
Logan Landing officially launches with new show homes
After a successful soft launch in late 2024, developer Genesis Land has officially cut the ribbon on Logan Landing, a new community on the banks of the Bow River in southeast Calgary.
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The 350-acre community is east of Deerfoot Trail and south of 212th Avenue S.E., situated between the amenity-rich Seton neighbourhood and an expansive patch of untouched riverside wilderness. That means shopping, restaurants, schools, indoor recreation and a hospital is available to the north while to the south, there's just natural paradise.
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Cedarglen Homes, Partners Homes, Sterling Homes and Genesis Builders Group opened single-family show homes in December, with the latter adding street town show homes this spring. Paved pathways and lush landscaping around a storm pond in The Ridge, the first phase of development, are in place and in the future will connect to future phases called The Bench and The Valley. There are two environmental reserves that will keep the natural area along Southern Alberta's most natural resource intact, which includes habitat for bird species like the great blue heron, for generations to come.
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In the months since the show homes opened in Logan Landing, Genesis Builders Group received a prestigious BILD Calgary Region award for the parade's Mateo model, which won Best Single Family Home in the $741,000 to $840,999 category (price excludes land value). Genesis design manager Cindy Ross and her team styled the 2,397-square foot, three-bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home following Japandi design conventions. The Japandi trend is all about natural fabric and calming colours, meshing Japanese minimalism and Scandinavian coziness.
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'This home is light and natural in tone with wood and linens. The furniture is lower in this style, so you can better see out the windows. You can see Japandi in the artwork, the bamboo and in the plaster on the fireplace. The fireplace doesn't go all the way up the wall like many do and the lights are suspended lower. I actually think this fireplace won us the award,' Ross says with a smile.
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The floor plan on the main floor has a secluded foyer at the front door, a mudroom with extra cubbies and a pantry with upgraded MDF rather than standard wire shelving. Architectural details include arched doorways, a 1990s trend that everyone wants again, Ross says.
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Upstairs, there's a pony wall between the open-to-below and the bonus room for a touch of privacy and a tray ceiling adds visual interest to the primary bedroom.
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Phases 1 and 2 of Logan Landing also include laned and duplex homes with options for secondary suites available in most models. Prices in the community start in the low to mid-$500,000s.
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Every new community has distinct selling features and for Genesis, the location on the Bow is the most important. The developer has passed or exceeded all the prerequisites for building safely and in harmony with the environment. To compensate for the inevitable ground disturbance that comes with community building, and in collaboration with the Alberta Native Plant Rescue Society, Genesis is gifting native seeds to new homeowners as encouragement to restore prairie plants in their yards.
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