Brentwood Gate Sales Centre

Additional Info

Award Winner : Metric Modular

Architectural Excellence : Britco’s design team worked with the client’s architect, sales team and interior designer to turn their requirements into a factory-built reality. The building is a pre-construction sales centre that incorporates the main reception area, closing offices and two model rooms containing a scale model of the development’s townhouse and high-rise properties.

The sales centre uses materials and finishes, inside and out, that are identical in look and feel to those of the finished development. To help facilitate sales, exact full-scale replicas of the suites are built within the sales centre so the prospective buyer can get a real sense of the finished product before they buy.

Cost Energy Effectiveness : The sales centre was constructed to be a part of Britco’s rental fleet and, as such, the high level of finishes are designed to be easily and inexpensively retrofitted. The concept is for the developer to rent the sales centre until he sells out the project, thereby eliminating the need to site-build a display suite that would ultimately need to be demolished. The sales centre is designed, delivered and installed prior to commencement of the development construction enabling the developer to pre-sell the units. The developer’s intention is to pre-sell 60% of the units before he commits significant financial resources to the project and the modular sales centre gives him that opportunity.

Occupied Date : 3/29/2006

Production Start Date : 12/28/2005

Project Location City : Burnaby

Project Location State Name : BC

Technical Innovation : Eight factory-built modules of differing widths were used to provide the overall size required for the sales centre. A temporary “pit set” wood foundation was used to provide grade-level entry and a patio off the model suite. The building is fully heated and air conditioned using a split-system and in-floor ducting.

Total Square Feet : 4450