Fraser Mills is an emerging, mostly-future community: Beedie’s approved, master-planned redevelopment of the 95-acre former sawmill site on the Fraser River in southwest Coquitlam. Reported at roughly 5,500 homes across about 20 towers, built out over 15–20 years, with a future waterfront park, urban plaza and community amenities. Today it’s a presale community — the first tower, DEBUT, has sold — and daily life still leans on adjacent Maillardville and the United Boulevard shops. This is the straight read: what’s approved, what’s built, and what it means if you’re buying. By a 47+ year Coquitlam resident who sells inside one of Royal LePage’s Top 2% Nationwide teams.
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Fraser Mills is a presale, master-planned community — so the honest “snapshot” is the shape of the plan, not a resale price benchmark that doesn’t exist yet. These are the reported figures from Beedie’s application and public coverage; they evolved through the approval process, so treat them as approximate and phase-dependent, and confirm current details with Beedie before signing.
Reported plan · approximate and phase-dependent, plus around 1,700 jobs.
Built over a 15–20 year phased build-out, western parcels first.
Southwest Coquitlam · around 2 King Edward Street, on the Fraser River.
New-construction condos & townhomes — not detached housing.
Coquitlam-wide · June 2026 GVR
Figures reported from the developer’s application and public coverage; approximate and phase-dependent. For price context only, the June 2026 Greater Vancouver REALTORS® citywide Coquitlam apartment benchmark was $653,900 (down 7.6% YoY) — that is a resale figure, not a Fraser Mills price. Presale prices, GST and deposits differ; confirm current pricing with Beedie.
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Fraser Mills suits a specific buyer. First-time buyers get a new-construction entry point into an appreciating waterfront district, often below detached and townhome pricing. Investors get new stock next to future public amenity. Downsizers get a lock-and-leave lifestyle with the river at the door. But it is an emerging community, and that cuts both ways — here’s the balanced read.
A new-construction entry point into an appreciating waterfront district, often priced below detached and townhome tiers — and the chance to buy into the district before it’s finished. Brand-new condos, no bidding against decades-old resale stock.
New stock positioned next to future public amenity — the aquatic centre, urban plaza and riverfront park that arrive across the build-out. A durable, scarce value anchor: the only place in Coquitlam to buy new directly on the Fraser.
A lock-and-leave lifestyle with the Fraser River at the door — brand-new and low-maintenance, walkable-adjacent to heritage Maillardville and the United Boulevard shops for the everyday run.
Fraser Mills is a presale condo and townhome community — there is no detached housing. Homes release phase by phase, and availability, floor plans and pricing change with each release.
Fraser Mills is not a single condo tower — it is a whole new neighbourhood being built on land that has never been open to the public. For more than a century this stretch of the Fraser River was an industrial sawmill site, one of the largest lumber operations in British Columbia and the reason Maillardville exists. Beedie’s approved master plan turns roughly 95 acres of that waterfront into a walkable community of homes, parks, shops and public riverfront — the only place in Coquitlam where you can buy new and live directly on the Fraser.
The scale is genuinely large. Public reporting and the developer’s plans describe on the order of 5,500 households across about 20 towers, plus roughly 1,700 jobs, woven together with a future waterfront aquatic centre, an urban plaza, a foreshore walkway and about 9.4 acres of parkland. The honest part: most of that is future or under construction. Today the site is an active, early-phase project, and the amenities that will define it — the aquatic centre, the plaza, the completed park network, the ground-floor retail — arrive over a 15–20 year build-out. If you buy here now, you are buying into a community that is still becoming itself.
Because it sells and completes phase by phase, “buying at Fraser Mills” means something different depending on when you buy and which building. Early phases sit on the western parcels and move eastward. That timing — which phase, which completion year, and what else is finishing around it — matters more to your outcome than the marketing renderings, and it is exactly the part a good buyer’s agent reads for you.
Fraser Mills is a presale condo and townhome community — there is no detached housing, and no separate resale benchmark exists yet. Below is the honest product breakdown and how the timelines work. Prices change with each release, so figures are reported starting points only — confirm current pricing with Beedie.
| Product | Price (reported) | What it is | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | From mid-$500,000s | One-, two- and three-bedroom apartment homes across roughly 20 towers. DEBUT (the first tower) released from the mid-$500,000s and sold out; Encore followed as the next phase. | Water exposure, floor level and view corridor drive resale spreads far more than in a landlocked building. |
| Townhomes | — | A limited number of townhomes appear in the tower podiums (DEBUT included around 32). | The scarcest product in each release; they tend to go first to buyers who register early. |
| Rental & below-market | — | A block of market and below-market rental homes, concentrated in the earlier phases. | A rental component, not a for-purchase one — context for how the community fills in. |
| Completion timelines | — | Presale homes complete years after you sign; new construction in BC adds 5% GST and a staged deposit schedule. | Financing is re-qualified before completion. Compare all-in cost and completion year, not presale price vs. today’s benchmark. |
DEBUT opened from the mid-$500,000s and sold out; Encore followed. There is no separate resale benchmark for Fraser Mills yet — for context only, the June 2026 GVR citywide Coquitlam apartment benchmark was $653,900. To see what’s live now, browse Coquitlam condos for sale, and confirm current pricing with Beedie.
Fraser Mills’ own retail and urban plaza are part of the future plan — label them planned until built. In the meantime, the useful stuff is genuinely close: the river itself, heritage Maillardville up the hill, and the United Boulevard big-box strip right next door cover the everyday run, with Coquitlam Centre a short drive for anything bigger.
The master plan dedicates about 9.4 acres of parkland plus a foreshore walkway along the water, and keeps it public. Honestly, much of it is planned or under construction and arrives across the phased build-out — but it is the only place in Coquitlam to buy new directly on the Fraser.
One of Western Canada’s largest French-Canadian communities, with Brunette Avenue and Heritage Square dining and heritage district. It’s also the nearest established green space and playing fields — Mackin Park (1046 Brunette Ave), with fields, ball diamonds, tennis, playground, spray park and a large skate park.
The United Boulevard big-box strip sits right beside the site: IKEA, Real Canadian Superstore, Coquitlam VIP Cinemas and furniture retailers cover the everyday run without a long drive. It’s the practical answer to daily shopping while Fraser Mills’ own retail is still future.
Coquitlam Centre — the region’s major mall — is a short drive for anything bigger. The nearest rapid transit is also a short drive: Coquitlam Central (Millennium Line) or Braid/Sapperton (Expo Line). Today the site is car-oriented; SkyTrain is a drive, not a walk.
Want the established area up the hill? Read the Maillardville guide, or browse Coquitlam condos for sale to see what’s live now.
Four things every Fraser Mills buyer asks about. The honest answers below — with a catchment note just underneath.
Fraser Mills sits within the Maillardville / southwest Coquitlam area of School District 43 (SD43). Catchments for a brand-new master-planned community can shift as it is built out and enrolment is planned — so rather than name a specific school that may not apply to your address or move-in year, verify the exact catchment in SD43’s official locator.
The master plan dedicates about 9.4 acres of parkland plus a foreshore walkway along the water and keeps it public — but much of it is planned or under construction and arrives across the build-out. Today the closest established green space is up the hill at Mackin Park in Maillardville and Blue Mountain Park in central Coquitlam.
Fraser Mills’ own retail and urban plaza are part of the future plan. In the meantime, the useful stuff is close: heritage Maillardville up the hill and the United Boulevard big-box strip next door (IKEA, Real Canadian Superstore, Coquitlam VIP Cinemas), with Coquitlam Centre a short drive for anything bigger.
The site is car-oriented today. The nearest rapid transit is a short drive — Coquitlam Central (Millennium Line) or Braid/Sapperton (Expo Line) — not a walk. That is the honest trade-off of an early-phase riverfront site: a drive to the train in exchange for buying new on the Fraser.
Schools & catchments
Fraser Mills sits within the Maillardville / southwest Coquitlam area of School District 43 (SD43). Catchments for a brand-new master-planned community can shift as it is built out and enrolment is planned — so rather than list specific school names that may not apply to your address or move-in year, the honest move is to verify the exact catchment in SD43’s official locator.
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Catchments can change. Verify any specific address against the official SD43 school locator before relying on it.
Full Coquitlam schools guide →Fraser Mills is new-construction presale; most Coquitlam inventory is resale. They aren’t priced on the same basis, so the honest comparison is about product, timing and all-in cost — not a single headline number. Here’s the side-by-side, using only figures the record supports.
| Factor | Fraser Mills (presale) | Coquitlam resale (for context) |
|---|---|---|
| Product type | New-construction presale condos & townhomes — no detached | Existing resale across all types |
| Price reference (June 2026) | DEBUT from the mid-$500,000s (sold out); prices change per release | Citywide apartment benchmark $653,900 (−7.6% YoY) |
| Location | Fraser River waterfront, foot of King Edward Street | Citywide Coquitlam |
| On-site amenities | Mostly future / under construction — aquatic centre, plaza, ~9.4-acre park, foreshore walkway | Established; varies by area |
| Transit today | Car-oriented; nearest SkyTrain a short drive (Coquitlam Central / Braid–Sapperton) | Varies by area |
| Move-in | Completes years out; phased 15–20 year build-out | Available now |
The only official price reference is citywide and resale — the June 2026 GVR Coquitlam apartment benchmark of $653,900; DEBUT released from the mid-$500,000s as a presale and sold out. New construction adds 5% GST and staged deposits, so compare all-in cost and completion year, not presale price versus today’s benchmark. Confirm current pricing with Beedie, and browse Coquitlam condos for sale for resale context.
Fraser Mills suits a specific buyer, and it is an emerging community — that cuts both ways. Reading these two columns honestly saves time, stress, and expensive second-guessing.
I’m not a Fraser Mills resident — nobody is yet; it’s still being built — and I won’t pretend otherwise. What I am is a 47+ year Coquitlam local who has watched this city’s neighbourhoods trade through cycle after cycle, including how master-planned communities fill in over time. On a presale like Fraser Mills, that experience shows up in the boring, expensive details: reading the disclosure statement, reading the floor plan and the position like a buyer instead of a marketer, and sanity-checking the presale price against resale comps. That’s the read a fly-in agent can’t copy.
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What is Fraser Mills, and who is it for?
Fraser Mills is Beedie’s approved, master-planned waterfront community on the former Fraser Mills sawmill site on the Fraser River in southwest Coquitlam. Reported at roughly 5,500 homes across about 20 towers on a 95-acre site, with a future waterfront aquatic centre, urban plaza, foreshore walkway and about 9.4 acres of parkland — built out over 15–20 years. It’s a presale community: new condos and a limited number of townhomes released in phases (DEBUT, Encore), and most on-site amenities are still future or under construction. DEBUT (36 storeys, 318 homes) released from the mid-$500,000s and sold out. There’s no separate resale benchmark yet; the closest official reference is the June 2026 GVR citywide Coquitlam apartment benchmark of $653,900. It suits first-time buyers, investors and downsizers comfortable buying into an emerging community. Written by Craig Johnston, REALTOR® V99960 and 47+ year Coquitlam resident.
Fraser Mills is an approved, master-planned waterfront community by Beedie (Beedie Living) on the former Fraser Mills sawmill site (around 2 King Edward Street) on the Fraser River in southwest Coquitlam. Reported plans call for roughly 5,500 households across about 20 towers, plus around 1,700 jobs, a future waterfront aquatic centre, urban plaza, foreshore walkway and about 9.4 acres of parkland — built out over 15 to 20 years. Most on-site amenities are still future or under construction.
Beedie (Beedie Living), one of the largest private developers in British Columbia, is the developer of the Fraser Mills master-planned community.
Presale condominiums and a limited number of townhomes — there is no detached housing. Homes release phase by phase (DEBUT, then Encore), so availability, floor plans and pricing change with each release. The plan also includes a block of market and below-market rental homes, concentrated in the earlier phases.
Fraser Mills is planned as a phased build-out over roughly 15 to 20 years, beginning on the western parcels and moving eastward. The first tower, DEBUT, is a 36-storey building of 318 homes. Confirm current per-phase timing with Beedie’s official materials.
The first release, DEBUT, opened with reported starting prices from the mid-$500,000s and sold out. There is no separate resale benchmark for Fraser Mills yet; for context, the June 2026 Greater Vancouver REALTORS® citywide Coquitlam apartment benchmark was $653,900 — a resale figure, not a Fraser Mills price. New construction adds 5% GST and staged deposits, and prices change with each release, so confirm current pricing with Beedie.
Today the site is car-oriented; the nearest rapid transit is a short drive at Coquitlam Central (Millennium Line) or Braid/Sapperton (Expo Line). Fraser Mills’ own retail and urban plaza are part of the future plan, so daily shopping currently leans on adjacent Maillardville and the United Boulevard big-box strip (IKEA, Real Canadian Superstore, Coquitlam VIP Cinemas), with Coquitlam Centre a short drive away.
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