villebois village center: PODCAST: Villebois -- A Mixed-Use, Socially Sustainable Development - 05/07/10 12:20 PM
The European-inspired, mixed-use Villebois community in Wilsonville, Oregon, is perfect for people of all ages and lifestyles to live, work, play and learn. When all is said and done, the distinctive urban village will consist of 2,600 homes – 1,000 of which will be built by master planner and developer Costa Pacific Communities in the Villebois Village Center. The Village Center itself will be a mix of condominiums, row homes, cafés and shops as well as other retail services, such as a dental office, spa, specialty grocery store and boutique hotel. There will also be a farmer’s market opening this spring … (0 comments)

villebois village center: PODCAST: Transit Orientation and Connectivity at Villebois - 05/07/10 12:17 PM
As a transit-oriented community, the Villebois Village Center in Wilsonville, Oregon, gives residents the opportunity to commute from home with ease. The neighborhood is just a short walk or bike ride from TriMet’s new transportation option, the Westside Express Service commuter rail. Dubbed “WES”, the new commuter rail connects residents living in Wilsonville to suburbs like Tigard, Tualatin and Beaverton. Once in Beaverton, commuters are just a hop, skip and a latté from downtown Portland, Beaverton and all other corners of the metropolitan area. The Wilsonville WES Station is minutes from Villebois and includes 400 Park & Ride spaces and 48 … (0 comments)

villebois village center: Buy Homes Now and Take Advantage of Buyer Tax Credit Before It's Too Late! - 12/29/09 09:38 AM
As we approach a New Year, it is important to remember all of the benefits of purchasing real estate and new homes for sale in today's marketplace. Don't forget that the $8,000 homebuyer tax credit for first-time buyers has been extended through April 30, 2010. Not to mention, the tax credit now offers $6,500 for owners of existing homes who are buying a new principal residence and have lived in their home for five consecutive years out of the last eight. Buyers have until the end of June to close.In other news, the income eligibility limits for the tax credit - … (0 comments)

villebois village center: Update on Legend Homes at Villebois - 12/21/09 05:35 AM
For those of you wondering the latest status of Legend at Villebois, here you go! Legend Homes only has two finished homes remaining in Phase 1 of the award-winning Villebois community in Wilsonville, Oregon. One of those homes recently went pending so that leaves the builder with only one remaining available home for sale in Villebois. It looks as Legend Homes will come out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy around the beginning of 2010 and hopefully begin construction on new homes once that has happened and it has sold its last finished home.Full Story: Matrix will also give back raw land in its … (0 comments)

villebois village center: Happy Holidays from Costa Pacific Homes and the Villebois Village Center - 12/09/09 09:58 AM
The holidays are the perfect time for creating perfect memories.Isn't it time you lived in the perfect place for creating memories too?The Villebois Village Center in Wilsonville, Oregon, will change how you live.With our brand-new Seville Rows, Carvalho Condominiums and upcoming Les Bois Collection, you can live a carefree lifestyle in the hip and urban, yet relaxed Village Center. Build life-long relationships with your neighbors. Participate in exciting community activities and events. Live a more sustainable life in a green-certified home and eco-conscious neighborhood.The benefits of living in the Villebois Village Center are endless.Aren't you ready for a change?Listen to what … (0 comments)

villebois village center: Villebois Nominated for National Association of Home Builders' Community of the Year - 12/09/09 09:53 AM
Costa Pacific Homes recently announced that its latest development, the Villebois neighborhood in Wilsonville, Oregon, is a finalist for the National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) most prestigious builder award: the Community of the Year Award.This nomination is nothing new for the award-winning master planner and developer. In 1999, Costa Pacific received the prestigious Community of the Year Award for another development it designed: Orenco Station in Hillsboro, Oregon.Villebois offers area homebuyers a broad assortment of home styles and amenities from which to choose. Based on the intimacy and character of traditional European villages, the Villebois Village Center features everything from … (0 comments)

villebois village center: Villebois Hosts Merry & Bright Event This Friday to Ring in the Holiday Season - 12/02/09 07:20 AM
The Villebois Events Committee (V.E.C.) in Wilsonville, Oregon's Villebois neighborhood recently announced that it will host a Merry & Bright Party in heart of the award-winning Villebois community this Friday, December 4, 2009.The event will include caroling, cocoa drinking, cookie eating and all around holiday cheer in the Sofia Park Pavilion in Villebois to mark the official start of the holidays. Villebois and area neighbors are invited to ring in the season together this Friday in the community in which the live, work, play and learn.The V.E.C. will provide hot cocoa and hot cider. Guests are invited to bring a plate … (0 comments)

villebois village center: Costa Pacific Homes Introduces Les Bois Row Homes - 12/02/09 06:14 AM
The new Les Bois Row Homes are the very first detached homes to grace the award-winning Villebois Village Center in Wilsonville, Oregon. These new single-family row homes offer homebuyers their choice of two distinct floor plans - The Alesia and The Montraux. The Alesia is priced at $309,900 and features two bedrooms and a third bedroom/loft option. Priced at $359,900, The Montraux offers buyers three bedrooms as well as a lofted space.In addition to bestowing residents with an upscale lifestyle at an affordable price, the Les Bois Collection feature a broad array of distinctive amenities. Not to mention, each of the … (0 comments)

villebois village center: Villebois Neighborhood Resides in 3rd Safest Metropolitan Area, According to Forbes Magazine - 11/23/09 09:01 AM
The Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area, which includes cities from Beaverton to Clackamas, Wilsonville to Vancouver, recently ranked 3rd on Forbes Magazine's list of Safest Cities. To determine its list of the safest cities in the U.S., Forbes Magazine looked at the country's 40 largest metropolitan statistical areas across four categories of danger, including: workplace death rates, traffic death rates, natural disaster risk and violent crime rates.The Portland metro area ranked 3rd as it boasts the lowest crime rate out of the 40 cities examined.When it comes to new homes for sale in Portland or Portland-area real estate, the Villebois community in … (0 comments)

villebois village center: Learn More About Tonquin Trail Master Plan and its Impact on the Villebois Neighborhood and Wilsonville Community - 11/23/09 08:56 AM
Known for its pedestrian- and bike-friendly nature, the award-winning Villebois neighborhood in Wilsonville, Oregon, offers its residents miles and miles of nearby trails and 160 acres of community green space. A web of paths, nature trails and sidewalks traverse neighborhood parks and green spaces, serving as pedestrian and bike connections between streets and pockets within Villebois. Several major regional pathways also snake through Villebois, including the Tonquin Trail, the Villebois Loops Trail and the Coffee Lake-Wood Trail.The future of the Tonquin Trail and its connectivity to the rest of Wilsonville and the Portland metropolitan area's Westside has been one that local … (0 comments)

villebois village center: Wilsonville, Oregon - and Villebois Neighborhood - Sitting Pretty Between Two of Nation's Best Performing Cities - 11/18/09 10:31 AM
The Milken Institute recently released its annual report of the nation's "best performing" cities and the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area (which includes Portland, Beaverton and Vancouver) ranked No. 37 and Salem, Oregon ranked 58 out of 200 large U.S. metropolitan areas.The Milken report ranks cities on a variety of factors, including job and salary growth over a given time period as well as the strength of their high-tech industries. Last year, the Portland area ranked No. 28 and Salem ranked No. 66 on the list.Wilsonville, Oregon, resides about halfway between the city of Portland and the city of Salem. Known as … (0 comments)

villebois village center: TriMet Purchases Two Spare WES Trains From Alaska Railroad - 11/18/09 10:26 AM
Portland, Oregon-based public transportation organization, TriMet, announced this week that it acquired two previously owned rail diesel cars (RDCs) from the Alaska Railroad for use as spares on the metropolitan area's Westside Express Service (WES) Commuter Rail.WES currently boasts three diesel multiple unit (DMU) trains that provide transit service between Beaverton and Wilsonville on the metropolitan area's west side. According to TriMet, there are no spare vehicles for WES service when a DMU is out of service. With the new, additional trains, TriMet can reduce or eliminate the need for shuttle buses to supplement WES service and help make service for … (0 comments)

villebois village center: Home Buyer Tax Credit Extended and Expanded Leaving More Time to Buy a Home in Villebois - 11/11/09 09:51 AM
Last week, President Obama signed legislation that extends and expands the first-time home buyer tax credit originally made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.The new legislation extends the $8,000 credit for first-time home buyers for sales contracts entered into by April 30, 2010 and closed by June 30. In addition, the law has been expanded to now include a $6,500 credit for owners of existing homes who are buying a new principal residence. Current homeowners can claim the $6,500 tax credit if they lived in their home for five consecutive years out of the last eight.In other … (0 comments)

villebois village center: Villebois Village Center - You'll Love to Live Here - 11/11/09 09:40 AM
From retirees and grandparents to young couples and families, the Villebois Village Center in Wilsonville, Oregon, is perfect for people of all ages and lifestyles to live, work, play and learn.At the heart of the neighborhood will be a bustling mix of row homes, loft-style condominiums, shops, restaurants and sidewalk cafés that will embody the character of a European village. The community is far more than a place to live. It is a place that can actually change how you live.For more information about the Villebois community, please call 866.580.2836 or email Blog@CostaPacific.com. You may also visit ChangeHowYouLive.com to learn more … (0 comments)

villebois village center: Costa Pacific Lowers Prices on Homes in Villebois Village Center - 11/04/09 09:46 AM
Costa Pacific Homes recently announced that is has reduced the prices on its homes for sale in the Villebois Village Center in Wilsonville, Oregon. The new Carvalho Condominiums now range in price between $269,900 and $394,900. These new Portland condos are available in both one-level flat and two-story townhome-style designs with four distinct two bedroom/two bathroom floor plans. Ranging in size from 1,291 to 2,102 square feet and steps from Piazza Villebois and the Villebois Sunday Market, these new Wilsonville homes are ideally suited for a broad range of home buyers - from young professionals to empty nesters. The Carvalho Condominiums … (0 comments)

villebois village center: New Recycling Program Introduced in Wilsonville and Villebois Community - 11/04/09 09:43 AM
Allied Waste of Wilsonville is starting a new recycling program in the Villebois community in Wilsonville, Oregon. Allied Waste will be delivering 32-gallon roll carts the week of November 16, 2009, dropping-off the carts at the end of your driveway. Collection of recycling materials will start the following week.What should I do with the two bins I use now for recycling? You will need to keep one bin to recycle glass. Allied Waste will pick-up the other bin on the day recycling material is collected, or you can keep the bin to store items you may use once in a while. … (3 comments)

villebois village center: Live Completely, With Your Senses Alive at Villebois - 10/27/09 11:22 AM

Imagine...riding the WES commuter train home from work, on your short walk to your new home, you pass trails and sidewalks shaded by towering trees, there are families in the park, laughing playing together. You stop to pick up some fresh pastries in Piazza Villebois or fresh vegetables at the Villebois Sunday Market.As you step out onto the cobblestone street, you exhale "Life is good."The award-winning Villebois community in Wilsonville, Oregon, has been designed to feel and live like a cozy and vibrant village, with timeless European-inspired architecture and 160 acres of parks and beautiful landscaping.At the heart of Villebois … (1 comments)

villebois village center: Find Out What People Are Saying About Life in Villebois - 10/27/09 11:16 AM
Villebois residents of all ages and lifestyles discuss what their families enjoy the most about the unique Wilsonville, Oregon, neighborhood from the close-knit social atmosphere to the variety of community events and activities that bring neighbors together. For more information about the Villebois community, please call 866.580.2836 or email Blog@CostaPacific.com. You may also visit ChangeHowYouLive.com. … (0 comments)

villebois village center: Costa Pacific Communities Moves Office to Villebois Location - 10/23/09 04:40 AM
Award-winning master planner and development company, Costa Pacific Communities, recently announced that it has moved office locations from 4724 SW Macadam Avenue in Portland to 11416 SW Barber Street in Wilsonville, Oregon's Villebois Village Center.Since 1990, Costa Pacific Communities has been building communities up and down the West Coast that enrich the lives of residents. Costa Pacific has been recognized nationally for excellence in design, master planning and marketing and is the most awarded builder/developer in the history of Oregon. Most notably, Costa Pacific received a Gold Nugget Award for Best on the Boards Site Plan for Villebois at the Pacific … (2 comments)

villebois village center: Portland Ranks in Top 50 Major Cities for Excellent Quality of Life - Change How YOU Live - 10/23/09 04:37 AM
A recent study of all the major cities around the world found Portland, Oregon to be No. 42 when it comes to exceptional quality of life. Mercer's 2009 Quality of Living Ranking surveyed 215 cities and ranked them on a point-scoring index. Vienna, Austria scored the highest and Baghdad, Iraq was the worst-ranking city of those studied. Mercer compiles the information for companies who must place workers in various parts of the world. Click here to read more about the quality of life survey.This study further solidifies the decision more and more individuals are making to move to Oregon and the … (0 comments)