Luxury home construction to start soon

The following press release was sent recently to Okanagan media.

One of the largest resort construction projects in the Okanagan Valley is set to begin going vertical in a few short months, Scott Wilshaw, managing partner of Trepanier Manor Corp., said today.

Crews working through the winter have successfully installed water, fire flow, sanitary sewer, gas and electrical lines to service the luxury real estate and hotel throughout the 25-acre Trepanier Manor property. All on-site servicing is now complete, in addition to the installation of several kilometres of sanitary sewer mains off-site.

“The lights are on at Trepanier Manor and the toilets flush also,” said Scott Wilshaw, project managing partner.

Exterior Victorian coach lighting has been installed along the interior roadway and Trepanier Manor’s grand entranceway and waterfall is now nearly complete.

Construction on five of the 20 luxury homes at Trepanier Manor is set to commence this spring, by exclusive home builder Cardan Enterprises.

Cardan recently received a gold medal from the Canadian Home Builder’s Association at the 2009 Tommie Awards for Home Builder of the Year.

“We are expecting the legal registration of the 20 real estate homes or sale and hotel lot to be completed soon,” said Wilshaw. “It has been a slow and steady process, but we are confident it will be done by the end of March. Then construction can begin.” Trepanier has sold 10 of its 20 homes and expects a good year in 2010 based on the appointments already booked to review the project.

Interviews for construction companies to build the Trepanier Manor boutique hotel are ongoing and a construction start date for the hotel is anticipated in early summer.

Residents are invited to the MacKinnon Road site for Trepanier Manor to see our entranceway, take a tour of the luxury show home and view updated Hotel architectural drawings.

Cardan Enterprises wins coveted Tommie award

Trepanier Manor congratulates our partner and luxury home builder Cardan Enterprises for winning big at the 2009 Tommie Awards.

Don and Lisa Dudgeon of Cardan Enterprises signed on as the exclusive home builder of Trepanier Manor's 20 single-family, luxury cottage homes. They bring a wealth of experience to the project and we are looking forward to the first five homes being built this year.

The Canadian Home Builder's Association holds the Tommie Awards each year and Cardan was bestowed the gold medal honour of Home Builder of the Year -- the most coveted prize handed out at the Tommies.

Cardan also won a gold medal for Excellence in Single Family Detached, under 2,000 sq. ft.

Okanagan Fires

With the latest forest fires across the Okanagan, Trepanier Manor would like to take the time to thank all the local, provincial, and national fire fighters, RCMP, volunteers and everyone involved in protecting West Kelowna throughout the last few weeks. The crews have done and continue to do an amazing job in containing all four fires in the Kelowna region.

Trepanier Manor’s traditional British architecture would dictate less use of wood than North American styles anyway, but project builder Don Dudgeon, owner of Cardan Enterprises, says they consciously try to follow better building practices, which in the Okanagan means using fire-resistant materials. Dudgeon says the development actually creates a fire break and reduces fire risk compared to leaving dry brush. Apparently sparks can float a kilometre so anything one lands on should be fire-resistant, from roofs to decks to landscaping.

For more information on Trepanier Manor and the use of fire-resistant building materials email info@livinginthemanor.com

TREPANIER MANOR ANNOUNCES NEW EVENT & ENTERTAINMENT PIER FOR PEACHLAND

Peachland, B.C., July 14th, 2009 — Scott Wilshaw, managing director for Peachland’s Trepanier Manor Hotel and Luxury Homes development, unveiled a proposal today for a Peachland Event and Entertainment Pier located on the Peachland lakefront. Trepanier Manor proposes to partner with the District of Peachland Council to construct this year-round waterfront event & performance centre, enabling Peachland to host local and international performances. Bringing new meaning to “Peachland on the Water,” the centerpiece stage will have boat moorage and the potential for a new Peachland Club and Wine Bar. The $2.9M proposal could have an annual economic impact of $2.5M and is planned to be completed in 2011.

“A key factor for the project is that it reflects variety, vitality and vibrancy that both local residents and visitors to Peachland can all enjoy and be part of. The vision that the team and I are working from is that the project must offer a sound development strategy, have a quality design that will optimize this stunning waterfront location while retaining Peachland’s quaint intimacy and very important for us all is it develops a local signature landmark” said Wilshaw.


Proposed features of the entertainment pier include:

• An on the water performance centre built to accommodate a symphony orchestra or a theatre production with its “Symphony and Song” Program

• A collaboration is already being discussed with the Okanagan Symphony to ensure the best technical venue and the finest presentation series.

• Moorage for 96 boats with day, overnight, short-term and long-term slips, accompanied by needed facilities for an island charters, a pump-out station and positioning for emergency craft.

• Tiered amphitheatre seating along the shore adjacent to downtown Peachland’s boardwalk, where guests can watch planned plays, productions and musical events

• “Green, clean and Leeds” development and operation, including a commitment to promoting eco technology and electric boating.

• A year-round club house with dining facilities and a wine bar featuring Okanagan products, cooking school and interpretative promenade and/or walk of fame.

• A new annual marquee event for the pier and downtown to reflect Peachland’s identity, vibrancy and vitality.

• B.C.’s first Welcome Centre on the water with an accompanying hospitality deck.

“This is the very first strategic response to the findings of the Recreational Marine Facilities Study conducted in 2008 by the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The need for community and destination venues on the Lake will be a model that others will emulate. It sets a new high standard with valued benefits.” Bob Sugden – Researcher and writer of “Ripple Effect”.

When asked to comment about the Symphony and Song Program planned Caroline Miller, General Manager of the Okanagan Symphony commented “Great music, long, warm summer afternoons and evenings, and professional-level classical and pops concerts: what could be better for residents and visitors?”

We will be thrilled,” says Music Director and Conductor Rosemary Thomson, “to be part of this exciting initiative to bring live performances, and opportunities for boating enthusiasts and the community at the Peachland waterfront. We’d love to assist the municipal and planning groups in developing the best sound and stage layout possible. We love being part of the larger Okanagan family.”

Managing Director Wilshaw added “This is another local project for the local community and for the past year has been planned by a team of wonderful locals who believe in the long term growth of this superb community that we are all part of. We all firmly believe that the economic impact will be high and the project will be an asset to the downtown of Peachland.”

The project captures the recommendations of the Community Official Plan and the visioning proposals from concepts initiated in the last 10 years. Trepanier Manor will build the pier as it evolves from community interaction in concert with approvals from the district and provincial-federal land/ water management regulations. Citizens, boaters and business will also have an opportunity to work with an advisory team to fine tune the proposal to best serve historic Peachland.

For further information please contact:
Scott J Wilshaw
Managing Director
Tel: 250 859 1516
info@livinginthemanor.com
http://www.pierinpeachland.com/
http://www.livinginthemanor.com/
http://www.trepaniermanorhotel.com/