Family-friendly community living in Aspen Spring, SW Calgary
Each element of Juniper, Wolfberry and Aurora is designed with the Danish concept of hygge – warmth, cosiness and well-being
article originally appeared in the Calgary Herald
Exterior of Juniper's 2-3 bed townhomes and duplexes in Aspen Spring
Slokker Homes takes pride in more than just the quality it brings to every home it builds in Alberta—it’s also dedicated to ensuring homeowners remain happy long after the sale.
Nowhere is this more evident than in Aspen Spring, a Calgary community Slokker is shaping into a welcoming, family-friendly neighbourhood. These new homes will blend architectural elegance with green spaces and modern conveniences for all residents.
Aerial view of Slokker Homes Aspen Spring Community
Creating the Aspen Spring Master Planned Community
Aspen Spring began 10 years ago as a single development and has since evolved into seven projects in Calgary’s southwest community of Springbank Hill. “We’re excited about Aspen because it allows us to build a master-planned neighbourhood and get very creative about it,” says Cecile Dash, sales and marketing director at Slokker Homes.
Aspen Spring is designed as a work-live-play community with homes surrounding a scenic natural reserve, extensive walking trails, a north and south pond, a playground, a parkour station, and neighbourhood gathering spaces. “The fluctuation in the elevation of the land we’re building our homes on is as much as 15 metres [and almost 200 metres overall above downtown Calgary], which is enabling us to create homes with fabulous views of the mountains,” Dash says.
Residents will also benefit from the proximity to Aspen Landing, a shopping centre with over 60 stores and services, many of them locally owned.
Many homeowners have lived nearby before purchasing in Aspen Spring, citing maintenance-free living, a walkable community and excellent amenities as reasons for relocating while staying in this desired area. Slokker’s intent as a middle-market residential builder continues to make the affluent Aspen/Springbank Hill region accessible to a wide variety of residents, with condos starting at $305,000 and townhouses at around $580,000.
Exterior of Aurora's 2-3 bed townhomes and duplexes in Aspen Spring
Introducing Wolfberry, Juniper and Aurora
Slokker is currently focusing on developing three projects within Aspen Spring: Wolfberry, Juniper and Aurora. Wolfberry offers thoughtfully designed condo living, from studios to two-bedroom condos with quartz countertops, luxury vinyl plank flooring and high-quality cabinets. This project will also offer a pavilion overlooking the green space, creating a welcoming hub for the community to gather, and vibrant commercial podiums in two buildings to enrich the neighbourhood.
Juniper consists of beautifully designed two- and three-bedroom townhouses with 2.5 bathrooms. Each residence has an attached single-car garage, nine-foot ceilings, ensuite washrooms and walk-in closets.
Aurora offers elevated living with three-bedroom-plus-den duplexes, each with 2.5 bathrooms, a walk-out basement, walk-in closets, a double car garage and much more.
Wolfberry 1-2 bedroom Condos in Aspen Spring
Designed with every little detail in mind
Dash highlights that Slokker Homes are designed to create a sense of ‘hygge’ – Danish for warmth and coziness. “That’s the guiding force behind all of our developments, along with quality and resiliency,” she adds, citing ‘invisible’ elements such as efficient hot water and heating circulation lines, which lead to far less maintenance expenses for homeowners down the road.
Slokker’s strong attention to detail is evident in every step of the development process. “For example, we’ve been using drones to calculate the ideal building elevations throughout Aspen Village and ensure great views for each homeowner,” Dash says.
Similarly, Slokker invested considerable time and resources to create a unique 3-D tour of each home in its sales centre, located in Aspen Village’s Orion building. “Buyers can inspect every element of the home they intend to purchase,” Dash says.
How can Slokker Homes achieve these goals while keeping homes affordable? In a word: experience. The family-run company built its first townhome in the Netherlands in 1935. From Holland, it expanded to the U.S. and later was established in Ontario in the 1970s. Since entering Alberta in 2007, Slokker has developed 11 neighbourhoods in the province and over 2,500 homes.
“We have never wavered from our principles of hygge and quality,” says Slokker’s president, Peter Paauw, who came to Canada as an industrial engineer from the Netherlands in 2004. “We take pride in building quality homes and lasting communities.”
With a projected timeline of up to eight years for Aspen Spring to be fully complete, buyers are purchasing homes in advance to secure their spot. To make this process easy, “We urge prospective buyers to visit our sales centre and experience the home of your choosing in 3-D,” Dash says.