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GlassHouse Lofts - will be true to its name

Latest Port Royal development features floor-to-ceiling glass windows in all units

Aragon Properties Ltd. has unveiled its most dynamic project in the Port Royal development in Queensborough.

The developer considers GlassHouse Lofts to be the "most exciting" development in its 25-year history. Occupancy of GlassHouse Lofts is expected in September 2013.

"With all our 25 years' experience developing in Vancouver, Toronto and now in Los Angeles, we unveil the new GlassHouse Lofts, which has taken all of our experience and our cooperation with the city," Aragon founder and president Lenny Moy said in a press release. "We believe we have taken it to a new height in terms of design and innovation, and we are very excited to share this."

Moy, along with Mayor Wayne Wright, took part in a media tour of GlassHouse Lofts on Tuesday. The five-storey building includes 67 condominiums, including seven penthouse suites, with all including floor to ceiling glass windows.

Aragon began the first phase of the 50-acre master planned Port Royal community in 2006. With the GlassHouse Lofts development, Port Royal is now about 50 per cent built.

Port Royal includes traditional single-family homes, garden apartments, courtyard homes and rowhomes. Aragon believes GlassHouse Lofts has a high-quality, open plan concept design that is suited to the increasing demographic of buyers in the area, including double-income no-kids, young single professionals, creative and artistic individuals, and empty-nesters who are looking to reclaim their personal space after children leave home.

"I have been here for every one of the different aspects (of Port Royal) that Aragon has put together, and they are always exciting, and today I am excited again because it is something new," Wright said.

The Port Royal development is being built on property that was once home to the MacMillan Bloedel mill.

Wright noted that the City of New Westminster is currently updating the Queensborough community plan, and Port Royal is a major part of that land. Without Port Royal, he said the city may have "barren land" at the site, instead of a vital community.

tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com