Our Urban Village, a Vancouver Cohousing Community

March cohousing info session

Mar 25, 2022

Interested in cohousing, Tomo House, living sustainably in Vancouver or want to know more? Join us Saturday March 25 from 10:30 – noon, for an info session over ZOOM. Members of OUV will run through a presentation that provides a brief introduction to cohousing before going into some depth on our community and Tomo House. In …

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Cohousing coffee chat

March 18, 2023

If there is one thing the pandemic has taught us, it’s that we want more community. Come get to know members of our community and learn more about our project and our remaining units on Saturday March 18 at the Garden Cafe at VanDusen Botanical Gardens from 10:30 am to noon. This informal gathering is …

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February cohousing info session

Feb 25 2023

Interested in cohousing, Tomo House, living sustainably in Vancouver or want to know more? Join us Saturday February 25th  from 10:30 – noon, for an info session over ZOOM. Members of OUV will run through a presentation that provides a brief introduction to cohousing before going into some depth on our community and Tomo House. …

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January Cohousing info session

Jan 28, 2023

Our Urban Village cohousing is pleased to be offering our online information session for anyone curious about cohousing and interested in learning about our project. We’re on our last leg of construction with an expectant date of occupancy in early 2023 and are keen to find like minded folks for our four remaining units. Our …

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Just blocks from our doorstep: the new Oakridge Community Centre

A fifteen-minute neighbourhood walk. A five-minute rapid bus ride. A 6-minute bike ride. We’ll be just minutes away from the new Oakridge Community Centre, slated to be finished sometime in 2024. The centre is one of the community amenity contributions provided by the 28.4-acre redevelopment project of the old Oakridge Mall property. The new Oakridge …

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New Year, New Neighbours

All the best for the New Year! It’s going to be a big one! In 2022, Our Urban Village cohousing will be looking for the last 4 households to join our community and will celebrate the completion of construction late in the year. That’s a lot! Attracting new owners to our community is priority number …

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Developer Mark Shieh sees shared living spaces as a way to bring fractured communities together

Mark Shieh understands the power of transformative spaces — he started his career working as an Imagineer for the Walt Disney Company, designing theme parks. “I still have a little of that pixie dust in me,” he says, recalling how transfixed he was by the magic of Disney’s parks and how they felt like the …

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