Viewpoint Still a Player in the High-rise View Condo Market

I have a client eyeing urban condos in Vancouver right now and I toured this Viewpoint unit recently. Viewpoint is still the highest condo tower in Vancouver by floor count. By actual "height" it is probably the two 7 story Shorewood towers which sit atop a bluff in the Heights. But Viewpoint is a 4 story condo complex perched atop a 7 story office building. So floor 8-11 are condo and this unit was on the 8th floor. I have been inside several homes in Viewpoint but each and every one was facing east rather than west. The east view offers up the Cascade Range as a distant vista, but the west view looks over the park and the waterfront. 

The 8th floor does suffer from some low angle obstructions as the 7 story Parkview tower is in front of you and so is the 6 story Columbia at Vancouver Center. But the west hills of Portland and the Oregon Coast range lies in the distance and that does make for some dramatic sunsets. This particular unit was a Northwest corner unit so it has two patios both covered and the main patio is huge. Due to the proximity of Esther Short Park the view here is protected and that is a nice thing. To the north the view had a close call with death when Holland originally proposed an 11 Story office tower. They scaled that back to six and this view is unobstructed to both the west and north for the most part.

I tend to like these urban views but it isn't for everyone. One of the nice bits is that nighttime tends to light up nicely. Also these Downtown locations are walking distance to scores of restaurants and breweries. So that's a plus, right?

This condo has over 1500 SF and is listed at $979,900. It is in the heart of downtown.