New Calgary community Nostalgia Townlet to resemble a 'European village'
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After getting out of the vehicle, they walked along the porch of a white, two-storey structure overlooking the meandering Bow River and into a tent that had been set up to mark the birth of a new community in Calgary called the Nostalgia Townlet.
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The project, the brainchild of homebuilding company Jayman Built, is south of Seton and Rangeview and, over time, will feature more than 5,600 homes built in the image of a 'European village.'
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The area, billed as a luxury community in a statement by the company, will house a variety of boutique shops, cafes, restaurants and a specialty grocery store, anchored by a 155-foot clock tower and a 1.5-mile ridge line facing the Bow River.
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The place will also be complete with a lower river bench boutique hotel and a conference centre, both of which would be steps away from each other.
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The main highlight, however, would be a 400,000-square-foot private social and athletic club, boasting close to a dozen tennis courts, a 25,000-square-foot gym, swimming pools with a tube and a channel, an NHL-size hockey rink, golf simulators and a host of other amenities.
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'We were able to tour all the greatest clubs around North America,' said Jay Westman, Chairman and CEO of Jayman BUILT, which was also behind the development of Westman Village in the southeastern community of Mahogany. 'So we picked up all those ideas along the way of what we wanted to specialize in, and we developed a list.'
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Although the community is branded as a luxury project, Westman said the area will have houses in varying price ranges, starting with rentals and moving up to condominiums, semi-detached and detached homes.
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'We'll start somewhere in the mid three hundreds, and I'm not sure what we'll top out at here,' Westman added.
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