New Twist For Toronto Condos?

Fisher Design

An Italian architect who has designed similar Condo towers in Dubai and Moscow is now receiving queries from Toronto Condo developers who would like to apply his new designs here.

An ideal location for just such a tower would be along the Gardiner Expressway, just West of the CNE grounds, what a landmark that would be. With waterfront and city views one could really view the heart of Toronto with all the financial and entertainment districts slowly passing by your floor to ceiling windows…where do I sign up!!

Each floor of these towers are a different shape and rotate at different speeds. The results must be spectacular.

Green wise, each floor will have a 3 foot gap to accommodate wind generators that will  allow these Condos to produces their own electricity.

Right now most of the components of these towers will be manufactured in Italy and shipped to the various Condo projects.

We look forward to Mr Fisher designing several revolving landmark Toronto Condos in the near future.

More details on his new revolving architecture can be found at www.dynamicarchitecture.net

Current downtown resale Toronto Condos can be found on our Toronto Real Estate website.

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Toronto Waterfront Condos

Several new Toronto Waterfront Condos are on the market. Some south facing residents have Condos that face the exciting inner harbour with all its ferries and sailboats plus all the yachts from the Royal Canadian, National and Island Yacht Clubs.

The Toronto Waterfront is a major tourist attraction, a cultural and residential and commercial project within the centre of Toronto. One of the biggest attractions is The Harbourfront Centre that includes so many events year round including Dance, Music, Reading Series, Learning for Living and most exciting The Natrel Rink (An outdoor skating rink!)

One of the jewels of the Toronto Waterfront is the Queens Quay Terminal Building, a multi purpose building that includes Luxury Condos, fashion stores and restaurants all within a short walk from downtown Toronto.

Toronto Waterfront Condos nearby include:

• 18 Yonge St. (18 Yonge St.)
• 250/260/270 Queens Quay West
• 500 and 550 Queens Quay
• Admiralty Point (251 Queens Quay)
• Aqua On Queens Quay (410 Queens Quay At Spadina)
• Atrium On Queens Quay (650 Queens Quay West)
• Harbour Square (33,55,67,77,99 Harbour Square)
• Harbour Terrace (401 Queens Quay West
• Infinity (30 Grand Trunk Cres)
• King’s Landing (460 and 480 Queens Quay West
• Malibu Condos and LTD Condos (600 Fleet St)
• Quay West At Tip Top
• Queens Harbour (600 Queens Quay West)
• South Beach Marina (28-38 Stadium Road
• Success Tower (Bay and Harbour St,)
• The Pinnacle Centre (16 Yonge St.)
• The Riviera (228 and 230 Queens Quay
• The Terminal Building (211 Queens Quay)
• Tip Top Lofts (637 Lake Shore Blvd. W.)
• Waterclub Condominiums (8 York St./208 Queens Quay
• Waterpark City (219,231,Fort York Blvd)
• World Trade Centre (10 Yonge St./10 Queens Quay West)

If you are interested in Buying or Listing any Toronto Waterfront Condos and would like to discuss the current market, please fill out this contact form or call direct at 416 505 8023.

For current Waterfront Condos click Search Toronto Mls Listings and contact me for further details.

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One Bedford Condos

"One Bedford Condos"

In a Toronto neighbourhood like no other, we find the luxury One Bedford Condos.

A 32-storey Luxury Condominium with 264 Condo suites, designed by Bruce Kuwabra of KPMB and the interior by Page & Steele Architects Inc.

What a neighbourhood it really is, world class shopping, hotels and resturants all close by.

Directly across Bloor St. W. is the country’s most important cultural institutions, the new remodeled Royal Conservatory of Music by Bruce Kuwabara as well, and steps East of that is the recently renovated ROM with its distinctive Michael Lee-Chin Crystal addition.

This upscale Bloor St. area has it all, Prada, Mont Blanc, Tiffany and Company, Hermes, Chanel, Cartier, Gucci, Holt Renfrew, Puseratis, and Whole Foods to name just a few.

International Hotels like The Intercontinental Toronto Yorkville, The Hazelton Hotel Toronto, Park Hyatt Toronto and The Four Seasons Hotel Toronto, are all close neighbours.

There is a wide choice of restaurants here like Signatures, Truffles, Opus, Mortons, and a favourite of mine, The Studio Cafe, are all within a short walk.

A great location with the Toronto’s finest Hotels, cafes, restaurants and shops.

One Bedford at Bloor, in The Annex-Yorkville neighbourhood like no other, a luxurious Condo residence without equal.

Exciting new and resale Toronto Condos in the Bloor-Yorkville area ( C02 ) can be found on my Toronto Real Estate web site.

If you are interested in Buying or Listing One Beford Condos and would like to discuss the current market, please fill out this contact form or call direct at 416 505 8023.

For current Yorkville/Bloor Street Condos click Search Toronto Mls Listings and contact me for further details.

 

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London On The Esplanade Condos

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London On The Esplanade is reaching higher as more storeys are added to this Condos project located on the Esplanade in Toronto.

This location is just around the corner from Yonge and Front Sts. and a short walk to the financial district, shopping and lots of restaurants and cafes. Even the Toronto Harbourfront is only a short stroll away.

London On The Esplanade will have two Condo Towers of 33 storeys and 15 storeys with a podium connecting both towers with 2 storey lofts.

The Sony Centre is across the Street and just past that is Union Station. The popular St. Lawrence Market is steps away.

An exciting addition to the new Toronto Condos going up in the area and above all, a “lovely” location for London On the Esplanade Condos!

Luxury resale Condos and Lofts in the downtown Toronto area can be found on our  Toronto Real Estate web site.

If you are interested in Buying or Listing any Toronto Downtown Condo and would like to discuss the current market, please fill out this contact form or call direct at 416 505 8023.

For current Downtown Condos click Search Toronto Mls Listings and contact me for further details.

New Toronto Real Estate Regulations

New Toronto Real Estate regulations came into effect June 23rd/2008 that involves major changes to Real Estate transactions in Toronto and across Canada.

Under these new requirements more personal information must be collected, maintained and verified by Toronto Real Estate Realtors.

This Real Estate information is required by law (Fintrac) that is now contained in anti-money laundering legislation already in effect.

Names, date of birth, occupation and photo identification, must be collected from both buyers and sellers.

International buyers will also have to sign the forms as well and have the information verified in their own country.

Toronto Condos Continue To Rise

New Condo Sales in the GTA increased to 22,059 in 2007, up until the end of November 2007.

Surprisingly, new Condo sales were 17,693 in 2005 and 17,617 in 2006. A lot of analysts and economists  predicted a slowing down with a glut of supply and shrinking prices but the demand continues in Downtown Toronto, North York, Mississauga,  Markham and Richmond Hill.

The biggest reason for this remarkable demand is affordability. First there is a very competitive Condo Market in Toronto with many developers offering upgraded Suites, great locations and many many amenities such as swimming pools, media rooms, exercise rooms, to name a few.

Affordability also helped with varied financial institutions offering a host of payment options and lately 40 year mortgages that make some Condo payments very similar to paying rent for a similar suite.

 Affordable downtown Toronto Condos and Lofts can be found on my Toronto Real Estate Website.

New Toronto Luxury Condos Add To PATH

New  Toronto Condos like The Trump Tower, Maple Leaf Square,The  Ritz-Carlton,Shangri-La will have new condo-dwellers living right on Toronto’s PATH system.

The Path system is the Worlds largest underground shopping mall, with more Toronto Condos to add a major residential component.

• 27 kilometres of shopping and plans to increase to 60 kilometres
• 5,000 people working in over 1,200 stores and services connected to the Path
• 6,700 Residential units to be connected to the Path in the next 5 years
• 5 Subway stations
• 20 Parking garages
• 120 Access points with 45 more planned
• 4 Million feet of retail space
• More than 50 Buildings or Office towers connected
• Two major department stores
• Six Major Hotels
• Union Station, Toronto’s major railway terminal

This is just a start as thousands more Condo units are within an easy walk to many of the Toronto PATH entrances. Let it rain or let it snow, thousands will now be able to walk comfortably in our new and improved underground city while enjoying all their Toronto Luxury Condos have to offer!

Toronto East-Scarborough Condos

Here are new Toronto East-Scarborough Condos. Several of these new Condo projects are lofts and a few are in new areas like Leslieville that are attracting a lot of buyers.

Pictured is the MintoSkyy, a great location with downtown Toronto in the background.

Leslieville Lofts
Location: 150 Broadview Ave.,
Builder: Hyde Park Homes and Lamb Developments Corp.
Size: 9 storey-153 units
Occupancy: March 2010
Web: www.leslievillelofts.com

MintoSkyy:
Location: Broadview and Pottery Rd.
Builder: Minto Urban Communities
Size: 26 storey-198 units
Occupancy: March 2010
Web: www.mintoskyy.com

The Printing Factory Lofts:
Location: 201 Carlaw Ave.
Builder: Beaverbrook Homes
Size:  8 storey conversion with 254 units and 44 stacked townhouses
Occupancy: February 2009
Web: www.theprintingfactorylofts.com

Rivertowne Townhouses:
Location: 825 Dundas St. E.
Builder: Intracorp
Size: 187 Stacked Townhouses
Occupancy: Summer 2009
Web: www.rivertowne.ca

Worklofts
Location: Dundas and Carlaw Ave.
Builder: Lamb Developments
Size: 11 storey-151 units
Occupancy: December 2009
Web: www.worklofts.ca

Kilgour Estate Condos
Location: 50 Kilgour Rd.
Builder: Daniels Corporation
Size: 7 and 8 storey-428 total units
Occupancy: Phase 1 immediate
Web: www.kilgourestate.com

Altitude Condos:
Location: Ellsmere and Mccowan Rd.
Builder: Conservatory Group
Size: 26 storey-222 units.
Occupancy: November 2009
Web: www.conservatorygroup.com

EQ1 At Equinox Condominiums:
Location: Town Centre Court
Builder: Monarch Construction
Size: 36 storey- 336 units
Occupancy: March 2009
Web: www.monarchgroup.net

Legends At Tam Oshanter
Location: Kennedy Rd. and Boris Ave.
Builder: Tridel Corp.
Size: 28 storey-247 units.
Occupancy: Immediate
Web: www.tridel.com

Red Condos:
Location: West of Mcowan Rd.,
Builder: Monarch Construction
Size: 40 storey-369 units
Occupancy: December 2010
Web: www.monarchgroup.net

Skyscape Scarborough Condos:
Location: Ellesmere Rd.,
Builder: Conservatory Group
Size: 19 storey-228 units
Occupancy: Summer 2008
Web: www.conservatorygroup.com

Solaris At Metrogate Condos:
Location: 2055 Kennedy Rd.
Builder: Tridel Corp.
Size: Two 40 storey with 427 and 439 units
Occupancy: Late 2010
Web: www.tridel.com

Summerside Condos:
Location: Deans Dr.
Builder: Mattamy Homes
Size: 92 three-storey condominium townhomes
Occupancy: March 2009
Web: www.mattamyhomes.com

Wilshire On The Green:
Location: Fairfax Cres.
Builder: Willowfield Homes
Size: 7 storey-198 units
Occupancy: September 2009
Web: Not Available

Search Toronto East-Scarborough new and resale Condos on my Toronto Real Estate web site.

If you are interested in Buying or Listing any Scarborough Condos and would like to discuss the current market, please fill out this contact form or call direct at 416 505 8023.

For current Scarborough Condos click Search Toronto Mls Listings and contact me for further details.

Toronto Condos Correction?

Housing markets across Canada should cool down this year and in 2009 with lower sales, construction and price growth from Vancouver to Halifax.

Canadian real estate has seen an average 10 per cent gain over the last five years, but the demand in the Western provinces like Calgary and Edmonton has started to cool with prices trending lower.

Although Toronto home sales have fallen for the first three months, a Spring rebound is forecast with renewed moderation to follow.

A TD Bank economist does not see a major housing correction in the near future. Even with a Canadian economic slowdown with growth forecast at 1.1 per cent, the Bank of Canada will be prompted to lower its benchmark overnight interest rates.

The overbuilding of Toronto Condos, North Americas largest site, the possible increase of rising mortgage rates and Condo purchases made for speculation are all a concern to the future market.

The TD Bank is forecasting Ontario home prices to increase by 4.4 per cent in 2008 and 4.1 per cent in 2009.

With Toronto Condos becoming a much larger segment of the total Toronto Real Estate Market, we wait and see if the price increase in Condos will exceed the price increase in single detached homes

Bird Friendly Condos

Three developers have signed on to make Toronto Condos more bird friendly. Toronto’s bright lights attract and confuse migratory birds that crash into the towers and fall to the streets below.

Its estimated that over 10,000 birds die according to Fatal Light Awareness Program,(FLAP).

The three Toronto Condo developers, Monarch Corp., Menkes and the Henderson Group are the first in Canada to build and design ”bird-friendly” condos.

Migratory birds are drawn to brightly lit Condo buildings like these on Queens Quay West as they reach landfall in the dimming light.

By using various available technologies like dull reflective glass, visual markers and redirecting or eliminating outside lights, these developers hope to eliminate the death of migratory birds.