Claudia Kwan
Sun
Meet the designers behind Millennium Water’s Avenues of the World — and their spectacular living spaces As part of an extensive marketing push for the homes at the Millennium Water development — the former Olympic Athletes’ Village in Southeast False Creek — members of the public are being invited to tour nine show suites decorated by top Vancouver interior designers.
Perhaps the word “enticed” is more accurate, since people are being advised to pick up a “passport” at the sales office for the campaign, dubbed “ Avenues of the World.” By visiting at least eight of the nine show suites and collecting a stamp from each documenting the visit, they will become eligible to win a $20,000 grand prize.
That prize is made up of four parts: a $5,000 gift certificate to Inform Interiors in Gastown; $5,000 for the Cross Décor and Design in Yaletown; $5,000 for the services of William Switzer, a maker of reproduction antique furniture; and $5,000 in consultation services for any of the other interior designers involved in creating the show suites. Ten second-prize winners will each receive an Electra bicycle with an estimated value of $ 700.
The nine show suites represent the diversity of what’s on offer at the 1,108-unit Millennium Water community.
“We’ve got a very simple, sustainable design, right up to hyper-luxury on the water,” noted marketer Bob Rennie. “And then, in between, we’re having fun with a suite that’s done all in gold by Alda Pereira.”
Avenues of the World is open noon to 5 p. m. every day but Friday. For information, call 603-733-2010.
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