Oakwood Business Park offers functionality and beauty
NANAIMO – Expert design work and craftmanship enabled Oakwood Business Park to capture the Award of Excellence in the Industrial category in the 14th Annual Vancouver Island Real Estate Board Commercial Building Awards on May 7.
Oakwood, at 1925 Boxwood Road in the Green Rock Industrial Park, is owned by Camargue Properties Inc. (Group Denux) of Victoria, and was designed by Alfred Korpershoek of dHK Architects.
Robin Kelley, President/Partner of Camargue, states “The beauty in this was that Alfred the architect designed something that looks great and is also functional. This is often a major issue with what we see with newer industrial. It is either designed for one use and one user, or it looks bad. Having the two work together is the challenge.”
The beauty in the design is in the building’s functionality. Too often industrial buildings are often functional and bland or beautiful and impractical, and this building merges the two worlds together. Built on spec, it was fully-leased prior to completion. The interface with the street and natural green features, along with accent panels from Abet Laminati, manufactured in Italy, sets it apart.
Korpershoek adds Oakwood features “an appropriate and balanced design solution in form and character for a warehouse that can be divided in individual units. Every unit has a unique front facade that slightly differ from every other unit as the individual elements were arranged from a toolbox of repeating elements and colours.”
The Oakwood buildings have been designed with the end user in mind. Unique to the market, features include rear loading spaces from 2,000 to 24,000 square feet, along with ample truck marshaling and clear ceiling heights. Optional exterior storage yards are also available.
For transportation logistics, the park is located adjacent to the Island Highway as well as many local transportation corridors, and provides multiple amenities for visitors, business owners and employees alike. These include close proximity to restaurants and grocery stores as well as a bicycle repair station and park like area.
Storm water management were treated by a natural swale, and the developer, Windley Contracting Ltd., spent significant funds to rehabilitate what was a failed natural drainage zone.
This content was sponsored by: DHK Architects