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Live in the newest loft to come to Queen West! 2 Gladstone by Streetcar Developments is a boutique mid rise building with only 55 suites!  I’ve just listed a 615 sq.ft.  one bedroom unit on the top floor, that’s right – penthouse baby, or rather… “pentLoft”!

It’s a corner unit with expansive views of the downtown high-rises from one window and Liberty Village and lake views from the other! Nine foot concrete ceilings add to the open concept feel of the loft. From your first steps into the loft, you’ll notice the extra detail my client personally added to the space. Wood work frames the hallway into the living space.  From there pot lights and restored barnwood accent the walls in the TV area and bedroom.   Pot lights were also installed to top off the loft!

2 Gladstone is located right on the Queen West strip.  The loft is located on the 8th floor, away from the traffic and noise of the street.  The building is neighbours with The Gladstone Hotel along with several other bars, galleries, and boutique clothing stores. TTC is litterally steps from the front door. Parking  and locker are also included. We’re asking $1,900 per month with a minimum of a years commitment!

If you’re interested to living at 2 Gladstone, please contact me below -

Looking for more space? How about a condo with a view? And how about subway access, shopping and grocery stores all at the base of the building?  My latest listing at The Residences of College Park offers all that and more!

Located at 761 Bay Street just south of College, The Residences of College Park is comprised of two towers coming in at 51 and 45 storeys tall.  This suite is in the south tower (45 storeys) and measures approximately 950 square feet.  It fronts on the South and West sides of the building allowing for phenominal City and lake views and gets a ton of natural light!

The suite comes well appointed with two split bedrooms, two bathrooms (one shared and one private), a home office, large kitchen, separate dining and living rooms and a walk-out balcony for unwinding at the end of the day!  In the kitchen you’ll find stainless steel appliances, a glass back-splash, a double sink, granite counter-tops and a newly installed floor!

Included in the purchase price is a parking spot and massive private locker.  It’s located right next to the parking spot and is easily 5 times larger than your standard condo locker!

The building was completed in 2007 and was designed by  Graziani + Corazza Architects and developed by Canderel Stoneridge Equity Group Inc.  Residents of the two towers have access to a long list of amenities that includes Meeting Room, Business Centre, Business Centre, Concierge, Fitness Facilities, Fitness Facilities, Games Room, Games Room, Garden, Garden, Guest Suite, Guest Suite, Multimedia Room, Multimedia Room, Events Room, Events Room, Hot Tub, Hot Tub, Pool – Indoor, Pool – Indoor, Squash/Racketball Court, and Steam Room… The condo has been even known to be home to a few professional athletes over the years!

Check out a full set of photos from inside the condo:

Still looking to see more?  Then check out this video from inside the suite:

The unit is available for purchase at $660,000. Contact me if you’d like to schedule a private showing of the space!

Today we got our first look of what South Hill on Madison will one day look like!  BuzzBuzzHome released the rendering on twitter earlier today.  It’s hard to tell which way the building will front in relation to Madison lofts next door, yet it’s still better than the vacant lot that currently sits on the site!

South Hill Condos will sit at the base of Casa Loma and have the Dupont subway station literally minutes away.  A brand new eco park is also in the works for the are and will be developed on the vacant parking lot to the south of Macpherson!

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For the young professional that wears his “business on a sleeve” … the Brookstone set of polished oval cuff links doubles as a WiFi hotspot and USB flash drive!

According to the website: Hidden in one cufflink is a 2GB USB Flash drive for storing top-secret documents on the go. In the other is a mini router for creating your own WiFi hotspot for laptops, smartphones, tablets and other wireless devices. Just download the accompanying software onto an Internet-connected host computer, then plug the hotspot cufflink into the computer’s USB port.

Of course a convenience and luxury like this does not come cheap.  The cuff links sell for $250 online at Brookstone!

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The Sutton Place made it’s first major break into the mainstream news!  I first wrote about back in November then again in January. Yesterday, The Toronto Star’s Susan Pigg interviewed Barry Fenton from Lanterra Developments and unearthed a ton a juicy details on the project, it’s Hollywood history and it’s 102 year old renter!  Check out the article below:

It’s not often — not ever, really — that a condo developer gets to boast he’s not only snapped up one of the prime building sites in the city, but the piano bench graced by Liberace.

And don’t get Barry Fenton started on the bathtub where one of the world’s most beautiful women, Sophia Loren, soaked her worries away.

“I can’t keep it, unfortunately, but I saw it,” says the president and CEO of Lanterra Developments which yesterday announced it has bought Toronto’s landmark Sutton Place Hotel and will convert it into luxury condos.

Lanterra, perhaps best-known for its development of highrise condos and the boutique Hotel St. Germain in the once-barren Maple Leaf Square area, plans to resurface and renovate what used to be Toronto’s palace to Hollywood stars.

This is just the latest sign that Toronto’s film epicentre has now completely shifted south to King St.: Last month Cresford Development announced it’s converting the site of nearby Bistro 990, the beloved restaurant of the stars, into condos as well.

While plans are still being finalized, Lanterra hopes to add about nine storeys to the 33-storey Sutton Place, convert its 400 hotel rooms into up to 600 condo units and widen the footprint of the building at Bay and Wellesley Sts.

Where limos used to pull up and unload their precious cargo under the glare of cameras during what would become the Toronto International Film Festival, Lanterra plans to add restaurants and retail space while retaining many of the trademark — if dated — charms of the Sutton Place’s grand lobby.

Some 20 people who have rented suites in the hotel for years — one of them 102-years-old — will be relocated during construction and then returned after the work is done, said Fenton.

“Most times as developers we’re starting from scratch. It’s so exciting to find a project in the city, an iconic building, that you can help make even better,” said Fenton Wednesday.

“We like to be selective about our sites and you can’t get any better than this. It’s just yards from the downtown, from Yorkville and City Hall. And talk about being next to a park — you’re just a block away from Queen’s Park.

“If you were playing Monopoly, this would be like purchasing Boardwalk.”

Fenton, and Lanterra chairman Mark Mandelbaum are keenly aware, however, that this isn’t a game, but a key piece of Toronto and Hollywood history.

Which is why Fenton was fielding calls all day from friends and business associates grateful Lanterra plans to preserve the basics of the building that welcomed the likes of Michael Jackson, Robin Williams, and Loren to Hollywood North.

“We plan to keep a lot of the old theme, that British elegance from the ’70s, but add some modern elements to it,” says Fenton.

Lanterra is also considering adding a boutique hotel to the site, but is keenly aware that Toronto has seen a surge in five-star hotels — from the already opened Ritz-Carlton to the new Four Seasons slated to open later this year.

But as far as condos go, this is a rare find in the city, steps to the subway, shopping and the financial district.

The sales price won’t be disclosed until the deal finalizes in June, but Fenton ranked this No. 1 among the 10,000 condos Lanterra has built, from Liberty Village to its other Bay St. property Burano, slated to open later this year.

“Sutton Place is a very very famous complex. Even with all the rumblings that the market is slowing down — which I don’t believe — I think the market will welcome this project with open arms.” Read the rest of this entry »

I was driving down Davenport the other day, and noticed a massive ad for the South Hill Condos on Madison by the Burnac Group!

This project is the long awaited answer to the vacant land next to the Madison Lofts (also by the Burnac Group) pictured above. For years, the site has been sitting empty and boarded up.  There isn’t much info currently known about the project but at a community meeting back in October 2011 it was mentioned that the building is going for a proposed height of 21.95 m.

The Burnac Group is no stranger to the area having built and completed the incredible Madison Lofts directly south of the site.  It was here that they transformed an old hydro building into a collection of unique hard loft spaces.

South Hill Condos will sit at the base of Casa Loma and have the Dupont subway station literally minutes away.  A brand new eco park is also in the works for the are and will be developed on the vacant parking lot to the south of Macpherson!

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