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Uptown Place Delivers Value, Style and Convenience

Looking for real estate at WestShore prices…without having to move there? Uptown Place is your ticket. Offering spacious suites, thoughtful design and classy amenities, Uptown Place’s 76 homes start in the low $200,000s for a one-bedroom condo (~650 square feet); the low $300,000s for a two-bedroom condo (~843 square feet); and range up from $500,000 for three bedrooms condo (~1,410 square feet). View Larger Map Centrally located and brimming with contemporary features, Uptown Place is the newest innovation by TriEagle Developments, a family-owned group that’s been building commercial properties and residential developments in Victoria since the 1980s. Among TriEagle’s recent projects are Ironwood at Gorge Vale, Centennial Walk in Royal Oak and Polo Park in Central Saanich, as well as a stunning new cedar-and-glass commercial building near the corner of Shelbourne and Cedar Hill Cross. Longtime Victoria BC developer Spencer Lee, along with his sons Cory, Travis and Fraser, will partner once again with developers Mike and Dave Jawl to bring the project to life (an earlier partnership saw them working together on Ironwood). Sales will begin at the end of April. uptown-place-victoria-exterior View Larger Map In the early stages of envisioning Uptown Place, the developers consulted Saanich’s Official Community Plan (OCP) to see how their project could best serve the area. With a call for increased density in the neighbourhood plan – and with the billion-dollar development of Uptown Centre nearby – it made sense to build multi-family housing. Not only is Uptown Place a stone’s throw from amenities like Future Shop and Wal-Mart (and let’s not ever forget Noodle Box), it’s cleverly located at the junction of major transportation arteries: Douglas leads upisland; Blanshard takes you to the ferries; the Galloping Goose runs you straight downtown on two wheels. “We’re trying to be in a comparable price point to being in the WestShore without being in the WestShore,” says Marketing Manager Cory Lee. “We want to prove that people don’t have to move out there if they work in Victoria. They can be home forty-five minutes earlier every day because they don’t have to do the Colwood Crawl.” uptown-place-victoria-condo Building outside the downtown core confers an advantage over other condos for sale in Victoria: space. Uptown’s ground floor units come with private yards (which can include raised garden beds) for pet lovers and gardeners alike. Suites at Uptown Place are larger, too; you won’t find any scaled-down ovens or fridges here. “We’re doing full-sized appliances and full-sized kitchens,” says Lee. These condos are purpose-designed to suit the needs of today’s busy yet discriminating buyer. Foodies will delight in the ¾-inch engineered quartz countertops, contemporary Italian laminate cabinetry with stainless steel edge-pulls, and energy-efficient cabinet lighting and recessed pot lighting throughout. uptown-place-victoria-condo-kitchen For those who want to kick back and relax after a long day, the minimalist-look Maxx acrylic bathtub and sleek tile surroundings make for a delicious excuse to linger in the bathroom. And that’s just on the inside. On the exterior, the crisp yet warm pairing of clear cedar with metal and glass lends a modern, West Coast contemporary flair to the project, setting it apart from other comparable condominium projects. Environmentally-friendly SWISSPEARL exterior siding is long-lasting and doesn’t require painting, which standard siding does. The commitment to sustainable building doesn’t stop there. Under-cabinet lighting in the kitchen and dual-flush toilets make the grade as energy efficient, while the glazed porcelain floor and wall tiles in the bathrooms contain 25% recycled material. TriEagle will break ground on this exciting condo development this June, with completion of the first building, the Huxley, slated for September 2014. Curious for more? Stop by the Uptown Place kiosk outside Starbucks at – where else? – Uptown Shopping Centre.