Jasmine at The Gardens 10880 No.5 Road Richmond 23 townhomes by Townline Developments
Townline?s Jasmine completes The Gardens
Kathleen Freimond
The Vancouver Sun
Jasmine at The Gardens
Project address: 10880 No.5 Road
Project City: Richmond
Developer: Townline
Architect: ZGF Cotter Architects
Interior designer: i3 Design
Project size: 23 two- and three-bedroom townhomees
Unit size: 1,218 to 1,627 square feet
Price: High $800,000s
Sales centre: 140 – 10880 No.5 Road, Richmond
Sales centre hours: noon — 5 p.m., Sat — Thurs
Phone: 604-271-3331
Website: gardens.townline.ca
Jasmine, a 23-unit townhome development, is the final bloom in the bouquet at The Gardens in Richmond.
The townhomes are the sixth project at the master-planned community, following the low-and mid-rise condo buildings Azalea, Magnolia, Camellia, Calla and Dahlia, all part of Townline’s urban village on the 10-acre site.
The Gardens borders a 12-acre park that was part of the original 22-acre site before it was gifted by Townline to the city of Richmond. Jasmine is the final release in the last phase of development, which included Dahlia and Calla, two eight-storey concrete condo buildings. When The Gardens is complete in 2019, the development will have added about 600 homes to the housing inventory in Richmond, says Chris Colbeck, Townline’s vice-president of sales and marketing.
Colbeck believes the location is one of development’s major advantages.
“There’s easy access to Highway 99 and being on the corner of Steveston Highway and No. 5 Road means you don’t go through Richmond,” he says.
It’s also conveniently situated close to the family-friendly activities at the Riverport sports and entertainment complex, and for cyclists looking to work up a sweat — or just take a leisurely ride — the West Dyke Recreational Trail from Terra Nova to the Steveston/South Dyke is easily accessible. The 26.5-kilometre trail offers glimpses of wildlife, passes through marshes and serves up spectacular views of the coastal mountains and the water.
While The Gardens includes 77, 000 square feet of retail space, with a Loblaws City Market as an anchor, it is also a short walk to additional stores, restaurants and coffee shops at Coppersmith Corner shopping centre and Ironwood Plaza.
Colbeck also notes that buyers of the townhomes have access to 6,000 square feet of shared amenities in The Gardens, including table tennis and badminton facilities, a state-of-the-art fitness centre with showers and changing rooms and shared green space.
Joseph Lau of ZGF Cotter Architects says it is often assumed that living on the southern side of Richmond means limited views.
“But that’s not the case because Richmond is flat and you have the open expanse of the park, the views of the [North Shore] mountains are great,” he says.
The townhomes are angled in relation to the existing buildings on the site, creating a slight “V” formation.
“This slight angle on the west side of the townhomes opens up the view,” says Lau, adding that the distinctive cement fibreboard white frames on the façade on west and north side focus the view of the North Shore mountains.
The townhomes comprise three clusters, each with its own outside space. The group of homes that faces north have a front garden and access to a rooftop deck, while those on the west have garden patios and those on the east have small gardens and access to an elevated outdoor space (above the bike storage facility).
Inside the air-conditioned townhomes, the design is fresh and clean, reminiscent of an elegant European hotel, says interior designer Lisa Perry of i3Design. She uses the analogy of the “little black dress” to describe the timeless design.
“The interior goes with everything and depending on what you add to it, you can change the style,” she says. The key elements, she adds, are beautiful in their own right, but neutral enough to enable residents to easily customize their space.
“If someone moves in with Victorian antiques, their furniture would suit the space as much as someone with modern Italian furniture,” Perry says.
Buyers can choose from three colour palettes: light, dark and ivory. The light scheme is defined by light-grey laminate cabinetry and charcoal-grey quartz countertops. The backsplash features the same charcoal grey quartz, and runs to the ceiling around the Venmar stainless steel chimney-style hood fan.
The dark palette showcases smoky-grey laminate cabinetry with a white quartz countertop and backsplash, while the ivory design plan includes white cabinetry and contrasting dark floors. Countertops are a light-grey quartz and a marble-look quartz backsplash.
While the size of the islands varies from plan to plan (they are approximately three by six feet) they are large enough to tuck three stools under the quartz top overhang, Perry notes.
Major appliances include a Blomberg refrigerator and washer and dryer and a Bosch gas cooktop and wall oven.
The colour schemes continue in the bathrooms. In the ensuite bathrooms in the light and dark palettes, the floors are 12- by 24-inch porcelain tiles with a limestone look, while the ivory scheme specifies tiles with the characteristic grey-veined appearance of Carrera marble. The vanities have a raised kick or base that’s set back to give the impression of floating, says Perry and all ensuites have double sinks with custom medicine cabinets and mirrors above each sink.
Some special touches enhance the ensuites’ upscale ambience she adds, noting the large showers have seven-inch rain shower heads and niches for shampoo and other toiletries. In the second bathrooms, bathtubs have a tile front rather than the often-used acrylic.
The living areas are open plan with the engineered hardwood floors connecting the living, dining room, kitchen and powder rooms. Colbeck says the Jasmine townhomes are expected to attract “move-up” buyers, young families looking for extra space, while downsizers also enjoy the unit sizes and location.
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