Olympic Village Vancouver is a wonderful and extravagant place located at the Southeast False Creek in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada developed by the Millennium Development Group ranging a million square feet to accommodate 3,000 athletes across the world for the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics. Now that this area has opened up for residential housing, it has been a go-to place for a lot if people—not only for people nearby, but also for people all around the globe.
Is Olympic Village the ‘neighbourhood to call home? Level up your lifestyle by waking up with convenience and multiple adventures in a place where you can call ‘home’.
Here are 5 reasons why Olympic Village Vancouver is the best place to move in:
1. One of the Greenest Neighbourhood in the World
Tired of living in a residence where electricity bills are high and not environmentally friendly? The Olympic Village uses solar heating and green roofs that addresses innovative energy efficiency and sustainability systems which consumes 50% less energy than standard buildings! This made Vancouver a leader of sustainable development. That’s why real estate mogul, Bob Rennie, markets this village as the “greenest neighbourhood in the planet”. The former home of 3,000 athletes is now morphed into a model green residential community. Every building of this village has earned the Canadian Green Home Building Council’s LEED Gold rating, with two buildings earning LEED Platinum.
Even the garbage cans of the village are solar-powered where it doesn’t just collect trash, it compacts them, making residents of the area save gas, reduce waste, and it doesn’t use up extra energy. The village is also composed of neighbourhood energy utility that recovers heat from the sewer to provide space heating and hot water to the buildings—this recycled energy eliminates 60% of gas pollution.
Other places, residences, or villages are a million light years away from living in green homes like those at South East False Creek (SEFC) specifically in the Vancouver Not every place can provide such ultra-green community!
2. From ‘ghost-town’ to ‘successful’ Millennium Water Village
Some of you readers might know that the Olympic Village Vancouver has a rocky start when it transformed as athlete’s home to a residential community. From unsold units becoming display homes to sales still remaining scarce. In 2010, there were stories highlighting construction deficiencies about a toilet leak that made everyone thinking that it was happening in the whole village. That minor glitch made real estate whiz, Bob Rennie, slash prices an average of about 30% and toss perks such as roller blades, cycling, and kayaks. Those perks made stores like London Drugs and Terra Breads push opening, bringing life to the village and people started to move in. This made the village from what they called ‘ghost town, ‘dull, ‘dead’ and other names related, to a ‘happy’, ‘successful’, and ‘lively’ place and still striving up until today.
3. Adventures, Convenience, and Lifestyle in one place
Normal or standard living homes are usually far away from the adventures and lifestyles you can access. In Olympic Village Vancouver, the adventures and lifestyle that most people desire is here! There are a lot of amenities for you and your visitors can attend to. You can go rowing a kayak or sailing ferry boats to riding the SkyTrain and cycling on the seawall!
Here are some of the adventures you can do in Olympic Village Vancouver:
- Kayaking – In False Creek, individuals can go kayaking in the heart of Vancouver and give you access to neighbourhood islands like Granville Island and English Bay. Imagine rowing in your hometown and exploring the neighbourhood via kayak? Amazing! Most of us can only explore our neighbourhood via cars!
False Creek Ferries and AquaBus – Well, kayaking can be tiring when you’re not a rower yourself. With this option, you can still explore the neighbourhood like Yaletown, Granville Island, Downtown, and Kitsilano via False Creek Ferries and AquaBus!
- Science World – See that big globe in the picture? That’s the Science World where you and your family and friends can witness interactive exhibits and theatres that people of all ages can enjoy.
- Cycling on the Seawall –Other than kayaking, False Creek Ferries, and AquaBus, you can also explore the neighbourhood by cycling on the sea wall. This can give you a breathtaking view of False Creek and the islands while riding your bicycle. Now that’s an ultimate experience!
- SkyTrain – If you just want to go to other neighbourhood fast and easy, the SkyTrain is another option for you. Look how much options this place gives for your convenience!
- Olympic Village Square – When you’re moving into a place, you will also reconsider the accessibility of the property you’re living in. At Olympic Village Vancouver, there is a square where The Birds, a giant sparrow sculpture is placed with lots of famous restaurants and café choices!
Moving in here is an incredible experience especially when you want a green, peaceful, yet extravagant lifestyle. It’s like your living in a tourist area!
4. Hubs like restaurants, food carts, cafés, and stores are highly accessible
Of course! Every single one of us need to have access to good food and stores nearby as one of our decision whether or not to move into a new neighbourhood. At Olympic Village Vancouver, there are multiple restaurants, food carts, cafés, and other stores to choose from. Imagine just going to your favorite local hubs by foot! You can never have such accessibility anywhere. From London Drugs opening, to foodies coming in Olympic Village thanks to Terra Breads, for mouth-watering sandwiches. You can also have a dinner under the sunset at Tap and Barrel (shown in the picture) while watching kayakers explore the creek.
This is one of the reasons why people are starting to move in the village after it was known as a ‘ghost town’ way back in 2011. When these establishments started to move in, renters and homeowners followed quickly and began to evolve and it’s still evolving until today.
5. Less Population and Pollution
Every adult wishes for a peaceful life. A peaceful life starts at home. Olympic Village Vancouver is over a million square feet with 252 affordable housing units and 100 units for ‘modest market housing’ and projects to have 16,000 people as residents. This large area with less population can be an advantage for you to have a peaceful home. Less population leads to less pollution.
As mentioned in Number 1, Olympic Village Vancouver is one of the greenest neighbourhoods in the world. This is a huge advantage for residents, if you call this place your home. You do not have to worry about the pollution that can affect your health, your electricity bills, trash collector fees, and heaters as this is all covered by the solar energy and neighbourhood energy utility to protect both residents and the environment.
Olympic Village Vancouver can be a great option for you to start a healthy lifestyle and live the life you desired. Every good decision comes from the good choices you make—I hope you consider Olympic Village Vancouver as one of them.
