Royal Oak Station / Beresford
SAAVIN
SAAVIN is a compact four-storey mixed-use building at Royal Oak Avenue and Beresford Street, directly beside Royal Oak Station and the BC Parkway. Its long white-and-charcoal façade, glass balconies, orange feature frames and five-shop retail base give it a recognizable transit-village identity without the scale or operating complexity of a high-rise tower.
Building snapshot
- Address
- 6968 Royal Oak Avenue
- Completion year
- 2021
- Developer
- Kirpal Group
- Builder
- Unknown / Needs Verification
- Building type
- Four-storey mixed-use low-rise condo with ground-floor retail
- Height
- 4 storeys
- Unit count
- 42
- Construction
- Wood frame on concrete perimeter foundation; full rainscreen; fibre-cement, metal and wood-tone cladding; torch-on roof
- Tenure
- Freehold strata (EPS6746)
- Near station
- Metrotown Station
- Parking
- Full residential underground parking; unit-specific stall rights require verification
- Storage
- Storage lockers are reported for some homes; assignment is unit-specific and must be verified
- Micro-location
- Royal Oak Station / Beresford
What this building is known for
A transit-first, fully rainscreened wood-frame low-rise with 42 residential homes above neighbourhood retail beside Royal Oak Station.
Buyer due-diligence checklist
Use these building-specific prompts to structure your document review and professional inspections. They identify questions to investigate, not conclusions about condition.
Construction and major systems
Review the current depreciation report and strata minutes for the building envelope, roof, balconies, drainage, insurance and acoustic concerns. Confirm which components are common property and whether major work is planned.
Age and capital planning
For a 2021 building, confirm warranty coverage, deficiency resolution, the first years of strata minutes and whether the operating budget and contingency planning reflect actual building costs.
Parking, storage and ownership details
The profile identifies the tenure as Freehold strata (EPS6746). Review how residential and commercial components share expenses, insurance, access, parking and decision-making. General parking information is available, but the legal stall designation, use rights and any allocation to a specific home must be confirmed. General storage information is available, but the locker designation and use rights must be confirmed.
Location and future change
SAAVIN is grouped within Royal Oak Station / Beresford, with Metrotown Station providing the relevant transit context. Test the actual walking route at the times you expect to travel, and review nearby active or proposed development for potential changes to noise, access, outlook and construction activity.
Explore this part of Metrotown
Royal Oak & Southwest Metrotown
Lower-density than the Metrotown core, with a broad selection of wood-frame, townhouse and mid-rise communities near Royal Oak.
What this building is like
SAAVIN reads as the south-east fringe of the broader Metrotown orbit — a newer 2020 completion with station access is part of the story, but not always in a pure core-tower way around Royal Oak Station. Royal Oak station-adjacent infill building with a station-first, practical buyer profile.
In practical terms, this building leans toward first-time buyers. That does not mean other buyer types should ignore it; it means the building’s location profile, scale, age band, and amenity story line up most naturally with those audiences in the current dataset. Developer: Kirpal Group.
Design, amenities, and identity
Public-facing materials position SAAVIN as royal oak station low-rise.
Location context
This cluster is farther from the loudest Metrotown core but still participates in the district through Royal Oak access and the broader Burnaby condo market. For this record, the primary transit anchor is Royal Oak Station, with the current proxy distance band reading as 0-650m.
The upside is quieter positioning and often more practical value; the trade-off is reduced immediacy to the centre of Metrotown.
Similar and nearby buildings
Continue with buildings that share this area, station context, building type or a similar completion period.
Common buyer questions
What kind of building is this?
SAAVIN is currently recorded as mid-rise / low-rise strata (exact material not fully verified) condo / apartment with 4 storeys and 44 homes/units.
When was SAAVIN completed?
The current record points to a 2020 completion. Buyers should still confirm the exact occupancy / completion timing in strata and title documents when the date matters for warranties or age-sensitive comparisons.
Who built or designed SAAVIN?
Verified public references in this dataset point to developer: Kirpal Group.
Is SAAVIN close to SkyTrain?
The current location model ties this building primarily to Royal Oak Station, with a proxy distance band of 0-650m. This is useful for comparison, but not a substitute for an exact measured walk time.
What amenities stand out at SAAVIN?
Amenity detail is still light in the current public-source layer, so this page does not overstate the amenity package.
Are pets or rentals allowed at SAAVIN?
Public-facing sources in this dataset do not cleanly confirm current pet and rental rules, so buyers should verify the bylaws, any rule amendments, and the latest Form B / strata records before relying on assumptions.