Woodsmere – Bray Park Apartments (Developer Presentation)

Woodsmere

BUILDING MORE THAN A PLACE TO LIVE; WE FOCUS ON CREATING A WAY OF LIFE.

Woodsmere Holdings Corp. is a vertically integrated holding corporation specializing in land acquisitions, multi-family design, purpose-built rental development, and in-house property management. We maintain and operate a real estate portfolio of purpose-built rental apartments across Western Canada. Creating rental communities in the most desired locations, we aim to provide a quality of life and offer tenants units that are thoughtfully designed, spacious, and secure. Through extensive market research, Woodsmere identifies and focuses on communities with a shortage of purpose-built rental housing needs to provide units that accommodate various demographics and lifestyles.

Langford OCP

Bray Park Apartments is located within OCP designated City Centre

Project History

• The original application was submitted as a 4 Storey, 46 units which received PZA Committee approval and 1st Reading.
• Woodsmere purchased the site in the summer of 2022 and determined this was a underutilization of the parcel’s potential.
• The current application has been revised to 59 units purpose built rental apartments.

Existing Conditions

• The property is vacant site and used as a staging area for Woodsmere’s adjacent construction site.

Proposed Concept

• Bray Park Apartment is designed to accommodate a range of incomes, housing choices, lifestyles, families, and age ranges.
• Portions of Bay Avenue abutting the development will be transformed into complete streets with scallop parking, sidewalks, street trees, and lighting.
• Active frontage is achieved by individual accessed ground-oriented units.

Building Design & Features

• Modern exterior look utilizing a variation of James Hardie board & Westform metal cladding
• An attractive quality of the proposed building is a roof top amenity overlooking Centennial Park. This allows residents to congregate and watch park activities.
• Bray Park Apartment will be built to Step Code 2.

Landscape

• Abundance of perimeter tree planting provides screening and sound attenuation.
• Landscape increases the urban tree canopy, and overall, aesthetically pleasing street presence
• Raised planters provide additional screening from the central courtyard. Low hedging along public and private realms will soften the raised planter walls.
• A combination of low planters and small perennial / shrub species are proposed to help soften the building façade, while not hindering access or restrict visual sightlines.

Units

• 10 -

• 22 -

• 27 -

• Our unit types range from studios to one, and two-bedroom apartments to provide thoughtful living accommodations for everyone.

• Units are fitted with 6 appliances, including in-suite laundry.

• Woodsmere is committed to heat pump air conditioners in every unit.

59 Units

Variance

• A variance 1.0m into the side yard setback is requested to accommodate the structural columns beside the drive aisle.

Transportation

AFFORDABLE & CONVENIENT ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION.

• Vehicular parking adheres to the requirements of the CC1 bylaw, and no parking relaxations are requested as part of this application.
• The project accommodates 20% electric car charging stations and electrical outlets for e-bike charging.
• Woodsmere carsharing program will be offered in this development by providing two electric cars.

Affordable Housing & Energy Targets

• 10% of units at 30% of the median renter income determined by StatsCan for the region.
• 25% improvement in Energy Efficiency and Green House Gas Reductions over the 2017 NECB.
• CMHC MLI Select

Contact

ELEVATING THE RENTAL EXPERIENCE.

HEAD OFFICE
250.477.1207 | info@woodsmere.ca | woodsmere.ca