to shops and to the walking and biking trails,” he says.
The District’s plans for Lynn Creek are transportation-focused with a major revamping of the Phibbs Exchange bus terminal at the north end of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, construction of a new community centre to serve the area, as well as parks and landscaped gardens and trails that connect with paths that take hikers and cyclists up Lynn Creek to an elaborate network that leads to the Baden Powell Trail. The district plan includes encouraging and enhancing commercial and retail businesses that will serve an estimated 6,000 Lynn Creek residents.
Hunter at Lynn Creek sits on a 2.1-acre parcel and features two towers, one 27 storeys high and the other 16 storeys, joined at the base by a podium that will house the development’s townhomes. Residents will be able to walk to a high street of shops and services and use a pedestrian bridge across Lynn Creek to reach nearby Park and Tilford shopping plaza.
Craig Anderson of Magnum Projects, which is marketing Hunter at Lynn Creek, says the two towers will serve as an anchor for the village development much as a major department store or grocery store serves as an anchor for a shopping mall.
Anderson says from his own experience of living in False Creek he has come to appreciate the convenience of living in a village with everything within easy reach, as he says “every day we walk to get our groceries, walk to get our dry cleaning and see our neighbours along the way. Hunter will be like that in Lynn Creek village.”
Similar developments, such as the foot of Lonsdale, served by the Seabus, and the various neighbourhoods that have sprouted along the Skytrain line over the last five years show how successful a community-build alongside transportation lines can be. The redevelopment of Phibbs Exchange also calls for creation of a car and bike park in the existing cloverleaf that buses now take when coming off the bridge.
Pricing for Hunter indicates a range of housing possibilities for first-time buyers and for downsizers. One-bedroom homes starting at 552 square feet – with up to 93 square feet of outdoor space – start at $509,900. Two-bedroom homes between 804 square feet and 920 square feet – with 122 to 174 square feet of outside space – start at $797,900. A three-bedroom, two-level townhome on the podium has a starting price of $1,449,900.
All residents have access to 2,000-square-feet of indoor and outdoor amenities, including a wellness centre with cardio and weight training equipment, a dedicated outdoor yoga and meditation space and steam and sauna rooms. A private courtyard with 8,400-square-feet of landscaped green space, including a 2,350-square-feet children’s play area and an outdoor lounge area, are located near Lynn Creek.
Inside the homes, Area3 Design Studio incorporates wide-plank laminate flooring throughout main living areas and plush carpeting in the bedrooms. Each suite comes equipped with a Blomberg front-loading washer and dryer and high-efficiency Jaga hydroponic heating and air conditioning.
Condos come with eight-foot-eight-inch-high ceilings while townhomes and penthouses have overheight ceilings.
The kitchens feature European-inspired soft-close cabinets, integrated puck lighting, durable quartz countertops, and porcelain tile backsplashes. Typical homes have Fisher & Paykel stainless steel appliances including a 30-inch microwave and hood fan, a 30-inch slide-in gas range, 30-inch fridge with bottom-mount freezer, and 24-inch Blomberg dishwashers. Select kitchens feature an AEG pull-out hood fan, Panasonic microwave with built-in trim kit, and built-in pantries.
Bathrooms are outfitted in large-format wall and floor porcelain tiles, polished quartz countertops on European-inspired cabinets, floating medicine cabinets in ensuite bathrooms, soaker bathtubs and spa-like showers in ensuite bathrooms with Grohe hand showers.
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