Imperial at 5051 Imperial Street Burnaby 169 one, two and three bedroom homes and 13 townhomes by Amacon Development
Imperial?s condos feature sophisticated design work that aims to provide a getaway feeling
Mary Frances Hill
The Province
Project: Imperial
Project Address: 5051 Imperial St., Burnaby
Project Scope: A total of 169 one-, two-, two-bedroom-and-den, and three-bedroom homes, including 13 townhomes with street access, in a 26-storey concrete highrise
Residence sizes and prices: From 535 to 1,115 square feet from $473,900
Developer and builder: Amacon Development Corp.
Sales centre: 4700 Imperial St., Burnaby
Centre hours: noon to 5 p.m., Sat — Thurs
As visitors to fine hotels well know, a getaway can offer a sense of freedom and escape from the clutter and mundane concerns of the everyday. The interior design of a hotel room can enhance this feeling of comfort, and it’s one that homebuyers will recognize in the display space at Imperial, Amacon Development’s new condo community in Burnaby.
False Creek Design Group brings the luxury-meets-comfort so common to high-end hotels into the display home with the talents of designer Louise Noon. Noon lends softness to the textures in the space, by tailoring furnishings and lines, to complete the sophistication in the design.
Amacon Development has enjoyed a long history as a builder of hotels, such as the Loden Hotel in Vancouver. Like the developer, False Creek Design’s designers are influenced by their own history of hospitality work, says Noon.
“Where we can, we like to bring some of the value-added features we see in this field [hotel interior design] into other aspects of our work,” she says. “Amacon’s brand statement is to ‘live well, work well’. That’s a statement that False Creek Design Group can also align ourselves with.”
Noon points to what she calls “lifestyle-enhancement features,” such as pull-outs in the vanities and optional safes in the closets, that distinguish Imperial’s homes from many on the market.
Though each of the three colour palettes available to buyers distinguishes itself from the next by way of shade and tone, Noon says they share in common one essential element: tailoring and luxury.
That luxury can be found in every detail of the materials and finishes, she says. The waterfall style countertop is made of polished quartz stone. The large-format 24-inch tiled backsplash is in stone-style travertine, onyx or marble, and polished quartz stone can also be found in the bathroom.
“The three colour palettes were designed to be well defined, soft, sophisticated packages that are in the warm, soft light or mid tones.”
That softness is contained, in a sense, with the tailoring of the traditional seating.
“[The tailoring] is carried through with features like the tight back sofa with contrasting piping,” she says. The same effect can be found in her favourite pieces in the display space, such as the master headboard with its stitched herringbone detailing and the floating upholstered bed platform.
“[That headboard] was clearly defined as a highly crafted boutique piece. The tailoring involved in delivering on this upholstered detail is of the highest quality. Our custom fabricator did a wonderful job.”
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