Article content A Burnaby highrise project in the fast-densifying Brentwood neighbourhood is home to the largest electric-vehicle parking facility in the world, says developer Concord Pacific. While condo projects usually tout features like sweeping views, luxury amenities, or transit-friendly locations, Concord Pacific’s Concord Brentwood project has a unique — and record-setting — feature: Every single one of its 1,974 parking stalls is equipped with an EV quick-charge station. “We know by far what we have here is not only the biggest EV parking facility, but the most robust,” said Peter Webb, Concord’s senior VP of development.
“It’s not a shared-load situation.” The parkade is shared by four towers in the project’s Hillside phase. Its electrical infrastructure system has the capacity to supply power to all the level 2 chargers at the same time, should that ever occur.
About 20 per cent of B.C. municipalities have EV parking bylaws for new multi-unit developments.
Generally, they only require parking spaces for new residential projects to be wired for later charger installation. It’s still uncommon for new condo projects to provide charging stations or to have a station per stall, said Grace Quan, strata president of Hillside East. “It’s a very unique building,” said Quan, who drives a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle but would get an electrical vehicle if her family needs a second vehicle down the road.
Many condos have EV-dedicated parking stalls wi.
