Burnaby, B.C. (October 28, 2024): It’s a commitment to green energy that is the largest of its kind anywhere on the planet.
With its longstanding record of installing residential EV parking that consistently goes above and beyond city requirements, Concord Pacific Developments today unveiled its parkade network for four towers at its Hillside phase now completed in the Concord Brentwood community.
Every one of the underground parking facility’s 1,974 parking spaces designated for use by residents has 24/7 access to EV charging, powered by an electrical infrastructure system so robust, it has the capacity to supply all power access points at once, should that ever occur.
With transportation needs everywhere shifting from fossil fuels to renewable green energy, the parkade exemplifies Concord Pacific’s leadership in the field by building the world’s largest, fully equipped quick-charge parkade for condominiums.
At a UN Global Citizen’s Laureate dinner in 2015, Terry Hui committed to creating green infrastructure and developing enough green power to Concord’s future communities. “This milestone is in keeping with our longstanding commitment to sustainable future communities,” says Terry Hui, CEO of Concord Pacific Group and Concord Green Energy. “We have a portfolio of wind, solar, and hydro projects that has grown significantly over the past 15 years and has now expanded to five provinces. Creating infrastructure like this helps close the loop on sustainable transportation options.”
“This new EV parkade aligns with what we’re aiming for in Burnaby. Achieving carbon neutrality is a community-wide effort that includes residents and businesses in Burnaby, and it’s great to see Concord moving forward with this development,” said Mayor Mike Hurley. “Making it easier for folks to drive electric vehicles, ride their bike or take transit will help us cut down on carbon emissions and achieve our climate goals faster.”
The parkade’s 1974 parking spaces are distributed in two separate cores under the towers (1039 charging spots under the West tower, and 935 in the East). Each core has two separate entrance points for efficient vehicle access and egress to and from the parkade. The parkade cores are between eight and nine stories below Lougheed street level.
From the car wash at the base, it is half-a kilometre to Yukon and 900 metres to Lougheed. The development is also less than half-a-kilometre to the Brentwood SkyTrain station and future phases in the community will complete a bicycle network that will connect Burnaby and Vancouver. Ninety per cent of all Concord Pacific properties, including Concord Brentwood, are within walking distance of rapid transit service.
Grace Quan, a resident who is also President of the Hillside East Strata Council says having guaranteed quick charging available is an important feature for her and was a key factor in her decision to buy at Concord Brentwood.
“As someone who works in the green energy field, I felt Concord Pacific’s decision to make our parkade 100 per cent accessible to EV charging was a bold, but necessary move to prove it can be done. Knowing that this development supports EV owners, I had no hesitation in buying here as the value of the EV charging will carry well into the future.”
Each plug-in at the Hillside West and East is individually monitored and each subscribing residence is accurately billed based only on power consumed. They receive a bill from a third party that manages the billing.
