Lupo is one of our favourite restaurants in the Arts + Events District. With both contemporary and traditional Italian cooking in an iconic setting, it has a way of making you feel right at home. Its location is more unique than any other, nestled inside a Heritage House in the heart of Downtown Vancouver, two blocks up from Smithe and...[ read more ]
2017 was another busy year for Boffo Developments. We opened the sales gallery for our downtown project early in the year and nearly sold out within the first week it was launched. Our largest high-rise project to date was completed in Metrotown, Burnaby, and we welcomed 163 new homeowners into the building. Boffo acquired an outstanding building site in Burquitlam...[ read more ]
Boffo Developments is proudly participating as a drop-off location in the Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association (GVHBA) annual Coats for Kids campaign. All donations will go to the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau & the Surrey Christmas Bureau - respected organizations who help provide a brighter Christmas for families in need. DROP-OFF INFORMATION WHEN: November 14th – December 1st between 8am...[ read more ]
While we were sad to see The Smithe Sales Gallery close this past month, we are pleased to have captured this footage of the gallery and display home experience. The Smithe Sales Gallery + Display Home from Boffo Developments Ltd on Vimeo. We are very grateful for the overwhelming response this project has received from the Downtown Vancouver community and...[ read more ]
Report by the HUB Cycling Team Report: Not Just Bike Racks - Informing Design for End of Trip Cycling Amenities in Vancouver Real Estate Excerpt from Introduction: The idea for this project grew out of HUB Cycling’s experience in recent years of being asked by developers to provide advice and insight into how their new building projects could better meet...[ read more ]
By Holly Mckenzie-Sutter The City of Burnaby’s latest public-art piece pays homage some of the region’s oldest residents: Douglas fir trees. Old Column, a sculpture by Seattle-based artists Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo, adorns the sidewalk outside Boffo Developments’ new Modello building, a highrise that will house 165 apartments as well as offices and food services. Unveiled at a public...[ read more ]
By Kevin Griffin Old Column, stainless steel and steel wire filigree, by Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo at Modello, a 37-story tower by Boffo at Willingdon Avenue and Beresford Street, Burnaby. * Artists Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo hope that Old Column makes passersby stop, look and explore. Han and Mihalyo are the team behind the 7.6-metre tall public...[ read more ]
Media Release METROTOWN’S NEWEST PIECE OF PUBLIC ART TO BE UNVEILED AT THE GATEWAY OF BOFFO DEVELOPMENTS MODELLO PROJECT AND BURNABY’S BERESFORD ART WALK. The 25 foot intricately designed sculpture, named Old Column, is made of welding stainless steel wire filigree, referencing the Douglas Fir trees of Burnaby’s Central Park Burnaby, BC (June 28, 2017): Metrotown’s newest piece of public...[ read more ]
By Mary Frances Hill At the display space for The Smithe, Boffo Developments’ planned community of condominiums in downtown Vancouver, designer Scott Trepp responds to the tower’s architecture from the inside out — by embracing the potential of a bright space, bringing beauty to the smallest details and creating a centrepiece in the display space. GBL Architects designed the...[ read more ]
By Kathleen Freimond Excited by its first downtown Vancouver project, Boffo Developments has defined a new neighbourhood – the arts and events district – to better describe the location of its 27-storey highrise, The Smithe. “It’s a great location on the edge of Yaletown – we’ve coined it the arts and events district,” says Boffo’s director of marketing and sales,...[ read more ]
