Latimer Village condos the hub of Langley community
Simon Briault
The Province
In 2013, Vesta Properties approached homeowners in the Carvolth neighbourhood of Langley with an offer to purchase and then develop their lots. Fast forward six years and a landmark master-planned community is beginning to take shape. Set on 74 acres and comprising 31 lots in total, Latimer Heights will provide the area with just under 2,000 new homes.
Latimer Village is the newest section of Latimer Heights to go on sale and represents the urban hub of the entire community with 487 condos. Set for completion in the late summer of 2021, it will include restaurants, retail outlets, amenities and an urban village space.
Community building on this scale offers potential homebuyers all kinds of options. For Fisher Lietz, it’s the opportunity to own a home for the first time.
“It was very affordable,” Lietz said. “I’m a pretty young guy and don’t have a crazy amount of money to work with so it was really nice to be able to get into a new development like this.”
Tara Desmond, sales manager at Vesta Properties, said Latimer Heights will allow different generations to live in the same location based on their different needs.
“We have young families who have bought one of the townhomes and their parents are going to be moving into one of the condos,” said Desmond. “It’s a very walkable community that’s completely sustainable on its own – people can very much age in place if they want to and have the amenities and the facilities they need right on their doorstep.”
Homes at Latimer Village will have nine-foot-high ceilings, oversized windows and laminate hardwood-style floors. There are three colour schemes to choose from – grey, caramel and dark – and the kitchens come with Samsung appliance packages, gas ranges and french door fridge freezers with ice and water dispensers.
Bathrooms have dual sinks, frameless glass shower doors, large-format tiles on shower surrounds and floors, and quartz countertops.
“There’s a ton of variation here,” Desmond said. “A lot of the time with condo buildings you’ll see the same plans repeated on every floor. That’s definitely not the case with the architecture and the design at Latimer Village. There are at least 40 different floor plans – it’s really unique.”
At Latimer Village, Desmond said there has been lots of interest from residents of Burnaby and Coquitlam who are attracted by the value on offer, as well as people who already live in the area. Lietz is one of them and he jumped at the chance to own a condo in what is set to become a highly desirable new area of the Lower Mainland.
“I live in Brookswood, south of downtown Langley,” he said. “I like it where I am but I’m really looking forward to going to the new place
Latimer Village at Latimer Heights
Where: 8242 200 Street, Langley
What: The first two buildings of Latimer Village, comprising approximately 100 homes, are on sale now, with new phases to be released shortly
Where: 8242 200 Street, Langley
Residence size and prices: Homes range from 507 to 1,331 square feet. Available homes have one to three bedrooms and are priced from the upper $300,000 range
Developer: Vesta Properties
Sales centre: 8242 200 Street, Langley Township
Hours: noon to 5 p.m., Sat — Thurs
Telephone: 604-371-1669
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