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The Elegance by Avalee Homes is a 72-unit luxury condo in Vaughn, Ont..

The project was built in Spotlight Property Viewer to simplify the preconstruction sales process.

3D CityScapes is proud to present Spotlight Property Viewer, its custom visualization platform solution for preconstruction developments. The software debuted in conjunction with the Elegance, a 72-unit luxury condominium in Vaughn, Ont. and developed by Avalee Homes.

One part marketing tool, one part sales asset management system, the Avalee Homes team selected Spotlight Property Viewer given that the Elegance was their first solo residential development and wanted a 3D visualization application backed by an experienced team.

The dining room from one of the penthouse suites inside the Elegance.

“You can see multiple points of view, different suites, and floors. The actual colours are more true than just a model that sits on a table. It gives you more of a feeling of the building than a [traditional] model,” said Lino Tatone, one of Avalee’s founders.”It’s going in a more digital way so it’s more in tune with the times.”

In addition to providing an immersive 360-degree view of the Elegance’s exterior and the surrounding area, Spotlight Property Viewer allowed the sales team to take customers inside the upcoming development, highlighting specifics like the interior views of the penthouse unit, the front-entrance lobby, and even give a sneak peek at the views from the terraces.

With Spotlight Property Viewer, you can add metahumans to populate any scene to add an additional layer of realism to your projects.

“I personally like the daylight-night time [function] so you could see what it was like during the day or night. The biggest thing was the views from certain parts of the building, the location of the building, seeing the building itself, the way it looks, the terraces, and the walk-through,” said Tatone. “The walk-through helps with the amenities and the 3D application helps you get a real feel for the amenities and the outsides, too.” 

The gym offers some stunning views of the neighbourhood.

Additional features also provided with Spotlight Property Viewer include:
-A walkable avatar mode to simulate a first-person point of view perspective of the building and area

-A unit selector to compare, contrast, and filter units based on square footage, pricing, number of bedrooms, bathrooms, and or orientation 

-The ability to compare multiple floor plans side by side

-Distance circles to highlight what’s walkable within five, 10, and 20-minute increments. 

-Finish selector to give customers the ability to swap between builders’ fit and finish packages.

-A built-in render generator to provide picture-perfect images for social media and marketing purposes

One of the many stunning vistas available to Avalee residents.
One of the many stunning vistas available to Avalee residents.

For 3D CityScapes, Spotlight Property Viewer represents the culmination of four years of work in the prop-tech industry, combining the company’s expertise in 3D modelling and meeting the needs of developers looking to showcase the best of what their projects have to offer.


“The Avalee team wanted to make sure the application represented luxury and that’s something that we did. They were very conscious and aware that they wanted to make this thing look great. And that really helped us achieve our goal,” said James Borst, CEO and founder of 3D CityScapes. “This application became basically our flagship for small developments. I’d say it’s our highest-quality development to date.”

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About 3D CityScapes:

3D City Scapes Inc. is a 3D visualization technology company based in Canada specializing in building 3D interactive environments, assets, and digital twins. Founded in 2019, 3D CityScapes works with property developers, municipalities, urban planners, seaport authorities, and architects to provide 3D applications for use in sales/marketing, planning, predictive analysis, cinematic video production, and more.

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For more information, please contact:

Brian Tien Trinh

3D CityScapes

647-524-4003

Btrinh@3dcityscapes.ca


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Three of the townhouses on display in Pinkstone Built’s Stonehenge community.

Virtually Tour Stonehenge, pinkSTONE Built’s New Wellness-Focused Community

It’s 3D CityScapes’ first proptech demonstration in the state of Tennessee.

3D CityScapes marks its latest proptech demonstration in conjunction with pinkSTONE Built and their Stonehenge development.

Stonehenge is a multi-phase residential community designed with wellness in mind. Located in Sevierville, Tenn., near the state’s Smoky Mountain region, the community will feature mix-density townhouses, duplexes, and detached homes.

Pinkstone Built Stonehenge townhouses
The townhouses come in a variety of exterior finishes.

“We wanted to approach residential design in a different way and focus not so much on the individual residences, but on the community itself,” said Rebekah Meredith, Owner & Principal Engineer at pinkSTONE Built.

The upcoming development will feature walking trails and a community garden where residents can pick fresh fruits and vegetables for their meals. There are also plans to focus on air and water quality within the individual units in order to provide healthier built environments.

But it wasn’t just integrating physical wellness into Stonehenge’s design that was vital to the pinkSTONE team. Meredith also wanted to incorporate and drive human connectivity as part of the overall project.

“One of the things COVID-19 did was put us in isolation and being an overall healthy person [requires] human interaction,” she said.

That notion of bringing people together was one of the main reasons pinkSTONE Built focused on 3D visualization and chose 3D CityScapes for their needs.

The community fountain at the heart of Stonehenge development.
The community fountain at the heart of Stonehenge development.

“How do you sell something that doesn’t exist anywhere else? How do you show somebody what this is going to look like and feel like by just telling them? People don’t always grasp the concept,” said Meredith. “That was one of the biggest reasons why we decided to take the time and spend the money. We’ve got to somehow sell something that doesn’t exist yet.”

3D CityScapes, for its part, built the virtual tour which you can see below.

“I think there exists a powerful relationship, especially for the people who embrace 3D visualization technology and integrated it into their marketing efforts,” said James Borst, 3D CityScapes’ CEO, and co-founder. “Rather than seeing just rendering, you’re  able to interact in a 3D environment that helps these projects get off the ground.”

Investing in 3D visualization early in the development cycle also means developers gain access to a sales tool that evolves along with a project.

“In terms of Stonehenge, with our kind of 3D visualization, as we move through and continue to develop units, we’re going to want to continue to develop that overall master plan,” said Meredith. “That only helps us in the sales cycle – being able to potentially pre-sell and generate cash flow. The quicker that we can change the direction of the money flow, the better for us and that’s one thing we feel this is going to help us do.”

About 3D CityScapes:

3D City Scapes Inc. is a 3D visualization technology company based in Canada specializing in building 3D interactive environments, assets, and digital twins. Founded in 2019, 3D CityScapes works with property developers, municipalities, urban planners, seaport authorities, and architects to provide 3D applications for use in sales/marketing, planning, predictive analysis, cinematic video production, and more.

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For more information, please contact:

Brian Tien Trinh

3D CityScapes

647-524-4003

Btrinh@3dcityscapes.ca


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September 26, 2022 Spotlight Property Viewer

3D CityScapes Builds First Retirement Home In Unreal Engine 5

The project was made in partnership with Chartwell Residence.

The Ridgepointe retirement residence located in Kamloops, B.C..

3D CityScapes is pleased to present the world’s first independent living retirement home created in Unreal Engine 5.

Created in partnership with Chartwell Residence, the largest operator in the Canadian seniors living sector, the 3D model is a to-scale replica of the company’s Ridgepointe Retirement Residence, located in Kamloops, B.C..

As part of the partnership, 3DCS created an interactive application to showcase the residence’s exterior and surrounding mountain views. Included is the ability to venture inside the walkable lobby entrance and around the residence’s amenities, like the public and private dining rooms, library, as well as an interior suite.

An interior rendering of the bistro area inside Chartwell Ridgepointe residence.

“One thing that’s so nice about this program is that when prospects are picking out the suites they want, I can show them this is what your view is going to be like,” said Kathy Wishnevski, a retirement consultant at Chartwell Ridgepointe. “I can show them what kind of sunlight they get during the day or how much sun they get at night, which is huge.”

In addition to the app, the 3DCS team created a collection of photo-realistic renders, a 4K cinematic video tour, as well a hotspot tour to aid in Ridgepointe’s marketing to future residents. The project comes as the Ridgepointe Residence adds a brand-new wing to the property, bringing in 90 new, fully self-contained apartments.

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“We needed to be able to show our prospects and their families all about the new building and apartments which don’t actually exist yet,” said Chartwell Ridgepointe’s retirement living consultant Lori Kininmont. “Since the construction won’t be completed for another year, the 3D presentation has been vital for guests to see where their apartment will be, what the natural light will look like at different times of day or season, as well as what their ‘view’ from their windows will be.”

“It was important that the whole family could understand the environment their loved one would be living in and that’s really how this whole conversation got started because Chartwell saw the quality of the immersive 3D environments that we were creating,” said James Borst, CEO and co-founder of 3D CityScapes.

The living room of a unit at Chartwell’s Ridgepointe residence in Kamloops, B.C..

For the 3D CityScapes team, it marks the first project created from the ground up using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5, bringing a new level of polish and fidelity that has made it the gaming engine of choice for powering 3DCS’ latest app.

“UE5 definitely gave us a leg up in quality to enable Nanite technology to have higher quality scenes with less pull on a good computer with a decent video card,” said Borst. From a user’s standpoint, UE5 has already captured the attention of those interested in living at Ridgepointe.

“The application has been very well received by guests, residents, and staff alike. Everyone is fascinated by the features that we can highlight and explain about the building by using it,” said Kininmont.

About 3D CityScapes:

3D City Scapes Inc. is a 3D visualization technology company based in Canada specializing in building 3D interactive environments, assets, and digital twins. Founded in 2019, 3D CityScapes works with property developers, municipalities, urban planners, seaport authorities, and architects to provide 3D applications for use in sales/marketing, planning, predictive analysis, cinematic video production, and more.

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For more information, please contact:

Brian Tien Trinh

3D CityScapes

647-524-4003

Btrinh@3dcityscapes.ca


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The exterior of Vandyk’s Six88 condominium in Sarasota, Fl.

3D CityScapes’ team put together exterior, interior, and interactive applications of the SIX88 Residences

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The 3D CityScapes team is proud to present its first project located in Sarasota, Fl.’s Golden Gate Point community.

Set by the corner of Gulf Stream and Golden Gate Point on the waterfront that nestles Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico lies the future site of Vandyk Properties’ SIX88 Residences.

“There is genuinely something really nice about SIX88,” said Salman Hussain, 3D CityScapes’ Director of Digital Experiences. “This project is special to us because of where it’s located in Sarasota, Fl., with its ambiance, natural scenery, community, dock, and waterfront area. It was a lot of fun to work on this environment.”

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To help bring Vandyk Properties’ vision to life, the 3DCS team created an interior tour of SIX88 Residence’s penthouse suite, followed by a full exterior tour of the community to aid in the sales and marketing of the project. An interactive tour of the Golden Gate community was also created to showcase the neighbourhood for potential buyers unfamiliar with the area. 

“The penthouse 3D tour is an immersive visualization of the space and showcases the incredible views. It has become a great tool for our sales team and has enriched our digital marketing program,” said Andrea Wong, Vandyk Properties’ VP of Marketing. “For a product of this caliber, we thought it was important to provide the end-user a clear picture of the living space.”

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For the team at 3DCS, SIX88 represents an opportunity to continue its relationship with Vandyk Properties.

“The great thing about Vandyk Properties is that they understand where they are now and they understand where they need to be in the next decade and more. They understand the value and importance of integrating the right 3D technology to help them create that digital brand presence,” said Hussain.

About 3D CityScapes:

3D City Scapes Inc. is a 3D visualization technology company based in Canada specializing in building 3D interactive environments, assets, and digital twins. Founded in 2019, 3D CityScapes works with property developers, municipalities, urban planners, seaport authorities, and architects to provide 3D applications for use in sales/marketing, planning, predictive analysis, cinematic video production, and more.

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For more information, please contact:

Brian Tien Trinh

3D CityScapes

647-524-4003

Btrinh@3dcityscapes.ca