Rethinking home: Currie’s flexible housing options offer solutions for the changing family

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Over the past few years, Canadians have been rethinking how they use their homes. Even before the pandemic accelerated these trends, more people have been working from home, living with multiple generations of family, renting out portions of their house for extra income and co-buying with friends and extended family. With the definition of both “home” and “family” evolving, the innovation of neighbourhoods is changing too.

Currie is a southwest inner-city community built on the historic Currie Barracks, a former Canadian Armed Forces Base. Master-planned by Canada Lands Company, Currie keeps the history vibrant and alive while offering a community with solutions for households. The community uses a broad range of municipal land uses that allow for flexible home configurations so that families can envision living spaces that work for their unique circumstances. Buyers can run a home business out of the house, build a laneway or secondary suite for rent or provide housing for family and create multi-generational options to keep loved ones nearby. Currie is about giving families homes that fit and adapt to their lifestyle.

“The needs of people’s homes have changed. The pandemic has taught us that the home needs to serve as a workplace, a school, and everything else, often with many generations living together,” says Teresa Goldstein, senior director of real estate for Canada Lands Company. “Families coming into Currie want their homes to work harder for them.”

Currie’s flexibility also makes it appealing to many people from Calgary and across Canada. Calgary’s reasonable housing prices (especially in comparison to markets like Toronto and Vancouver) and reputation for comfortable liveability are already key draws for newcomers to Currie.

Currie’s proximity to downtown, schools, Mount Royal University, recreation spaces and the mountains attract residents looking for a better quality of life. The community also offers lifestyle perks, such as plenty of greenspace and shared outdoor space, an off-leash dog park, walking trails and access to Calgary’s bike trail network.

“I tell people to ask themselves what they need and dream of from the design of their home today and beyond,” Goldstein says. “When buying a home, the design elements are captivating, but savvy consumers are looking beyond the granite counters or the height of ceiling and rethinking about how their life will evolve in the home.” The home offerings in Currie give families that flexibility to evolve.

Learn more about Currie at currielife.ca.

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