Park, The; formerly to be Centuria On The Park

Builder's web site: http://www.LiveOnThePark.com  A sales office is to be located at 300A Seventeenth Avenue, SW.

Marketing began in mid-2012 on the re-worked plans for this site; a prime corner between Victory Memorial and Haultain parks. With 164 smaller suites, the plan is for more homes in a more affordable price range than was first proposed in 2007 by Lake Placid Developments, when the luxury tower of 17 floors was to be called Centuria On The Park. That project was slowed by water on the site, and by the time that was resolved the market downturn of 2008 stopped it entirely.

At mid-2012 the foundations and in-ground garage with 179 stalls have been completed, so concrete is up to the sidewalk level and the building should rise quickly once sales justify proceeding. There will be some off-the-sidewalk townhouse-style suites, lots of "tower homes" starting at 500 square feet with views of downtown and of both parks just across Thirteenth Avenue and across Second Street, and some penthouses of up to 1,800 square feet that will have terrific decks facing downtown as the tower tapers to the south at the upper floors. In addition to the two parks and the walk-to-work location, the site will enjoy the Thirteenth Avenue "greenway" project by the City, which is working to make that avenue the Beltline's east-to-west pedestrian and cycling corridor.

My main photo is the builder's current marketing illustration. The from-the-sky image is what the original Centural proposal looked like, and the photo of Haultain Park is taken from my own home, with The Park's site behind the wood-frame apartment building on the left.

Upon completion The Park's exterior windows and doors will be common property for maintenance and replacement and the condominium plan will be registered at the Land Titles office. Lake Placid Group is a private company with projects across western Canada including in Kelowna and Saskatoon.