About West 57th at Cambie Gardens
West 57th is the latest residential phase in Onni Group’s Cambie Gardens master-planned community at 788 West 57th Avenue in South Cambie. The 28-storey concrete tower offers 217 homes from compact studios to three-bedroom residences, with prices starting from $569,900 — among the most accessible entry points for concrete highrise construction on Vancouver’s west side.
Onni Group is one of Canada’s largest real estate developers, active across Metro Vancouver, the Pacific Northwest, and Arizona. Their projects range from suburban stacked townhomes to downtown high-rises, with Cambie Gardens representing one of their largest multi-phase Vancouver undertakings. The scale of the developer provides assurance of project completion and after-sales support that smaller builders cannot always match.
Cambie Gardens Community
Cambie Gardens is not a single building — it is a multi-phase master-planned community that Onni has been delivering in South Cambie since the 2010s. Previous phases have already completed and are occupied, which means the community around West 57th is already established, with retail, streetscape, and social infrastructure in place rather than pending future delivery.
This is a meaningful distinction from a standalone new building. West 57th buyers are moving into a community with functioning amenity buildings, established landscaping, and neighbours who have lived there for years. The community pool, fitness centre, and bowling alley serve the entire Cambie Gardens complex, not just the West 57th tower, which keeps individual strata fees competitive while delivering resort-scale amenities.
Amenities
The Cambie Gardens amenity program is one of the most comprehensive in Vancouver’s presale market for this price range. Indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a state-of-the-art fitness centre, and a private bowling alley represent a level of amenity more common in luxury developments at significantly higher price points.
The bowling alley in particular is a genuine differentiator — a social amenity that creates community interaction among residents and gives the building a recreational resource that most condos simply do not have.
Transit and South Cambie Location
Langara–49th Avenue Canada Line station is within walking distance of West 57th, providing direct SkyTrain service to downtown Vancouver (approximately 15 minutes) and to Richmond Centre and YVR airport. The Canada Line connection makes the location accessible without a car for daily commuting — a key factor for first-time buyers and investors who target transit-dependent renters.
South Cambie is a quieter residential area compared to the denser Canada Line corridor further north, with lower street-level density, larger lot parcels, and proximity to Langara Golf Course, which occupies a significant green space buffer in the area. Langara College is a short distance away, supporting student rental demand for investors.
Pricing and the Concrete Premium
Starting from $569,900 for studios and small one-bedrooms, West 57th is priced notably below what comparable concrete highrise construction typically commands on the west side of the city. Concrete construction offers better acoustic performance, fire resistance, and structural durability than wood-frame alternatives — advantages that matter both for living quality and for long-term resale value.
Larger two-bedroom homes top out at approximately $1.4 to $1.6 million and three-bedrooms push higher, but the entry-level pricing opens the project to first-time buyers and investors who want concrete construction without committing to the higher floor counts and pricing of developments like Oakridge Park or Fifteen Fifteen.
Completion Timeline
West 57th is estimated for completion in spring 2028. For buyers with a longer planning horizon or those waiting for mortgage rates to settle, the 2028 timeline allows time to prepare financing while locking in current presale pricing. For investors, the two-year-plus gap also means anticipated rental market conditions at completion should be factored into purchasing decisions.
