Completed February 2021
6609 Goodmere Road, Sooke, BC, Canada
Located within Sooke’s Town Centre, this 0.637-hectare south-facing waterfront property offers sweeping southeast-to-southwest views of Sooke Harbour and Basin, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Olympic Mountains. The site has a foreshore lease and private wharf zoning permitting a dock for exclusive use by upland owners. While senior-focused, the community has no age restriction.
The six-storey building — four floors of wood frame above two floors of concrete, with a parking structure — holds 34 strata-titled homes ranging from approximately 600 to 1,200 sq ft, all with harbour views. Residents share access to gardens, patios, a rooftop deck, spacious outdoor walkways, and approximately 7,000 sq ft of indoor common amenity space.
The original single-family residence on the property was retained and refurbished into approximately 3,000 sq ft of that amenity space, now housing three guest rooms, an office, library, art room, a private dining room, and patio gathering areas. The newly constructed common areas add a large kitchen and dining space for shared meals, a lounge, workshop, exercise room, and bicycle and equipment storage. The project achieved Built Green Gold certification.
Ronaye Matthew’s company, Cohousing Development Consulting, provided development management services covering site selection, rezoning, and land purchase through to completion in February 2021.
