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设有2900单元的巨型condominium群在南部前Heritage Mall 开建，今年九月销售中心开门开卖9 Z2 g8 @* X6 ^5 P
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Century Park gets set to start selling- ]9 k5 V8 G( ]
Residential construction starts on $1-billion project that will take eight years to complete9 p! X, t% H7 y N& l4 F0 Y
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Ron Chalmers# C `# }8 H0 k7 f! t& X" Z
The Edmonton Journal
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006# Y$ [. O0 z3 m! F3 w# t' b% }+ R
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EDMONTON - Century Park, a billion-dollar development on the former Heritage Mall site, will open its stylish marketing centre in September to start selling 2,900 condominium units.- [. F7 L) _7 \+ J/ j5 C0 u" A
"Based on today's construction costs, it will probably be close to $1 billion by completion," says Century Park development manager Bob Pierce.: } O/ C4 E: m1 Z3 k
With inflation over the expected eight-year construction schedule, "it could well cost $1 billion," he says.
' H6 w5 ~. d+ d9 ?The multi-use project already has leased three new, red-brick retail buildings near the southwest corner of the 17-hectare site at 23rd Avenue and 111th Street.# h4 z3 r0 ^* H/ N
"They were fully leased before we finished construction," Pierce says.
1 w( O/ K% w7 G. [! ]+ tA fourth retail building, also occupied, remains from the previous development.
8 U* s) b6 i7 {Those structures total about 80,000 square feet, with another 320,000 square feet of retail to be added along the east side of 111th Street and in the interior of the complex.
$ n# R. V9 g3 `$ A, A: x8 b; uLeasing will emphasize "community retail," Pierce says, with current tenants including financial institutions, a coffee shop, liquor store, restaurants and a women's sports wear shop.
, \# x0 D- Q- I* B6 c( ^1 uThe spectacular marketing centre, with glass walls, nine-metre ceilings and an inverted-pitch roof "will give people an indication of the style of architecture for the whole complex," Pierce says.
, G* _5 O* J9 {) I"We'll bring in displays of the suites and models of the development."3 J2 q1 U* ?2 S& ^8 H
The first residential phase will comprise 185 units in two seven-storey buildings near the eastern edge of the property, which extends to 109th Street.+ |; `/ n3 g |' o m7 l
Pierce will set the prices in the next two weeks, then will contact potential buyers who have already expressed interest. On Sept. 23, he will open the marketing centre to the general public.
0 C& f# S2 k' @"We expect the first phase to sell out quickly," he says.
) q1 N% ~6 d6 q3 n H P) HAlso in September, Pierce expects to open a three-storey office building that now is being finished and is partly leased to health-care practitioners.# Q9 z( f P, J/ Y$ U' C3 d; T
When the first residential phase is fully sold, Pierce will start selling the second phase, also of two seven-storey buildings -- just north of the first phase.
' J9 w6 r% ]3 r% K" P x9 aAll residential buildings, including four 24-storey towers planned for the centre of the site surrounding a lake, will be clad in metal, stone and brick with wood accents and "a higher percentage of glass than people in Edmonton are used to," Pierce says.
: i7 U5 K; p5 l9 R6 |. n' o7 fWith energy-efficient glass, low-flush toilets, retained storm water and recycled demolition materials from Heritage Mall, Pierce expects the development to earn LEEDS silver certification for environmental responsibility.& @8 e; x% c; d9 p! u+ y2 D
Century Park is designed by architects James Cheng of Vancouver and Rick Arndt of Edmonton. It is owned by Westbank Projects Corp. of Vancouver and Procura Real Estate Services of Calgary.5 h: Y5 z+ N" b2 F: a0 b$ t
rchalmers@thejournal.canwest.com
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