Oceanfront Gateway
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Oceanfront Gateway  This stunning setting will be the home for Westmana’s Oceanfront Gateway project—the first step in a visionary master plan that will give the community of Squamish renewed access to the beautiful Howe Sound waterfront. Find out more!
Social and environmental responsibility Homeowners will be steps away from recreational pursuits such as kayaking, fishing, sailing and windsurfing—while enjoying the nearby convenience and many urban amenities of downtown Squamish.
Home to new restaurants, markets, sidewalk cafés, and amenities such as a public sea walk and marina, Westmana’s Oceanfront Gateway will bring economic benefits to the town as well as provide spaces for local food-related and artisanal activities.
Westmana is committed to sustainable development and the Oceanfront Gateway project is no exception.
When we work together toward a common goal, everyone benefits
The more, the merrier.
Whether your activity of choice is mountain biking, walking, running, or horseback riding, you’ll appreciate the fact that the new waterfront development will not only provide public access to Cattermole Slough and the peninsula, but will also add several more kilometers of beautiful seaside trails for your leisure time enjoyment.
A great deal of work has been done over the last decade to develop and refine a vision of sustainability and smart growth for the Squamish downtown.
Starting with the OCP (1998) and the Downtown 2000 Plan, continuing and with the Downtown Waterfront Concept Plan (Fraser Basin Charrette) and the Downtown Concept Plan (Smart Growth on the Ground) this area has seen a great deal of focused attention by a range of planners, designers, and citizens. These efforts have continually improved and refined the ideas and concepts for the downtown.
Oceanfront Gateway is a strategically important parcel of land that sits at the transition between the historical downtown and the future smart growth neighbourhood planned for the oceanfront peninsula. This critical gateway site is undergoing a high degree of planning consideration, as it will serve as a gateway to the Squamish oceanfront that has been cut off from the town centre for a long time.
Architectural Design Rationale  At ground level, overhead canopies and recessed entrances create shelter and welcome. On upper levels, shading devices add texture to the facades while contributing to the energy-efficiency of the building and the comfort of its occupants. Balconies, spaced and set in the depth of the building’s facade reinforce the experience of shelter, while their outward edges project toward the view. A light, glassy envelope expresses an openness and airiness appropriate to the natural surroundings. Along the roofline, transom windows contribute to the rhythm of the façade, express the principal rooms within, and give occupants taller ceilings, more light and outlook.
Materials, such as local stone, concrete, zinc panels, naturally oxidized mineral-fibre cladding, glass and wood (building code permitting), have been selected to weather gracefully and to create a strong sense of place.
The plan geometry conforms to the block geometry of downtown Squamish and reinforces the definition of the surrounding street edges. Along Loggers Lane, each ground-floor unit has an address on the street and a terrace garden, generating diversity, activity, and a pedestrian-scale rhythm to the streetscape.
The design includes placement of commercial units along the Cleveland Avenue frontage. This move contributes vitality to what is intended to become a continuous, lively avenue connecting downtown Squamish and the peninsula neighbourhood.
Landscape Design Rationale The landscape approach strives to recognize the unusual attributes of Squamish and this site through the use of natural materials, with an emphasis on native plants, stone and where practical, permeable surfaces. The differences of grade are accommodated through both stairs and ramps, with bio-swales to help absorb storm water and through landscaping on terraces and in a centre courtyard.
 Oceanfront Gateway represents a strong commitment to the collaborative redevelopment of the Peninsula waterfront, and follows the principles and guidelines of the Fraser Basin Planning, the Smart Growth on the Ground initiative and the Squamish Downtown sub-area plan.
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