Vancouver Sun – NEW-HOME PROJECT PROFILE
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2013
Project has high-end finishings, ocean outlooks and boutique feel
For Urmilla Mereigh, buying into The Anchor represented a sure course.
The North Vancouver resident was already a fan of the builder, Kamcon Construction, before she saw the model and the demonstration finishings at the showroom for the new development, set for completion in the fall of 2015.
“I found out Kam (Tafreshi, president of Kamcon) was building a place, and wanted to take a look at it,” Mereigh said. She currently lives in Central Lonsdale at Creekmont Estates; it was also built by Kamcon, which is managing The Anchor project on behalf of developer BT Investments.
One of the things that has impressed Mereigh is the care Tafreshi takes with his developments, long after the last nail is hammered.
“Kam has remained on council, and helped assist the strata with maintaining the building,” Mereigh said of the Creekmont, which was completed in 2005.
The Anchor’s first buyer, Mereigh was able to seize one of the building’s only three-bedroom homes — a 1,027- square-foot, southwest-facing unit on the fifth floor with an ocean view and two outdoor decks. The Anchor’s other three-bedroom also sold a week after the Oct. 26 opening.
When completed, the sevenstorey Lower Lonsdale development will have 61 units (perhaps fewer, if plans to add more of the much-in-demand larger units are successful). The development has 49 different plans, so it’s not “cookie-cutter,” sales manager Marife Sanvictores notes.
Units range from studios to homes with two bedrooms and two bathrooms. And while the suites with water views command the highest prices, the north-facing condos will have their own pluses, like mountain views.