Wellness of Place: Discover One Bear Mountain, Canada’s First Wellness-Based Residential Development

October 18, 2024

Nestled amidst the natural beauty of Vancouver Island, One Bear Mountain stands as a beacon of innovation and luxury, proudly holding the title of Canada’s first wellness-based residential condo development. But what does wellness-based really mean? 

Wellness lifestyle real estate represents a shift that explicitly puts people’s wellness at the centre of the conception, design, creation and redevelopment of our homes and neighbourhoods. At One Bear Mountain, residents enjoy an environment meticulously designed to nurture mind, body, and spirit, while setting a new benchmark for healthy, balanced living. Green spaces, proximity to natural environments, natural life, and mindful spaces are just some of the considerations that went into the development.

Robin Conners, President & CEO 360 AMI Corporation and Canadian Ambassador for the Global Wellness Institute, explains how the wellness sector has grown tremendously from pre-covid until today. “What we’re seeing is consumer awareness is growing around wellness. In real estate for us, wellness means a number of things. It means not just the architecture and design, where people interact with the man-built space in certain ways, but they also interact with those spaces, depending upon design and intent. A well-designed project can, in actual fact, translate into better living conditions, a better what we call ‘wellness of place’.”

Live, work and play at One Bear Mountain

One Bear Mountain caters to a lifestyle that blends work, wellness and play through experiential infrastructure bringing together outdoor and indoor wellness in one environment. 36-holes across two Jack Nicklaus Design PGA Golf Courses, hiking and biking trails, a world class tennis club and a panorama pool encourage residents to get outside and explore Bear Mountain’s beautiful surroundings, while a state-of-the-art fitness zone and yoga studio with twice weekly instructor-led sessions, offer an indoor retreat to embrace a healthy lifestyle.

Remote workers and invited guests can enjoy a beautifully designed business centre including impressive meeting rooms and workspaces, thoughtfully created to take work outside of the home but without the inconvenience of commuting.

“From pre-covid to today, we’ve seen a real change in terms of consumer habits where consumers today are working from home two, three days a week on average,” says Conners. “They don’t just look at their homes basically for living accommodation, they look at them as a place where they can live, work and entertain friends and recreate. What we tried to do with One Bear Mountain is that those components were in balance from the early design stages right through to when we began construction and development.”

The best spaces are for all

Gathering places and social places are a core part of wellness today and the opportunity to gather and meet with other owners is part of One Bear Mountain’s holistic approach to wellness. Indulgent, communal amenity spaces are designed for residents to connect with each other in some of One Bear Mountain’s most stunning areas. 

Maxime Frappier, Associate Architect & President, ACDF Architecture-Design explains how the One Bear Mountain team focused on providing amenity space that would not only be generous in the amount of area, but that would be strategically positioned so that everyone living in the building would have access to the greatest spots. “We hope that the owners will feel they have a special connection between all the people who live there – what we want to create is a very strong sense of belonging that would link to a mindset that people are going to be happier to live together but also a little bit more open to respect and learn from others.”

Don’t miss the chance to own one of the few remaining beautiful units. Contact are sales representatives today to schedule a personalized visit and discover the wellness lifestyle awaiting you at One Bear Mountain.


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