108 East 1st Avenue – Meccanica Condo – South East False Creek by Cressey

Meccanica, A New Vancouver Condo in South East False Creek by Cressey – All MLS Listings 

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Meccanica is a new concrete Vancouver presale condo tower built by Cressey at 108 West 1st Avenue at Quebec Street in Vancouver‘s South East False Creek neighbourhood. Meccanica has a 12 story tower and a 6 level podium and has 170 condo suites in total. All the suites at Meccanica have balconies and air-cooling (Just like AC, but we can’t call it that).

Automotive Inspired Design

Meccanica ha a modernist automotive theme based on the designs of Intermeccanica, a custom car builder most recently known for their Porsche 356 Roadster replicas. (Thanks for the heads up Robert!)

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Floor Plans for Meccanica

Sticking with the Porsche/Intermechanica theme, Cressey named their floor plans after famous models such as the Speedster for most of the suites in the tower, Roadster for the townhouses and ground oriented condos, and the Turbo Model for the podium penthouse condos with large patios. Please see all the floor plans at Meccanica below.

Meccanica Presale Condo Floor Plans Mike Stewart

Central South East False Creek Location

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Deposits at 108 East 1st Avenue – Meccanica in South East False Creek 

There was a 20% presale deposit and 10% of the purchase price was payable upon an accepted offer and an additional 5% was payable on the latter of the amendment to disclosure or 90 days after an accepted offer and a final 5% deposit was due on the latter of 120 days following the 2nd deposit or 210 days following vendor’s acceptance of an offer.

Interiors at 108 East 1st Avenue  Meccanica

Minimalist modernism with polished concrete floors, Porsche inspired colour accents and fabricated metal doors. There was a high level of personalization available in terms of colours and features. Similar to James, Meccanica has have 9’4” ceilings with extra tall doors to reflect the over height ceilings which are smooth finished. (no popcorn, yay!)

In the kitchens there is lacquer cabinetry with different coloured lacquer accent coloured cabinets and aluminum trim inside the cabinets. Meccanica gets the same cabinetry as in Shangri La. AEG supplied the stainless 5 burner cook top. Blomberg supply and the dishwasher and fridge with high end metallic handles. There is also a stacking Whirlpool washer/dryer in an integrated cabinet. There is  aluminum kicks in kitchen and lots of built in cabinetry. Heavy duty aluminum industrial doors is used on the bedrooms for a loft feel.  Optional dining island was available. There is also high end bathrooms with porcelain tile flooring and a dual handle shower head and stand up shower.

Meccanica Developer Cressey

Cressey has a great reputation for building high quality end user oriented condos like Donovan at 1055 Richards and Maddox in Downtown Vancouver and James Living at 288 West 1st Avenue in SE False Creek. Rafii Architects responsible for the great design at Donovan and James are the architects for Meccanica.

Estimated Completion For Meccanica

Meccanica Completed in 2014

Amenities and Maintenance Fees at 108 East 1st Avenue 

Maintenance fees were expected to be $.35/sf. For this, expect a Demonstration Kitchen (like in a cooking show) with seating for 14 as well as large common rooftop deck and BBQ area. The current maintenance fees for 108 East 1st Avenue will have changed, so please get in touch with us for the latest monthly strata fees.

Parking and Lockers at Meccanica

All suites except studios come with parking and lockers are available for an extra charge.

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