The Architects Newspaper
Summary
The city’s densest development once completed—and the largest First Nations real estate development project in Canada’s history—is currently under construction on 10.5 acres of land at Kits Point, just south of downtown. Sen̓áḵw is an 11-tower development split into four phases that when complete will offer 6,000 apartments with 7.5 acres of community space. The project is led by Squamish Nation’s Nch’kay’ Development Corporation in collaboration with Westbank; Revery led the master planning and design, with Kasian Architecture as architect of record. The first phase, which includes three towers, retail,’and public space, is expected by next year. Sen̓áḵw anticipates net-zero energy operations: The project’s district energy system will be powered by excess heat from Metro Vancouver infrastructure. The heat pump and overall power plant is part of phase one.
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