Millenium development creates feeling of ?high-end Parisian and New York residences?
Mary Frances Hill
The Province
Project: Triomphe
Where: Gilmore Avenue and Halifax Street, Burnaby
What: 340 homes, one — three bedrooms (including three townhomes) in North Burnaby
Residence sizes and prices: 482 – 2,138 square feet, from the $370,000 range
Developer and builder: Millennium Development Group
Sales centre: Unit B — 4247 Lougheed Highway, Burnaby
Hours: noon — 5 p.m., Sat — Thurs
For some time, the Brentwood neighbourhood has enjoyed the spotlight as Burnaby’s hub of condo development, with communities of towers in mid-construction next to the SkyTrain station and transit hubs. With Triomphe now one of the newer offerings vying for homebuyers’ interest in the area, Millennium Development Group needed to stand out from the pack.
To that end, designer Pedram Noor turned up the luxury in the homes and, with Mitchell Freedland Design, added a sense of cosmopolitan, European flair in the homes and throughout the building.
“Luxury living was our goal,” says Noor, Millennium’s in-house designer. “We wanted a feeling of high-end Parisian and New York residences.”
Triomphe is being marketed as the most reasonable luxury option in North Burnaby, with homes considerably less expensive than similar properties in Vancouver.
Noor chalks up that luxurious vibe to features such as large terraces, high ceilings and respected brands in appliances and fixtures, including Grohe, Blomberg and Bosch.
Noor touts the floor plan in the one-bedroom homes, which provides what he calls a “strategically placed wall for art and TV placement.” The the two-bedroom-and-den plan, meanwhile, is large enough to be adaptable, and easy to expand.
“[It] offers buyers the ability to customize their new home with the option of an extra room or larger living space. This is a groundbreaking new idea that has delighted our buyers,” he says.
In a living room, Millennium sticks to muted shades in colour, and allows a large piece of artwork to take centre stage.
“We’ve got very well thought-out floor plans that are super efficient and functional, and balconies of more than 1,000 square feet in the larger homes — and that is very unusual,” he says.
“Large statement pieces, elegant antiques mixed with modern and contemporary pieces once again show our buyers how personalized they can make their new homes.”
The dining room’s unique globe-like pendant lighting is no doubt one of Millennium’s “statement pieces” in this open-concept space.
In the kitchen, Noor places white upper cabinetry against a dark backsplash and adjacent to dark-panelled refrigerator for a high-end look one would only associate with more expensive homes.
Strategic lighting and mirrors balance out the dark tile and add a sense of mystery to a spa-like bathroom. This room spares nothing in terms of drama with a floating vanity and an in-your-face, wraparound marble-look tile that creates the effect of a cocoon.
Sensual luxury was the goal, says Noor.
“The bathrooms are designed to feel like personal spaces you would want to linger in.”
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