A BEACH COMMUNITY
ROOTED IN FARMING AND FOOD

The Promise of Southlands

Many of us grew up with the experience of growing food—a farm owned by grandparents or a kitchen garden and fruit tree in your backyard. We understood and appreciated food well before we ate it, as we pulled potatoes from the garden or watched mom or dad make jam.

But most of us have lost touch with farms and growing food. The global economics of food and agriculture mean there are fewer family farms and fewer connections to agriculture in our society. In a world with plentiful food we often lack the sense of connection we once had to how food comes to the table.

If we could create a place where farming and food could energize a neighbourhood then, in a modern sense, we could re-establish something we lost. That is the promise of Southlands— that we try to make those connections and re-establish the culture of agriculture in a new sense of place.

Come for the homes we build but stay for the connection to farming and food we want to help create.

Sean Hodgins, President, Century Group

The Land

A modern take on the traditional agricultural village, steps from Centennial Beach. Farm life is woven into a residential landscape of new homes, farmers’ markets, cafés, artisanal shops, and gathering places. Quiet, orchard-lined streets and trails wind past vast open spaces, planted fields, and preserved forest.

Residents of this 530-acre neighbourhood connect over a shared appreciation of food: growing it, preparing it, and knowing where it comes from. They choose the Southlands life for its rich experiences of nature, celebrations of heritage, and inter-generational friendships.

Market District

Southlands’ sense of place is distilled in the Market District—a social hub where people live and gather around restaurants, shops, heritage barns, and demonstration gardens. On the north side, Market Square and the farmers’ market are the heart of the neighbourhood.

The outdoor amphitheatre hosts summer concerts, movie nights, food festivals, and long-table dinners. On the south side of this edible landscape, artisanal businesses and cafés create a food-focussed destination.

Farming at Southlands

One of the largest community-owned farms in North America, Southlands makes authentic connections to agriculture a part of daily life. Residents celebrate food: harvesting allotment gardens, shopping at the farmers’ market, or simply relishing the farm-to-table feast. Of our 530 acres, 80 per cent form the publicly owned Southlands Farm.

About 275 of these acres are conventional crops and another 50 acres comprise the smaller market gardens of Southlands Community Farm, producing mixed crops according to organic principles. By preserving farmland and agricultural traditions, we create a legacy neighbourhood that nourishes future generations.

Living at Southlands

More than just a place to live, Southlands is a way to live. Watch the land change with the seasons, watch the stars come out after dark. Take a mug of tea to your front porch and enjoy views of barn swallows diving over the fields. With Centennial Beach in your backyard, this is a magical place to raise—or be—a child. Swim, paddle, throw sticks for the dog.

The entire neighbourhood has been designed with intention, from the tree-lined streets and open vistas to the farmhouse-inspired architecture. With townhomes, estate cottages, country flats, and cottages framing common courtyards, every buyer will find a place to put down roots at Southlands. Discover the sense of comfort and security that comes from being part of a closely-knit neighbourhood. Sales will begin Fall 2020.

Tsawwassen, A Beach Community

Tsawwassen’s peninsula location makes it a destination: not a place people pass through, but where they choose to stay. Despite its exclusive geography, it’s close to major road networks, for quick access to downtown Vancouver, YVR, the US border, and ferries to Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Urban conveniences—restaurants, supermarkets, yoga studios, great schools, golf courses, and Tsawwassen Mills’ designer shops—are right in your backyard.

Sunnier and drier than the rest of Metro Vancouver, it is loved for its serene expanses of nature and coastline of raw beauty. Walking sandy beaches and exploring tidal flats are part of daily life. Boundary Bay Regional Park is a sanctuary for wild birds and a favourite with locals, who hike, cycle, and ride horseback year-round.

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