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Amazing Brentwood and City of Lougheed: transforming Burnaby

SHAPE Properties is sharing new details on future plans for ‘The Amazing Brentwood’ and ‘The City of Lougheed’ master-planned developments.

The developer will update Burnaby’s Planning and Development Committee Tuesday afternoon on the progress of the two mega-projects that have transformed North Burnaby’s major town centres.

To date, 3,219 homes have been completed, consisting of 799 rental homes and 2,420 strata condominiums. 

Once both communities are complete, there will be a total of 17,000 homes, consisting of:

  • 11,000 market condominiums
  • 4,200 rental units
  • 1,800 affordable rental homes

Video: Amazing Brentwood suite listing tour

Completed towers at The Amazing Brentwood in Burnaby
Completed towers at The Amazing Brentwood in Burnaby. Credit: SHAPE Properties/City of Burnaby

Over 720,000 square feet of new retail and commercial space has already been completed (primarily at The Amazing Brentwood, also known as Brentwood Town Centre). The total for both projects once complete is three million square feet of new retail and commercial space.

Progress at The Amazing Brentwood
Progress of redevelopment. Credit: SHAPE Properties/City of Burnaby

New retail at Amazing Brentwood 90% leased

SHAPE Properties says 95 per cent of their rental homes at The Amazing Brentwood are already leased. The new retail space is also 90 per cent leased, with the mall preparing to welcome new retailers like H&M and H&M Home, L.L.Bean, Louis Castelle, Suit Supply, Sephora and others.

Food courts at both shopping centres have also been revamped.

Photos of revamped food court
Photos of revamped food court. Credit: SHAPE Properties/City of Burnaby

Phase two of Amazing Brentwood includes terraced tower design

SHAPE Properties also unveiled plans for phase two at The Amazing Brentwood. Tower 5 will consist of 506 homes, and Tower 6 will include 369 market condominiums, 53 affordable housing units and 21 market rentals, as well as 8,800 square feet of commercial space.

Tower 5 and Tower 6 at The Amazing Brentwood
Tower 5 and Tower 6 at Brentwood. Credit: SHAPE Properties/City of Burnaby
Phase 2 of The Amazing Brentwood
Phase 2 of The Amazing Brentwood. Credit: SHAPE Properties/City of Burnaby

Construction at The City of Lougheed is also well underway, with a total of 1,539 homes under construction, as well as 146,000 square feet of new commercial space.

The City of Lougheed construction update
The City of Lougheed construction update. Credit: SHAPE Properties/City of Burnaby
Homes under construction at The City of Lougheed
Homes under construction at The City of Lougheed. Credit: SHAPE Properties/City of Burnaby

Phase two of City of Lougheed to add 1,630 homes

The next phase of The City of Lougheed will consist of:

  • 1,150 market units
  • 230 affordable rental units
  • 250 rental units
  • 130,000 square feet of commercial space
Phase 2 of The City of Lougheed
Phase 2 of The City of Lougheed. Credit: SHAPE Properties/City of Burnaby
Towers 5, 6 and 7 at The City of Lougheed
Towers 5, 6 and 7 at The City of Lougheed. Credit: SHAPE Properties/City of Burnaby

Once The City of Lougheed is completely built out, it will consist of 9,900 homes (market, affordable and rental), and 1,550,000 square feet of commercial space.

Video: City of Lougheed construction footage

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Peter Meiszner
Peter Meiszner
Peter Meiszner is an experienced journalist and media relations professional, based in Vancouver. As founder of urbanYVR.com, he has been reporting on urban development across the Lower Mainland since 2016, and has also served as vice-chair of the Gastown Historic Area Planning Committee. In October 2022, he was elected to Vancouver city council and is no longer actively reporting for urbanYVR.

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