Posts Tagged ‘pre construction’

La Dolce demolition has begun at the Treviso Condominiums construction site!

As one of the top sellers at the Treviso Community, I’m able to offer all purchasers who work with me the following exclusive discounts and bonuses… but only for a limited time!

Get 5% Cash Back ($12,000-$30,000)
AND Free Assignments – Regular $5000
AND $3000 Yorkdale Gift Certificate OR Travel Voucher 

Special Deposit Choice for Treviso 1 and 2
$2000 with the Offer
Balance to 5% in 30 Days
5% in 120 Days
$2000 Every 3 Months (for additional 5%)

Or

$2000 with the Offer
Balance to 5% in 30 days
10% BMO Interest Only Loan and Vendor Pays the Interest

FIRST 20 2 & 3 BEDROOM SUITES SOLD AT TREVISO 2 ONLY GET AN ADDITIONAL $10,000 CASH OFF
AND a N’espresso Espresso machine at closing, offered originally and exclusively when I represent you in the purchase of a unit at Treviso! Contact me TODAY!

All cash back offers can be deducted off the purchase price or be adjusted on final closing. Bank of Montreal loan program is subject to approval.  Mortgage pre approvals are required on all sales. Balance to 20% is required on occupancy date for all deposit structures noted above.  All promotions, discounts offers are valid until April 30, 2012.  All promotion offers may be changed and/or cancelled at any time without notice.

Priestly Demolition is working on scrapping the former BiWay/Blinds-T0-Go/Perfume Outlet that once operated on the Dufferin and Lawrence corner. Once fully removed, excavation and shoring can take place. If all goes according to plan we should expect construction to start in the Spring/Summer of 2012!

I stopped by the site on Thursday and took a few photos of the demolition taking place, check them out below:

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Ho Ho Ho! Santa Savel is here, spreading Christmas cheer to alllllllll my loyal readers… I have the perfect stocking stuffer for the pre construction investor in your life.  Everyone and anyone with even the slightest bit of interest in buying a brand new condo, absolutely needs to read Brain Persauds latest book: Investing in Condominiums – Strategies, Tips, and Expert Advice for the Canadian Real Estate Investor!

The book shows readers the ins and out of profitable condo investing by sticking to investing fundamentals, carrying out proper due diligence, and having an exit plan. Investing in Condominiums gives Canadian investors the nuts and bolts of undertaking such an investment based on real-life examples and expert knowledge.

I picked up my very own copy of the book last week, and am already half way through it!!! What I particularly like about it is that it draws on Canadian scenarios and even uses local, Toronto examples to explain it’s lessons.  Brian went in the trenches and interviewed the “who’s who” in Canadian real estate – from developers, lawyers, designers, financiers and even Realtors (myself included on pages 8, 79 and 87).

I’ve said it a million times over that the pre-construction game is soooo different than resale.  Prior to this book, there was no single place to reference when questions arose.  Brian, a preconstruction investor himself, shares his expertise in a way that’s very easy to understand no matter what your real estate experience is! Kudo’s to him and everyone involved in making this book a reality!

One lucky reader will get an autographed copy of the book during my Christmas Pre-Construction Contest!  The rules are simple: From Monday December 5th, 2011 to Friday December 23, 2011 I ask that anyone (living in Toronto or the surrounding GTA) leave a comment below with their FAVOURITE pre-constuciton condo in the City.  On the 23rd I will pick a winner at random and send them over their very own copy of Investing in Condominiums!

Happy Holidays and good luck!

This past weekend, my curiosity got the better of me as wandered around the River City neighbourhood …and in particular, Underpass Park!

I was killing some time in between appointments and trying to find away to snap some pictures of the Don River Park from atop the Adelaide E Bridge.  Sadly, I didn’t have much luck as Cole Haans aren’t the most practical shoes for fence jumping or bridge scaling. Although… I was successful in finding a nice little place to park for free (something that’s getting harder and harder in Toronto).  With my car tucked away, I had juuust enough time to snap a few photos of the changes under the bridge!

Construction started about 6 months ago on the dreary and dark space under the bridge. Once complete, Underpass Park will be the most extensive park to ever be built under an overpass in Canada. Already concrete has been poured, plants have been planted and jungle sets for the kids installed! Read the rest of this entry »

To many, the Annex has everything one could possibly want… But for me, it’s missing one key ingredient – a new condo!

The old brown bricked school that sits across from Honest Eds’ will one day be home to the 9 storey B.Streets Condos. Designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects, the building was designed wide instead of tall! It’s a similar approach that the Hive Lofts did in Etobicoke… instead of putting up a large tower that sticks out, the developers went with a shorter building the blends well with area.  The higher floors create a series of stepped levels that create a wide variety of outdoor living spaces.

Marketing lingo aside, what sells me on B.Streets is the location!  You’re smack in the middle of The Annex and Korea Town.  Residents can head east or west and find no shortage of night life and shopping.  Head north half a block and you’re right on the subway line.  The area is already established, connected to transit and near a university. As an investment or to live, B Streets offers an ideal place to purchase for both!

B.Streets will have suite styles that include: studios, 1 bedroom, 1 bedroom plus den, 2 bedroom, 2 bedrooms plus den, 3 bedrooms and on the very top – 2 storey penthouse lofts.  Town houses and retail will also be available on the main level!

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The Minto Condo Group gave us our first look at what the Caledonia Towns On The Park will one day look like…well sort of. They were clear to mention that this is just … “the outline geometry check. The goal at this point is for the architect to sign off on the views to be rendered and check for any inconsistencies from the original architectural drawings.”

The next steps for Henry Kim and the Designstor team is to “add materials, lighting and landscaping.”  Rough copy or not, the townhomes are a massive improvement from the barren Culotta Grapes and Darrigo’s Grape Juice lot that currently sits on Caledonia at St. Clair.

Minto will be building a total 50 townhome residences comprising of 2 and 3 bedrooms. Sales are scheduled to start soon, so if you’d like to be kept in the loop, please fill out the form below and I will contact you as soon as more is known! Read the rest of this entry »

As one of the top sellers at the Treviso Community, I’m able to offer all purchasers who work with me the following exclusive discounts and bonuses… but only for a limited time!

Get 5% Cash Back ($12,000-$30,000)
AND Free Assignments – Regular $5000
AND $3000 Yorkdale Gift Certificate OR Travel Voucher

Special Deposit Choice for Treviso 1 and 2
$2000 with the Offer
Balance to 5% in 30 Days
5% in 120 Days
$2000 Every 3 Months (for additional 5%)

Or

$2000 with the Offer
Balance to 5% in 30 days
10% BMO Interest Only Loan and Vendor Pays the Interest

FIRST 20 2 & 3 BEDROOM SUITES SOLD AT TREVISO 2 ONLY GET AN ADDITIONAL $10,000 CASH OFF
AND a N’espresso Espresso machine at closing, offered originally and exclusively when I represent you in the purchase of a unit at Treviso! Contact me TODAY!

All cash back offers can be deducted off the purchase price or be adjusted on final closing. Bank of Montreal loan program is subject to approval.  Mortgage pre approvals are required on all sales. Balance to 20% is required on occupancy date for all deposit structures noted above.  All promotions, discounts offers are valid until April 30, 2012.  All promotion offers may be changed and/or cancelled at any time without notice.

You can read more about living at Treviso over here… or if you’d like to learn more purchasing, contact me below!

Anyone else think of that Joni Michell song when they see this picture? Of course, today’s version would probably read something like: “They paved a parking lot and put up a condo”

It should come as no surprise that Toronto has taken a commanding lead in the market for highrise construction…but I’m sure you don’t me to tell you that, just take a drive downtown and you’ll see all the cranes working on projects under development.

Fall is on pace to be one of the busiest markets ever!  According to info gathered from BuzzBuzzHome, RealNet Canada, Tridel and BMO, we can expect over 75 launches from now until year end. Though not all of these will be in Toronto, it’s still mind blowing to think how much our skyline will change over the next few years.

Now that summer is pretty much over, I’m getting back into blogging and will focus on a few projects that I think will really offer some great options to purchasers.  Stay tuned as I’ll be covering a few Fall launches in the coming posts!  Until then check out another awesome infograph from BuzzBuzzHome: