Juniper at 2632 Library Lane North Vancouver 58 homes in a 5-storey low-rise by Polygon
Polygon’s Juniper attracting a range of homebuyers
SIMON BRIAULT
The Vancouver Sun
Juniper at Timber Court
Project location: 2632 Library Lane, North Vancouver
Project size: 68 homes, one to three bedrooms, between 638 and 1,147 square feet, priced from $479,900 to $809,900
Developer: Polygon Juniper Homes Ltd.
Architect: Raymond Letkeman Architects Inc.
Interior designer: Polygon Interior Design Limited
Sales centre: 2517 Mountain Highway
Hours: noon — 5 p.m., Sat — Thurs
Telephone: 604.988.3617
Website: http://www.polyhomes.com/community/juniper
Occupancy: Spring 2019
Prices: range from $479,900 to $809,900 and the sales centre at 2517 Mountain Highway is open every day except Fridays from noon to 5 p.m.
Tucked away in North Vancouver near the mountains, but still within easy reach of downtown, is the buzzing little community of Lynn Valley. The neighbourhood is being transformed as new businesses move into the expanding shopping village and developers mix up the housing options with mountain-style apartment buildings.
Juniper, a low-rise wood-frame development, is the first of four planned residential buildings by Polygon in Lynn Valley to be collectively called Timber Court. There’s been no shortage of interest in it from buyers.
“We’ve seen a lot of people who are either from the North Shore or who love the lifestyle associated with it,” said Goldie Alam, Polygon’s senior vice-president of marketing. “Buyers have included young couples who have been renting or owned apartments in the downtown core and are moving back to North Vancouver to start a family and wanting a bit more space. There have also been downsizers who have sold their single-family homes, but want to stay in the area.”
Alam said that the market for condos has remained strong in 2017, in part because of a lack of supply.
“People are still looking for homes and they’re still buying,” she said. “Every time we open a new development, there’s demand from buyers. It takes a while for things to get approved so people are often waiting for homes to come onto the market.”
This was the case for Shannon, a North Vancouver resident who has bought a two-bedroom, two-bathroom home with her husband at Juniper.
“I’ve had my eye on this place for a while because I love Lynn Valley,” she said. “It’s a great, up-and-coming area and a lot of families are moving here. It’s got a nice community feel to it and I have friends who live here too.”
“My husband and I have checked out other Polygon developments in the area, such as Branches and Canyon Springs, and I know it’s a very good developer,” Shannon added. “One of the things that led me to Juniper was the Polygon name, which has a strong reputation in the industry.”
Juniper’s 68 homes will be a stone’s throw from Lynn Valley village. They’ll be between 638 and 1,147 square feet and have one, two or three bedrooms. The architectural style – presided over by Raymond Letkeman Architects – is contemporary West Coast and is reminiscent of buildings in Whistler, with prominent wooden beams and granite and timber detailing. All homes will have outdoor space and most ground-level homes will come with wired-in alarm systems and offer direct entry from the street through a fenced yard.
“Many of the two-bedroom homes are over 900 square feet and we’ve got a lot of three-bedroom options too,” said Alam. “That’s based on our experience from previous developments in the area – the young families and downsizers who are moving here are looking for larger homes.”
Homes at Juniper will feature in-floor radiant heating systems, nine-foot-high ceilings in living and dining areas, nylon carpeting in bedrooms and horizontal blinds on the windows. Optional extras include storage lockers and additional parking stalls. Mindful of the fact that Lynn Valley village is a short pedal from some of the most sought-after mountain biking terrain in the world, the developers have even thrown in the option of mini garages for Juniper residents to store their most valuable outdoor equipment.
Kitchens include flat-panel cabinetry in stained wood veneer or glossy white, polished quartz countertops with marble backsplashes and, in some homes, large kitchen islands. The stainless-steel appliance packages are by KitchenAid and Fisher & Paykel. There are also recessed pot lights, dual roll-out recycling stations and Grohe faucets with retractable spray functions.
Bathrooms feature porcelain tile flooring, flat-panel cabinetry with chrome pulls and soft-closing hardware, and quartz countertops with Grohe faucets. Ensuites offer oversized showers with frameless glass doors and rain-shower heads with separate shower wands. There are also built-in toiletry niches and shower benches in some homes.
For Shannon, the prospect of owning a home for the first time has her counting down the days until Juniper’s completion in the spring of 2019.
“We’re in a rental apartment near Capilano University right now,” she said. “The most exciting thing from my perspective is really just to have our own home and be able to move when we want to or if we want to. We’ve had to move around a lot.”
“The staff at the sales centre made the whole process very easy and they were able to answer most of our questions,” Shannon added. “If there was anything they didn’t know, they always got back to us later.”
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