Master plan
Abbotsford, BC

Vicarro Ranch is a master planned community located in the McKee Peak Mountain and Eagle Mountain area of Abbotsford.  The 160 hectare (395 acre)  plan  includes a cluster of five residential sub-areas. Each cluster will be separated by natural open space and park land and includes an extensive trail and bike path system.  A major premise of the planning includes sensitivity to the environment by avoiding steep slopes, preserving environmentally significant areas, and providing a large amount of natural open space, through the use of “cluster” development techniques.  Vicarro Ranch offers a variety of housing types and options, including single family, duplex, townhomes and condominium units.  Abbotsford’s largest master planned project to date, Vicarro Ranch sets a benchmark for future sustainable planning in the City.  For more information and links to the public consultation panels presented February 2010, please refer to the “News” tab on our site. 

Project Statistics:

Size: 160 ha / 1400 units

Value: $560,000,000

Design Features:

• Significant amount of open space preserved (63%)
• Variety of housing options including single family, semi-detached, and low, medium and high density multiple family
• Extensive trail, bike path, park and open space system
• Ecological Planning Principles used

Images (from top): Site Location and Context; Conceptual Layout on Aerial; Proposed CD Zone by Sub-Area; Trethewey Family Ranch Home as proposed park; Visual Impact Assessment (before); and Visual Impact Assessment (after) from northwest portion of plan area.