Young buyers willing to raise family in condos, but want green features Sheila Brady, The Ottawa Citizen Rising housing prices in Vancouver and Toronto are prompting more Canadians to buy condos, with some younger buyers predicting they would be willing to raise a family in these vertical neighbourhoods, according to a survey for TD Canada [...]
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Vertical living in condos
Posted: 31st October 2007 by Laurin Jeffrey in First Time Buyers, New Condos & Lofts, Toronto Condos, Toronto Real EstateTags: adults, baby boom, baby boomers, boom, boomers, building energy, buy, buyer, buyers, canada, canadian, canadians, condo, condo fees, condominium, condos, construction, couples, CREA, eco home, energy efficient, energy savings, environment, environmental, environmentally friendly, estate, financing, first, going green, government, home, housing, housing prices, increase, land, lease, living in toronto, media attention, minto, neighbourhood, neighbourhoods, new, new home, new homes, prices, public transportation, real, real estate, rent, rents, secured lending, td, td canada trust, toronto, toronto condo, toronto condos, Wellington, west, wind, young buyers
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Artscape helps broker triple-win deal in Queen West Triangle
Posted: 31st October 2007 by Laurin Jeffrey in Miscellaneous, New Condos & Lofts, Toronto Condos, Toronto Real Estate, West Toronto Real EstateTags: 2010, affordable, Affordable Housing, artist, authentic, canadian, canadian mortgage, City of Toronto, condo, condominium, construction, CREA, developers, development, financing, first, gentrification, housing, housing corp, investment, land, Land Value, liberty village, loft, lofts, market, market rent, mortgage, new, project, purchaser, queen, queen st, queen street, Queen Street West, queen west, rent, renter, square feet, studio, target, The Triangle, toronto, urbancorp, west
TORONTO – An innovative partnership has been forged in the Queen West Triangle between Artscape, the City of Toronto, Westside Lofts (Urbancorp) and Active 18 that will see the creation of a 56,000 square feet artist live/work project within the Westside Lofts development at 150 Sudbury Street. The development of affordable artist live/work units within [...]
Trump Toronto Breaks Ground in Style
Posted: 29th October 2007 by Laurin Jeffrey in Luxury Real Estate, New Condos & Lofts, Toronto Real EstateTags: 2010, Amenities, architects, bay street, canada, canadian, ceiling windows, city skyline, cn tower, condo, condominium, condominiums, construction, developers, development, downtown toronto, economy, financing, first, for sale, gold, heart of the city, hotel, hotel condominiums, Inventory, lake ontario, land, lease, luxury, luxury living, luxury residences, new, penthouse, real, residential building, residential floors, residential suites, sale, spectacular views, studio, talon international development, terraces, the Trump International, toronto, Tory, tower, trump, trump international hotel, trump toronto, wind
Donald Trump and partners break ground for $500m Trump International Hotel & Tower 57-storey landmark will redefine luxury living and city skyline It’s official: construction of Toronto’s $500-million, five-star, 57-storey, Trump International Hotel & Tower is underway, with a 2010 completion date. Located at 325 Bay Street, in the heart of the city’s financial and [...]
New high-rise condo sales up 66 per cent in September
Posted: 27th October 2007 by Laurin Jeffrey in North York Condos, Toronto Condos, Toronto Real EstateTags: Amenities, BILD, Building Industry and Land Development Association, buy, buyer, buyers, canada, condo, condo market, condo sales, condominium, condominium sales, condominium suite, condominiums, condos, CREA, development, estate, first, greater toronto, greater toronto area, high-rise condo, home, home buyers, increase, land, market, new, new home, new home market, new homes, new homes and condos, positive, price increases, prices, real, realnet, rise condominium, sale, sales, toronto, Toronto area, toronto condo, Toronto condo market, Tory
TORONTO – (Canada News Wire) New home and condominium sales in the Greater Toronto Area spiked 30 per cent in September driven by a whopping 66 per cent increase in high-rise condominium suite sales, Bob Finnigan, president of the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD), revealed today. According to RealNet Canada Inc., BILD’s official, [...]