If any of these soft lofts inter­est you, please call Lau­rin at 416−388−1960

Please be aware that lofts com­mand a pre­mium in Toronto. Gen­er­ally, they start over $300,000 and any­thing that isn’t small is going to be closer to $400,000. If you are look­ing for over 1,000 square feet or two bed­rooms, expect to pay over $400,000, maybe $500,000 or more. Unfor­tu­nately, there is almost noth­ing that sells near $200,000 and there is very lit­tle for $250,000.

Toronto has many new loft build­ings and soft lofts

There are 75 Toronto soft loft build­ings listed below (as of June 2009), the most exten­sive list of any real estate site in Toronto. We have spent years com­pil­ing this list and believe it con­tains every sin­gle new and soft loft in Toronto.

By no means are there avail­able list­ings in all of these build­ings, in fact most of them are not cur­rently for sale. This loft list is meant to inform and illus­trate only, to show the wide vari­ety of soft loft build­ings in Toronto. If you know of any that are not listed here, please email us and we would be more than happy to add your contribution.

There is a large seg­ment of the build­ing indus­try today devoted to build­ing new lofts, “soft” lofts. There is noth­ing wrong with this at all, as peo­ple know what they are get­ting into from the begin­ning. When you go to a nou­veau loft build­ing, you are expect­ing to see liv­ing space on the lower level with sleep­ing space above, open to the lower. Usu­ally with a large wall of windows.

Some soft loft devel­op­ers are now build­ing units that are sin­gle level, with high-ish ceil­ings and exposed duct­work. Again, as long as you know the build­ing you are going to is new con­struc­tion and not con­verted, then there should be no surprises.

This might be the time to have a small dis­cus­sion about the word “loft” itself. I know a lot of die-hards don’t even want the word loft used in con­nec­tion with the soft vari­ety, which is their own per­og­a­tive. But, if we look at the two most com­mon uses of the word, we can see that both are right, in their own way.

The purist says that loft only means a raw and open space in a con­verted indus­trial type build­ing. This is what it has come to mean more and more, thanks mostly to movies and tele­vi­sion. But a loft can also be an upper level, one that is open to below. In my father’s house, the mas­ter bed­room over­looks the liv­ing room – and is thus a loft. My uncle’s cot­tage has a bed­room in the upper level that over­looks the main room, again a loft.

So either way we use the word, we are cor­rect in it’s usage. We just need the qual­i­fier in front, be it hard or soft. In this way can we dif­fer­en­ti­ate what sort of dwelling we are speak­ing about.

Newly con­structed lofts, or soft lofts (oth­er­wise known as con­dos with high ceil­ings), are exam­ples of condo devel­op­ers try­ing to cash in on the pop­u­lar­ity of lofts. Most soft lofts have very lit­tle char­ac­ter and, in most cases, the ceil­ings aren’t even all that high. The qual­ity of con­struc­tion can be dis­ap­point­ing and quite often the loca­tion is really the only sell­ing point, since vin­tage lofts are usu­ally a lit­tle off the beaten track, not in the best neighbourhoods.

How­ever, there are a few out­stand­ing newer build­ings in Toronto, with some loft-style fea­tures. To find out more, look at the list of lofts below.

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2 Oss­ing­ton Lofts
2 Oss­ing­ton Avenue

2 Oss­ing­ton Lofts is a small project, hous­ing only 18 new soft loft units, nine of which are 2-story lofts, and nine 1-story lofts. Com­mon areas are kept to min­i­mum to reduce main­te­nance fees, and retail space at grade gives the build­ing life and color. The top two floors of 2 Oss­ing­ton Lofts will con­tain nine units, rang­ing from 900 to 1,156 square feet. Each will have a two-storey plan with a large ter­race off the mas­ter suite. To cater to first-time buy­ers, the builder is offer­ing nine suites on the sec­ond floor between 416 and just under 700 square feet. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Six50 King
650 King Street West

Six50 will fea­ture an 11-storey build­ing on King Street and a 16-floor high-rise on Bathurst Street. The two build­ings will be joined with lobby and an under­ground garage. There will be a cen­tral court­yard, and two entrances into the com­mu­nity from both main streets. The chic suites con­sist of one and two storey loft spaces, 6 uniquely designed town­homes and lus­ciously land­scaped ter­races. Sizes range from 600 to over 2,000 square feet in 1 bed­room, 1 bed­room + den, 2 bed­rooms, 2 bed­rooms + den, 3 bed­rooms, and pent­house suite lay­outs. Each loft has 9′ or 10′ ceil­ings, pre-engineered hard­wood floors, Euro-style kitchens and stone coun­ter­tops. Floor to ceil­ing win­dows pro­vide unob­structed views of the city sky­line. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Fash­ion House Lofts
560 King Street West

Start with a 127-year-old her­itage build­ing, add a sleek, sexy 10-storey new loft build­ing. What will fol­low is sure to rede­fine the height of fash­ion­able liv­ing with an incred­i­ble mod­ern­iza­tion of space, shape and form. Freed Devel­op­ments is incor­po­rat­ing a her­itage fac­tory with an ultra mod­ern res­i­den­tial oasis. Art, design and his­tory fused together to cre­ate The Fash­ion House Lofts in the heart of King West Vil­lage. The exist­ing her­itage struc­ture will house fab­u­lous retail shops right in the build­ing. There will also be com­mer­cial work lofts for those who like to cre­ate where they live. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Parc Lofts
25 Stafford Street

The aptly named Parc project by Lamb Devel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion, Harhay Con­struc­tion Man­age­ment Lim­ited and Niche Devel­op­ment, is sit­u­ated right on Stan­ley Park, south of King Street and west of Bathurst. Lit­er­ally “on the park,” this devel­op­ment abuts the grass of this urban green­space. You won’t see that very often in Toronto, or in any urban cen­tre, for that mat­ter. In the hub of the action you’ll find Parc, a condo com­mu­nity of four two-storey ground-level town­homes topped with 94 lux­ury suites. Art­fully designed by Peter Clewes of archi­tect­sAl­liance, the east and west façades of Parc are all glass, while the north and south sides are clad in con­tem­po­rary zinc pan­els. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Trin­ity Park Lofts
901 Queen Street West

Trin­ity Park Lofts is a unique soft loft has one of the best loca­tions in the city. Right across from one of the biggest parks down­town, Trin­ity Bell­woods Park, this loft is def­i­nitely for the dog lover as well as those that love to shop! Sit­u­ated on trendy shop­ping mecca Queen West, the Trin­ity Park Lofts is steps to bou­tique shop­ping, fur­ni­ture stores, cafes, restau­rants, and a yoga stu­dio. This seven storey, 102 unit build­ing blends well into the facades of the neigh­bour­hood as well as wraps around the his­tor­i­cal Farr House, a land­mark on this trendy street. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Derby Lofts
393 King Street East

The Derby Lofts were built as invest­ment suites for loft lovers but have now become fully owner occu­pied. It has 16-foot ceil­ings in the liv­ing /dining areas and all units have 2 bed­rooms and park­ing; some have ter­races and wood-burning fire­places. The Derby will remain a great invest­ment located close to the new-trendy and hap­pen­ing Dis­tillery Dis­trict area. Lofts range in size from 880 to 1100 square feet. Some lofts have open ter­races and sev­eral have wood-burning fire­places. All units have 2 bed­rooms, a park­ing space and 16 foot ceil­ings in the liv­ing and din­ing areas. Bed­rooms are essen­tially open at mez­za­nine level. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Radius Lofts
18 Mer­ton Street

The Radius, sit­u­ated on an archi­tec­tural land­mark, above the pres­ti­gious Ethan Allen shop, just south of Yonge and Davisville is at the heart of one of the most thriv­ing and desir­able neigh­bor­hoods in Uptown Toronto. Some of the finest upscale restau­rants, cafes and shops, fresh food and flower mar­kets, clubs, big-screen the­atres and the Davisville Sub­way Sta­tion are lit­er­ally just a stroll around the cor­ner. This is an inti­mate res­i­dence with a total of only 80 units. All suites are 2-level lux­ury lofts with 18 foot ceil­ings. Suites are up to 26 feet wide with floor-to-ceiling win­dows, many of the lofts boast­ing panoramic views. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

West­side Lofts
1151 Queen Street West

West­side Lofts are an 11-storey and a 7-storey loft build­ing located at 1151 Queen Street West, east of Duf­ferin Street. The complex’s 360 suites fea­ture con­crete floors, walls and bal­conies. The 7-storey struc­ture is designed by Will Alsop, who also designed the “fly­ing table­top” build­ing at the Ontario Col­lege of Art and Design. Right in the heart of the Art and Design Dis­trict, West­side Lofts is near tran­sit, restau­rants, art gal­leries, and 24-hour shop­ping. West­side Lofts is also reg­is­tered for LEED® cer­ti­fi­ca­tion, which is becom­ing rec­og­nized nation­wide as the accepted bench­mark for the design, con­struc­tion, and oper­a­tion of high per­for­mance green build­ings. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Ron­ces­valles Lofts
25 Ritchie Avenue

Sit­u­ated in the heart of trendy Ron­ces­valles Vil­lage, on Ritchie Avenue at Dun­das Street, loca­tion is a key fac­tor in the rapidly ris­ing pop­u­lar­ity of Ron­ces­valles Lofts. Com­prised of only 37 loft res­i­dences with large pri­vate walk­out ter­races, bal­conies and gar­den patios, the five-storey build­ing offers one-, two– and three-storey type lofts, rang­ing from 685 to 1,950 sq. ft. One-bedroom, two-bedroom, two-bedroom plus den and three-bedroom plus den lay­outs offer some­thing for every­one. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

High Park Lofts
437 Ron­ces­valles Avenue

The High Park Lofts is a new loft that incor­po­rates design ele­ments such as an enor­mous inte­rior atrium allow­ing suites to be flooded with light on both sides. It is 120 feet long and 60 feet high and gives a cathedral-like ambiance to the build­ing. High Park is down the street. Dun­das West sub­way stop is two blocks north. Park­side Drive pro­vides quick access to the Gar­diner Express­way and a street­car runs pasts the front door directly to King and Bay. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Zed Lofts
38 Nia­gara Street

Located at 38 Nia­gara Street in Toronto, the Zed build­ing is a lux­ury low-rise con­do­minium loft fea­tur­ing an urban, con­tem­po­rary design. On the north­east cor­ner of Bathurst and Nia­gara Sts. Zed Lofts is a 114-unit, 12-storey glass build­ing with soft lofts rang­ing from 686 to 1,264 square feet. Walk to the The­atre and Fash­ion Dis­tricts in the heart of the vibrant King West com­mu­nity. Floor to ceil­ing win­dows, 9′ ceil­ings. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Cam­den Lofts
29 Cam­den Street

Cam­den Street is south of Rich­mond St. W. and runs west off Spad­ina Avenue. Cam­den Lofts were cre­ated with the tra­di­tional style of loft in mind fea­tur­ing heights of 10 ft with exposed con­crete walls and sealed con­crete floors. There are 59 units all with huge indus­trial style win­dows and sus­pended spi­ral ducts. Suites have con­crete floors, con­crete ceil­ings, and con­crete walls for sound­proof­ing. Indus­trial hard­ware serv­ing as lights and door han­dles is a com­mon inte­rior fin­ishes. Floors 2 to 6 have one and two bed­room suites rang­ing from 683 square feet to 1,200 square feet. Floors 7 and 8 have ter­races. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Dis­trict Lofts
388 Rich­mond Street West

The Dis­trict Lofts offer spa­cious one bed­room, two bed­room, and two story lofts from its’ twin tow­ers. The 7^th, 9^th, and 11^th floors are all exclu­sively two story and offer tremen­dous views. Suites have 12 foot high ceil­ings and either a juli­ette bal­cony or large ter­race. Ameni­ties include a large court­yard with District’s trade­mark steel cat­walks above, fit­ness room, party room, and concierge ser­vice. The Dis­trict Lofts is located at Rich­mond and Spad­ina in down­town Toronto’s fash­ion dis­trict. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Elec­tra Lofts
954 King Street West

There’s some­thing to be said for liv­ing in the condo build­ing where it all began, the mas­sive boom of hip loft liv­ing that’s hap­pen­ing in Toronto’s King West neigh­bour­hood. The Elec­tra Lofts at 954 King Street West was one of the first build­ings to ini­ti­ate this trend, and all the while this soft loft has main­tained its early appeal. All suites are 2 storey open con­cept lay­out with an open mez­za­nine below, giv­ing each a feel­ing of spa­cious­ness. Exposed con­crete, open bal­cony, and har­wood floors in the liv­ing and din­ing room are stan­dard suite fea­tures. Some suites have upgrades like metal rail­ings and stain­less appli­ances. Floor to ceil­ing win­dows flood the suites with a lots of nat­ural sun­light. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Elec­tra Lofts II
1029 King Street West

The Elec­tra Lofts II are located in the heart of the fash­ion dis­trict in Trendy King West Vil­lage. You’re steps away from the enter­tain­ment and shop­ping dis­trict and the TTC is at you doorstep. The Elec­tra Lofts II units have an urban style feel, with 2-story open con­cept lay­out over­look­ing an open mez­za­nine below. Units have 17 foot ceil­ings and 16 foot win­dows, giv­ing you lots of nat­ural light. Units have exposed con­crete, brick accent, glass rail­ings upstairs that over­looks the lower level. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

The Kings Lofts
800 King Street West

The Kings Lofts are located at 800 King Street West. It is a new style two-storey soft loft devel­op­ment in trendy King West, located in on the cor­ner of Palmer­ston and King West. The lofts have an open space liv­ing con­cept, all have two lev­els with a mez­za­nine open to belo. Each loft has a bal­cony. Ameni­ties in the build­ing include exer­cise room, sauna, secu­rity sys­tem, sauna and rec-room. Only 8 storeys high, the ceil­ings reach over 16 feet. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Stew­art Lofts
32 Stew­art Street

The Stew­art Lofts fea­ture lots of exposed con­crete, hard­wood floor­ing, 10-foot ceil­ings, floor to ceil­ing win­dows, con­crete mush­room beams, con­crete ceil­ing, exposed metal pip­ing, drop down slid­ing doors, mov­able kitchen islands with built-in wine racks and gran­ite coun­ters. Two storey units are on the 7^th floor and are com­ple­mented with huge open ter­races. Main­te­nance fees are low. There is no concierge or ameni­ties. Built by Harhag con­struc­tion, Stew­art Lofts con­sist of 48 units and is only eight sto­ries high. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Sylvia Lofts
50 Cam­den Street

The Sylvia Lofts fea­ture rolling walls that con­vert open space to pri­vacy, Frasier flooring-hardwood-like for clean sur­faces, expan­sive mov­ing win­dows that open for fresh-air (but no walk-out) let­ting in lots of light. 50 Cam­den Street has a young design, very fresh and open. The Sylvia Lofts is a stan­dard, newish soft loft built at the end of Cam­den at Brant street. There are less than 100 units in this build­ing and ameni­ties include a com­bined party room, exer­cise room, and ter­race. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Twenty Nia­gara Lofts
20 Nia­gara Street

Twenty Nia­gara, con­ceived in 1996 and com­pleted in 1998, was one of Context’s first loft projects and helped to estab­lish the Con­text trade­mark of design inno­va­tion and qual­ity. The loft devel­op­ment has won the Ontario Asso­ci­a­tion of Archi­tects’ most pres­ti­gious acco­lade, the Michael and V. Wanda Plachta award for archi­tec­tural excel­lence. Twenty Nia­gara is sit­u­ated directly on an inti­mate urban park and offers res­i­dents such ameni­ties as direct-to-suite ele­va­tor access, ter­races and indi­vid­u­ally cus­tomized suites.Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Abbey Lane Lofts
261 King Street East

The Abbey Lane Lofts are a bou­tique loft build­ing of only 6 storeys and 26 lofts rang­ing in size from 600 square feet to 2,200 square feet. Abbey Lane Lofts is an attrac­tive build­ing with a façade that steps back from King East to pro­vide many ter­races and blend seam­lessly with its his­toric sur­round­ings. The lofts have gen­er­ous room sizes, with soar­ing ceil­ings and floor to ceil­ing win­dows. Impres­sive 2 storey lofts on the upper lev­els have over­sized ter­races with gas bbq hookups that have spec­tac­u­lar views fac­ing either north or south. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Absolute Lofts
77 Lom­bard Street

Built by Intra­corp and com­pleted in 2000. The Absolute Lofts have one & two bed room suites rang­ing from 700 – 1,500 square feet. Park­ing is under­ground and many upgraded suites offer hard­wood floors, slate and gran­ite fin­ishes and gas fire­places. All lofts have a mez­za­nine, there are com­mon rooftop gar­dens that is land­scaped and great views! Most suites have bal­conies and are very mod­ern chic liv­ing spaces. Ameni­ties include: 24 hour concierge, card access secu­rity sys­tem, mod­ern fit­ness facil­ity, mod­ern spa, a library and a party room. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

La Piazza Lofts
39 Roe­hamp­ton Avenue (Yonge/Eglington)

La Piazza is one of the few lofts in Mid­town Toronto, located just north of of Yonge and Eglin­ton. All of the La Piazza Lofts are two sto­ries and fea­ture 17 foot ceil­ings in the liv­ing room, and come in one bed­room and one bed­room + den con­fig­u­ra­tions. Large 16 foot high win­dows allow lots of nat­ural light. The 27-unit devel­op­ment is com­prised of two small tow­ers each ser­viced by one ele­va­tor. Secu­rity is by way of enter phone buzzer. Due to the building’s small size, there are no facil­i­ties to speak of. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Mozo Lofts
333 Ade­laide Street East

The MoZo is an extremely cool and funky build­ing that is located at the cor­ner of King and Sher­bourne. This build­ing is very pop­u­lar with young down­town pro­fes­sion­als, fea­tur­ing floor to ceil­ing win­dows, some 2 storey units and high qual­ity designer fin­ishes. Bright and airy, one and two story city lofts and pent­houses fea­ture the clean lines and urban sim­plic­ity that also char­ac­ter­izes the builders other award win­ning designs such as Spire and Radio City. Fea­tures of the one, two and the (rare) three bed­room designs include hard­wood floors, high ceil­ings and out­door liv­ing spaces. The build­ing also has a 24 hour concierge. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Water­works Lofts
2362 Queen Street East

Housed in an inti­mate, 10-suite build­ing, the Water­works Lofts were com­pleted in late 2001. They fea­ture state-of-the-art wiring, fire­places, hard­wood floors and most offer a ter­rific view. The Water­works Lofts are new con­struc­tion soft lofts located in the exclu­sive Neville Park area of the Beaches, steps from the beach or fine shop­ping and din­ing. Units range from 1 to 2 storey with the high­est qual­ity fin­ish­ings and incred­i­ble atten­tion to detail. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Ideal Lofts
301 Markham Street

The Ideal Lofts are located on the south­west cor­ner of Bathurst and Col­lege Streets. Kens­ing­ton Mar­ket, Lit­tle Italy, U of T, Queen West are all within walk­ing dis­tance. The build­ing was com­pleted in 2002 and was built by Con­text. The Ideal Lofts are housed in a 9-story build­ing, with the 6^th and 8^th floors con­sist­ing of 2-story lofts. The lofts fac­ing south and west have large ter­races or bal­conies, and the lofts fac­ing north have juli­ette bal­conies. All lofts have high-ceilings and wood or lam­i­nate floors. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Earl Street Lofts
21 Earl Street

This is a strange lit­tle loft devel­op­ment, more town­house than loft, really. But since they have mul­ti­ple lev­els and bed­rooms over­look­ing liv­ing areas, they can be con­sid­ered soft lofts. Located just east of Jarvis, north of Welles­ley. Devel­oped by Ayk­ler Real Estate in 2004, the Earl Lofts is a 4-storey loft style build­ing hous­ing 58 lofts. Most are two-level mez­za­nine style soft lofts rang­ing from 596 square-foot one bed­room units to 923 square-foot one bed­room plus den lofts. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Cork­town Dis­trict Lofts
King East and Sumach

Cork­town Dis­trict Lofts and Towns will offer a group of bou­tique mid-rises at King East, between Sumach and River. The build­ings will rise 6–8 storeys, with ele­gant rooflines and styl­ish archi­tec­tural pro­files set in a mod­ern fusion of con­crete, steel, glass and brick. Designed by Quad­ran­gle Archi­tects Inc., the archi­tec­ture of Cork­town Dis­trict Lofts will rede­fine the urban habi­tat by offer­ing a mod­ern inter­pre­ta­tion on the tra­di­tional loft-style envi­ron­ment. Units at Cork­town Dis­trict Lofts will offer soar­ing 10 foot ceil­ings, over­sized warehouse-style win­dows and ultra-hip pol­ished con­crete floors. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Design­ers Walk Lofts
160 Bed­ford Road

In the heart of Design­ers Walk between Yorkville and the Annex, this desir­able loca­tion houses 8 styl­ish rooftop lofts. DW Lofts is an exclu­sive new devel­op­ment that fea­tures open-concept lofts with two spa­cious lev­els. They offer the dis­crim­i­nat­ing buyer a com­bi­na­tion of pri­vate rooftop ter­races, court­yards and bal­conies. The quaint neigh­bour­hood view and spec­tac­u­lar nat­ural light gives these ele­gant lofts an enchant­ing allure rich with inti­mate out­door space. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Edge Lofts
625 Queen Street East

In a few years, Edge Lofts will be at the core of a revi­tal­ized east­side area, a reju­ve­na­tion that began with the devel­op­ment of the Dis­tillery Dis­trict and will con­tinue with the rein­ven­tion of Regent Park and the urban­iza­tion of the West Don Lands. The 66-unit soft loft build­ing is located at the south­east cor­ner of Queen Street East and the East Don Road­way, on the site of a for­mer used-car deal­er­ship. Edge Lofts pro­vides some fan­tas­tic views of down­town. West-facing units have a com­pletely unob­structed view of the city and higher units have a view of the lake. An indoor and out­door rooftop amenity room offers own­ers that same vista. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Zen Lofts
42 Cam­den Street

Zen Lofts is an inti­mate 9-storey, 35-suite build­ing located on Cam­den Street, a quiet street in the Gar­ment Dis­trict. Com­pleted in 2006 by Harhay Devel­op­ments, each loft fea­tures 9-foot ceil­ings except for 11-foot ceil­ings on the pent­house level. The Zen Lofts range in size from 528 to 1,800 square feet. Some of the fea­tures offered include high ceil­ings, exposed con­crete columns with flared cap­i­tals, over­sized solid core hard­wood veneer entry doors, spa­cious ter­races and bal­conies equipped with out­door light­ing, water and nat­ural gas sup­ply. Zen Lofts are a newer, bou­tique loft build­ing in trendy Queen West, at Rich­mond & Spad­ina. This soft loft is sleek and ultra mod­ern – exposed con­crete ceil­ings, pol­ished con­crete mush­room columns, exposed duct­work, floor-to-ceiling win­dows and extra large bal­conies. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

River­side Lofts
747 Queen Street East

Only twelve lucky own­ers get to live in an inti­mate loft build­ing right on Queen Street East, in the heart of Riverdale. While the River­side Lofts is only four storeys tall, the devel­oper has paid a lot of atten­tion to the design of each suite. High 10-foot ceil­ings in every loft, pol­ished con­crete floors, large pri­vate bal­conies (with gas hookup), stain­less steel appli­ances (includ­ing a gas stove) and stone coun­ter­tops. River­side Lofts is another soft loft devel­op­ment by Street­car, fea­tur­ing 10-foot ceil­ings, pol­ished con­crete floors, stone coun­ter­tops, large win­dows and exposed heat­ing ducts. The lofts also have large pri­vate bal­conies with gas con­nec­tions for bar­be­cues. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Chelsea Lofts
1375 Dupont Street

This newer, seven-storey mod­ern glass build­ing is known as the Chelsea Lofts. Com­pleted in 2006, this soft loft build­ing has 69 units that range in price, but most are very afford­able. The Chelsea Lofts have a very urbane, con­tem­po­rary design with units boast­ing nine-foot ceil­ings and large, warehouse-style win­dows. The build­ing also includes three ground-level retail units. Those look­ing for authen­tic hard lofts need only head north to the Foundry Lofts. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

North Beach Lofts
601 Kingston Road

Another of Toronto’s grow­ing seg­ment of soft loft build­ings, this devel­op­ment by Namara Devel­op­ments was com­pleted in 2006. Near the inter­sec­tion of Kingston and Main, it can claim to be in the “North Beaches”. While some units have views of the lake, it is not really that close to the water. With ceil­ings at nine feet or more, hard­wood floors and come con­crete, the units are rather nice. Kitchens with lots of gran­ite and stain­less are sure to please. Prices are quite afford­able as well. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Glasshouse Lofts
127 Queen Street East

This fab­u­lous new brick and con­crete loft con­struc­tion houses one and two storey loft units. Each and every unit boasts a fire­place and ceil­ings soar as high as sev­en­teen feet. Located on the very pop­u­lar Queen Street East, the Glasshouse Lofts are visu­ally pleas­ing and com­fort­ably pro­por­tioned. Mod­ern loft ameni­ties such as gen­er­ous kitchens, large rooms and open floor plans join the stan­dard large win­dows that are the sig­na­ture of newer Toronto loft devel­op­ments. Light floods every cor­ner of each unit through these win­dows and the views are lovely. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Cityscape Ter­race Lofts
500 Rich­mond Street West

Mod­ern lofts right in the heart of down­town Toronto. Spa­cious rooms and high ceil­ings let in lots of light from the large win­dows. Under­ground park­ing and indi­vid­ual stor­age avail­able. Open floor plans con­tinue right out on to the bal­conies for your own per­sonal city view. Over­head light­ing and hard­wood floor­ing warm the liv­ing areas at night. In suite laun­dry facil­i­ties and mod­ern appli­ances avail­able. Invite friends for evening enter­tain­ing in these spa­cious lofts. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Mar­ket Gal­le­ria Lofts
71 Front Street East

Located Finan­cial Dis­trict, the Mar­ket Gal­le­ria is one of the best kept secrets of Toronto. Designed by the same Archi­tect as the Eaton Cen­ter, the struc­ture has a dra­matic atrium full of lush plants. The build­ing is upscale, very quiet, (only 62 units), and is located among trendy shops and restau­rants. While it may be a soft loft build­ing, the atrium and loca­tion more than make up for it. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Lofts at DNA
1 Shaw Street & 1005 King West

Located in the King West Neigh­bor­hood, DNA’ s design was influ­enced by the mate­ri­als and look of the turn of the cen­tury King West build­ings. The lime­stone detail­ing is a throw back to an era when great brick build­ings defined the street scape. The tinted and sand­blasted glass com­bines with the steel to add mul­ti­ple lev­els of sophis­ti­ca­tion. The first thing you feel when you enter the suites is the light cas­cad­ing through the enor­mous, expan­sive win­dows. And a sense of space as you look around the open con­cept lay­out with big spaces, full of light offer­ing floor to ceil­ing win­dows. These are suites with urban zen styles just wait­ing for a sig­na­ture. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Tides/iLoft at Mys­tic Pointe
Legion Road

Think that mod­ern loft liv­ing is only reserved for over­crowded down­town Toronto? Think again. Located just 10 min­utes from the down­town core, the Mys­tic Pointe Com­mu­nity in South Eto­bi­coke is mak­ing waves in the Toronto condo mar­ket — and for good rea­sons. Equally renowned for their inno­v­a­tive approach to water­front condo liv­ing as they are for their com­mit­ment to build­ing two-storey lofts — a rare design deci­sion in today’s loft mar­ket — devel­op­ers Camrost-Felcorp have recently enhanced their rep­u­ta­tion by adding a new, thor­oughly mod­ern, and unique devel­op­ment dubbed iLoft at Mys­tic Pointe. iLoft units range in size from approx­i­mately 500 to 1,325 square feet, each com­plete with spec­tac­u­lar fin­ishes, many of which are exclu­sive to the project. Camrost-Felcorp knows that iLoft’s two-storey loft lay­outs will soon set a new stan­dard for condo liv­ing in Toronto. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Lofts 399
399 Ade­laide Street West

The orig­i­nal Mode Lofts is gone and in its place is now Lofts 399. Exca­va­tions began in 2008, so some­thing might actu­ally come to fruition next to the Quad Lofts. Cres­ford can­celed this project after sell­ing some of the units, due to a dis­pute with the city over den­sity that appar­ently could not be resolved. The project is being res­ur­rected as Lofts 399 and floor plans are now up on Cresford’s offi­cial site. The name is derived from the address which will be 399 Ade­laide in the heart of the Fashion/Entertainment dis­tricts. Still not sure if it will actu­ally hap­pen… Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Fash­ion Dis­trict Lofts
10 Mor­ri­son Street

When Freed Devel­op­ments and Lash Devel­op­ment Corp. first acquired the cor­ner lot at 455 Ade­laide Street West, they didn’t quite know what to do with it. Then a team from Core Archi­tects Inc. came up with a unique design: an L-shaped build­ing stretch­ing towards Mor­ri­son Street and con­tain­ing a vari­ety of inno­v­a­tive spaces, includ­ing town­houses on the ground level and lofts above. Though launched as the Fash­ion Dis­trict Lofts at 455 Ade­laide Street West, that name has changed and the soft loft build­ing has an address of 10 Mor­ri­son Street. It is the project we all knew as 455 Ade­laide West, but the name is no longer the same. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

66 Port­land Lofts
66 Port­land Street

66 Port­land is a nine storey moden bou­tique soft loft build­ing offer­ing eighty-five styl­ish lofts in the fashion/entertainment dis­trict of Toronto. The loca­tion is steps to Vic­to­ria Memo­r­ial Park, the­aters, restau­rants designer bou­tiques and night spots. The lofts of 66 Port­land fea­ture floor to ceil­ing win­dows, ten foot exposed con­crete ceil­ings, hard­wood or pol­ished con­crete floors, large bal­conies and ter­races with great views, spa like bath­rooms and exposed con­crete columns with flared cap­i­tals. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Sixty Lofts
60 Bathurst & 60 Niagara

Sixty Lofts is actu­ally two sep­a­rate loft build­ings – 60 Bathurst with 142 soft lofts and 60 Nia­gara with another 30 new lofts. The inte­rior is designed to add flex­i­bil­ity and cre­ative input by pur­chasers in lofts that range from 491 to 1,680 square feet. Fea­tures like over­sized entry doors, gas con­nec­tions in kitchens and bal­conies, ceil­ings heights rang­ing from 8−1÷2 to 10 feet, stain­less steel appli­ances, exposed con­crete ceil­ings, and engi­neered hard­wood floor­ing. Located at the foot of Bathurst, Sixty Loft res­i­dents are a stroll away from the Fash­ion & Design Dis­trict, Enter­tain­ment Dis­trict and Queen West shop­ping. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Glas Lofts
25 Oxley Street

Glas Loft ceil­ing heights range from 9 to 11 feet and some lofts have exposed con­crete columns and walls, walk­out ter­races or bal­conies. Kitchens are con­tem­po­rary open con­cept with high gloss or wood veneer cab­i­netry. Coun­ter­tops are either glass or syn­thetic stone and back­splashes are glass mosaic or ceramic. Great loca­tion close to all down­town has to offer, restau­rants, shop­ping, fit­ness cen­ters, cafes and bou­tiques. Glas will fea­ture patented loft­house, one bed­room, one bed­room plus den, two bed­room, pent­house and a uniquely fur­nished hotel-style pied-a-terre lofts with fea­tures like soar­ing ceil­ing heights, huge floor-to-ceiling win­dows, hard­wood floors, designer kitchens and bath­rooms, gas cook­ing in kitchen and out­doors, plus stone coun­ters. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

East­side Lofts
Britain Street

If it is ever built, East­side Lofts will be a thir­teen storey build­ing with new loft res­i­dences with an exte­rior of scar­lett clay brown brick and floor to ceil­ing glass. There might be 50 sin­gle storey lofts and 2 dou­ble storey units. There are two entrances to the build­ing, one fac­ing north on Queen Street and the other fac­ing south on Britain Street. New loft fea­tures include 10 foot ceil­ings in all rooms with nat­ural exposed con­crete, lam­i­nate floor­ing, floor to ceil­ings win­dows, doors that slide and a con­tem­po­rary style kitchens with islands. East­side Lofts has not been built and is not look­ing good… Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Five Nine on Rich­mond
533 Rich­mond Street West

On the south­east cor­ner of Port­land Street and Rich­mond this is a new soft loft build­ing by 59 Devel­op­ments and Core Archi­tects. It is a 10-storey, 52-unit mod­ern glass, steel and con­crete build­ing with soft lofts rang­ing in size from 471 to 2,159 square feet. It is an inti­mate low rise build­ing with mod­ern con­tem­po­rary lofts. Fea­tures include 9′ ceil­ings, exposed con­crete ceil­ings, hard­wood floors, gran­ite coun­ters, stain­less steel appli­ances, designer kitchen & baths. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

East Lofts
275 King Street East

Archi­tect Peter Clewes was inspired by the sim­plic­ity and under­stated ele­gance of East Asia when design­ing East Lofts. This post mod­ernist glass, steel and brick mid rise houses 129 one and two storey lofts. The suites are con­tem­po­rary in design and fin­ishes are Zen-like. The stan­dard fea­tures in this build­ing exceed the upgrades else­where – stain­less steel appli­ances with gas stove, stone kitchen coun­ters, mod­ern sink and van­ity combo, pre engi­neered hard­wood through­out and indus­trial style rain head. The East Lofts is a per­fect blend of seren­ity and com­fort. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Water­mark Lofts
Ger­rard Street

While true or ‘hard’ loft con­struc­tion typ­i­cally involves the con­ver­sion of a vin­tage fac­tory or ware­house, Water­mark Lofts is a new, or ‘soft’ loft con­struc­tion. Water­mark Lofts, how­ever, is a com­mu­nity not with­out a deep and abid­ing sense of her­itage. Located on Ger­rard Street, east of Main in the Upper Beach area, Water­mark Lofts stands on the site of the Lake Sim­coe Ice Com­pany office build­ing, a her­itage build­ing and inte­gral part of the Toronto com­mu­nity in the 20^th cen­tury. Ele­ments of the Edwar­dian Clas­si­cism from the Lake Sim­coe build­ing will be inte­grated into the loft designs by rebuild­ing the orig­i­nal façade into a grand arch­way which will serve as the entrance to the com­mu­nity, pre­serv­ing the unique char­ac­ter­is­tics that make this project one of a kind. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Quad Lofts
19 and 23 Brant Street

A newly-built soft loft build­ing, the The Quad lofts are located in the King West dis­trict. In a neigh­bour­hood of his­toric low-rise red-brick, with the King, Queen and Spad­ina street­cars just around the cor­ner. Some of the city’s best restau­rants, bars, fur­ni­ture shops, design stu­dios are all within a block or two away. These lofts have 9–10 foot ceil­ings with exposed con­crete, and pol­ished con­crete floors, rolling doors, stain­less steel appli­ances, gas cook­tops, huge win­dows and floor to ceil­ing built-in stor­age cab­i­nets. Some units have a bal­cony or ter­race. There is a cen­tral court­yard with reflect­ing pool, 24-hour concierge, party room/lounge, exer­cise room, sauna, con­fer­ence cen­tre, bil­liards, cin­ema and 2 guest rooms. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

The Metro Lofts
119 & 139 Mer­ton Street

The Metro Lofts fea­ture two level loft style units, some with large bal­conies and great views of the city. En-suite laun­dry. Lock­ers. Under­ground park­ing. Main­te­nance includes heat, hydro & water. Located near Yonge and Davisville in Mid­town Toronto. The 196 lofts range from 700 to 1,000 square feet, with some town­house style condo units with patios, some 2-storey loft units. The Metro Loft pent­houses have great views, and the whole build­ing over­looks green space includ­ing the Belt Line trail with a jog­ging path through some of Toronto’s most beau­ti­ful neigh­bour­hoods. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

517 Kingston Road Lofts
517 Kingston Road

Soft lofts near The Beach, on Kingston Road west of Main, built around 1995. This unas­sum­ing build­ing con­tains only 8 lofts, 4 single-level units on the main floor and 4 multi-storey lofts above. Each is unique and range from 1,000–1,200+ square feet. Ceil­ings range from 8 feet up to 23 feet in some spots. They all have wood floors, gas fire­places and open kitchens. Soft lofts near The Beach, on Kingston Road west of Main, built around 1995. This unas­sum­ing build­ing con­tains only 8 lofts, 4 single-level units on the main floor and 4 multi-storey lofts above. Each is unique and range from 1,000–1,200+ square feet. Ceil­ings range from 8 feet up to 23 feet in some spots. They all have wood floors, gas fire­places and open kitchens. Upper level lofts have huge roof ter­races with views of the lake and the lower units have pri­vate patios. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

West Vil­lage Lofts
550 Hopewell Avenue

The West Vil­lage Lofts is an upscale bou­tique loft project located in mid-Toronto, expertly con­verted from an Obus Forme fac­tory by Stafford Homes – a lead­ing condo devel­oper in Toronto. This neigh­bour­hood is called the ‘Design Dis­trict’ as it hosts var­i­ous home decor and fash­ion busi­nesses. The West Vil­lage Lofts project by Stafford homes is famous due to the con­ver­sion of an old fac­tory into gor­geous lofts. This bou­tique loft con­ver­sion con­tains 29 unique res­i­dences, all with an array of qual­ity fea­tures and fin­ishes. The beau­ti­ful exte­rior is done in an archi­tec­tural stucco fin­ish and has new dou­ble glazed over­sized com­mer­cial grade win­dows to allow plenty of nat­ural light into each suite. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Felim Court Lofts
1444 Dupont Street

The lofts at 1444 Dupont are truly unique min­i­mal­ist lofts, one of which was even fea­tured in the 2008 sea­son of Big City Bro­ker. A hid­den trea­sure, few res­i­den­tial units have come up for sale since the build­ing was com­pleted around 2001. Lofts range up to 2,800 square feet and must be seen to be appre­ci­ated. These soft lofts fea­ture ceil­ings as high as 18 feet, 360 degree expo­sures, walls of mas­sive win­dows, and more. Some even have remote-controlled blinds! Cov­er­ing two lev­els, these are true live/work spaces, with many artists liv­ing in the build­ing. Main floor is commercial/industrial space. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Bloor West Lofts
1396 Bloor Street West

The Bloor West Lofts are 64 New York-style multi-level lofts in the heart of Toronto’s west end. The Bloor West Lofts are a hybrid of two very pop­u­lar hous­ing styles, the urban loft and city town­home. By design­ing from the ground-up, the archi­tect had fle­si­bil­ity to design the per­fect unit. The lofts are multi-level, have 10 foot ceil­ings on the main floor, have at least two bed­rooms – and each loft offers a full roof deck. It’s a town­home that looks like a loft. Located in Toronto’s newly vibrant west end, we have offered our clients an afford­able home just min­utes from the sub­way. This project was com­pleted in 2003. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Char­lotte Lofts
36 Char­lotte Street

The Char­lotte Lofts is an inti­mate 13 storey, 63 unit, loft style con­do­minium build­ing located among down­town Toronto’s best restau­rants, the­atres and nightspots in the vibrant King-Spadina dis­trict. Designed by Core Archi­tects, one of Toronto’s lead­ing archi­tec­tural firms, each suite fea­tures huge floor to ceil­ing win­dows, pri­vate bal­conies and high ceil­ings. The first through sixth floors offer sin­gle level lofts, while the sev­enth floor and up are two level lofts. Along with pri­vate under­ground park­ing, rooftop com­mon room and spec­tac­u­lar out­door patio space, the Char­lotte Lofts is a truly unique build­ing. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Cube Lofts
799 Col­lege Street

It’s nice to see that there are still devel­op­ers who are inter­ested in cre­at­ing art rather than build­ing generic, bland tow­ers. Cube Lofts is the per­fect exam­ple of Art-chitecture. This unique & bou­tique soft loft will not only add flare to the already vibrant Lit­tle Italy neigh­bour­hood, but it will hope­fully encour­age other devel­op­ers to put design ahead of den­sity. The Cube Lofts – if they ever get built – will fea­ture some very impres­sive fin­ishes with kitchens offer­ing hard­wood floor­ing, cae­sar coun­terops, stain­less steel appli­ances and sig­na­ture designer kitchen high gloss fin­ish cab­i­netry. Located south of Col­lege Street on Shaw Street this devel­op­ment has been stalled for years. I have started to think that it will never get built. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Work Lofts/Flatiron Lofts
319 Car­law Avenue (at Dun­das)
Worklofts will have com­mer­cial stu­dios on the first and sec­ond floor, and then the third floor to ninth floors will be live/work lofts. The Worklofts project is the col­lab­o­ra­tion between two condo cor­po­ra­tions that allows pur­chasers to con­ve­niently live, work, or both. The draw to Worklofts is three­fold – the live/work con­cept, the loca­tion, and the build­ing itself. Queen Street East is prob­a­bly the most excit­ing com­mer­cial and res­i­den­tial strip in the city, with numer­ous loft projects includ­ing the Gar­ment Fac­tory and the Print­ing Fac­tory. Com­ple­tion should be some­time in 2012. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Grange­town Lofts
71 McCaul Street

These townhouse-style lofts are tucked away on McCaul Street, between Queen West and Dun­das. These Tridel-built live/work lofts are tucked away in a gated quiet gar­den court­yard set­ting that is mere steps away from hos­pi­tals, TTC, U of T and Ryer­son, the Eaton Cen­tre, and the Enter­tain­ment & Finan­cial Dis­trict. They fea­ture open con­cept liv­ing with 10 to 12-foot ceil­ings, exposed ducts, hard­wood floors and out­door patios. There are one and two bed­room units rang­ing from under 600 square feet to around 730 square feet. But they make up for there small size with ter­races up to 200 square feet. Com­pleted around 2001, they still rep­re­sent good value for the money in such a great loca­tion. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Seventy5 Port­land
75 Port­land Street

Expect the unex­pected and be open to the ele­ment of sur­prise and grandeur. 75 Port­land has ele­vated cre­ative design and archi­tec­ture to a level never seen before in Toronto. It is a tes­ta­ment to the extra­or­di­nary tal­ents of the bril­liant team com­prised of Philippe Starck and Yoo. A dra­matic, one-of-a-kind con­do­minium, located in the ultra hip fash­ion dis­trict of King West. 75 Port­land will ignite a new wave of style and lifestyle in Toronto. Sizes range from a 503 square-foot junior one-bedroom up to a 2,116 square-foot pent­house with an 1,103 square-foot ter­race. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Space Lofts
255 Rich­mond Street East

The name of this build­ing is a bit mis­lead­ing, since loft sizes start here from as lit­tle as 350 square feet and, as far as I know, don’t exceed 1,000 square feet. There are some really nice lofts in the build­ing though, and the loca­tion is great, within walk­ing dis­tance to the St. Lawrence Mar­ket. In the two-storey lofts the liv­ing area is quite impres­sive with the floor-to-ceiling win­dows through its 18-feet height. Sin­gle storey units with their 9-feet height can hardly be called lofts. Located on the lower east side of down­town (Rich­mond and Jarvis), the own­ers at Space have con­ve­nient access to King Street East, the Dis­tillery Dis­trict, St. Lawrence Mar­ket, and the Finan­cial Dis­trict from their res­i­dence. This soft loft build­ing was com­pleted in 2004 with mostly 2 storey lofts with the bed­room on the upper level and huge floor to ceil­ing win­dows span­ning 18 feet. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Verve Lofts
120 Home­wood Avenue

A 39-storey tower and 7-storey loft offer­ing resort style recre­ational and leisure activ­i­ties, includ­ing a rooftop pool. Shim­mer­ing glass and con­crete ele­ments make a bold state­ment in the sur­round­ing land­scape. The devel­oper Tridel, has imple­mented in Verve an envi­ron­men­tally sus­tain­able design and con­struc­tion, along with envi­ron­men­tally friendly fea­tures and fin­ishes. Verve has taken the lead as Toronto’s first truly green condo. Verve has 344 suites rang­ing in size from 642 to 1,085 square feet, each suite is accom­pa­nied by either a French bal­cony, bal­cony or ter­race and a series of larger col­lec­tion of sig­na­ture suites. Ceil­ing heights range in size from 9 to 14 feet. A 39-storey tower and 7-storey loft offer­ing resort style recre­ational and leisure activ­i­ties, includ­ing a rooftop pool. Shim­mer­ing glass and con­crete ele­ments make a bold state­ment in the sur­round­ing land­scape. The devel­oper Tridel, has imple­mented in Verve an envi­ron­men­tally sus­tain­able design and con­struc­tion, along with envi­ron­men­tally friendly fea­tures and fin­ishes. Verve has taken the lead as Toronto’s first truly green condo. Verve has 344 suites rang­ing in size from 642 to 1,085 square feet, each suite is accom­pa­nied by either a French bal­cony, bal­cony or ter­race and a series of larger col­lec­tion of sig­na­ture suites. Ceil­ing heights range in size from 9 to 14 feet. The loft sec­tion of the build­ing offers suites rang­ing in size from 629 to 1,404 square feet. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

The Maxus Lofts
80 Cum­ber­land Street

Known as The Maxus, 80 Cum­ber­land was built by the Shiu Pong Cor­po­ra­tion in 2002. It is the only loft in Yorkville. Con­ceived as wide loft liv­ing, the suites on the 2^nd floor of this build­ing have 17 foot ceil­ings in the liv­ing rooms. Above that floor units are 2 storey floor­plans fea­tur­ing bal­conies and huge win­dows. The build­ing is 18 storeys with some great views from the top floors. Suites start at 812 square feet and go up to around 1,800 square feet. Known as The Maxus, 80 Cum­ber­land was built by the Shiu Pong Cor­po­ra­tion in 2002. It is the only loft in Yorkville. Con­ceived as wide loft liv­ing, the suites on the 2^nd floor of this build­ing have 17 foot ceil­ings in the liv­ing rooms. Above that floor units are 2 storey floor­plans fea­tur­ing bal­conies and huge win­dows. The build­ing is 18 storeys with some great views from the top floors. Suites start at 812 square feet and go up to around 1,800 square feet. Many units have been ren­o­vated to the neigh­bour­hoods high stan­dards and are fan­tas­tic. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Marina Del Ray
2261÷2267÷2269 Lake Shore Boulevard

The devel­op­ment was a win­ner in 1989 of the Urban Devel­op­ment Institute’s Res­i­den­tial Award of Excel­lence for ‘Best Designed Com­mu­nity.’ The build­ings look into a cen­tral mag­nif­i­cently land­scaped court­yard. Marina Del Rey is con­nected to the Water­front Park & Marina by the water­front prom­e­nade. Three tow­ers make up the com­plex and have a total of 820 con­dos, many of which are two-storey lofts. Com­pleted in 1990 by Cam­rost Fel­corp, the build­ings all look into a cen­trally mag­nif­i­cent land­scaped court­yard that are pri­vately enclosed in an enclave on 11 acres of green space ter­raced toward the lake. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

29^th Street Lofts
3400 Lake Shore Boulevard

The 29^th Street Lofts were com­pleted around 2005 by Eden Oak in the Eto­bi­coke com­mu­nity of Long Branch on the west­ern lake shore. It is a townhouse-style com­plex with one and two storey lofts. On the west side of Toronto, 29^th Street Lofts are part of the revi­tal­iza­tion of Lake Shore Boule­vard in the his­toric Mim­ico dis­trict. Stain­less steel fix­tures, lam­i­nate floor­ing, con­tem­po­rary cab­i­netry and coun­ter­tops high­light the inte­rior of these new soft lofts. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Cork­town Loft­houses
7 Gilead Place

Yet another devel­op­ment that is sure to help with the revi­tal­iza­tion of the east end. Sit­u­ated between King and East­ern, con­struc­tion is finally com­plete on these 8 “Loft­houses”. They have indi­vid­ual pri­vate garages with a study on that lower floor, then the kitchen / liv­ing / din­ing on the 2^nd floor, mas­ter and sec­ond bed­room on the 3^rd floor and a den on top, with walk­out to a rooftop ter­race. Just shy of 2,000 square feet, you can see why they can com­mand such prices. Every­one wants one, but they have not started com­ing up for resale quite yet. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

One Six Nine Lofts
169 John Street

This One Six Nine Lofts stands 11 storeys high con­tain­ing only 46 soft lofts. All loft-like suites include 9′ exposed con­crete ceil­ings, hard­wood floor­ing through­out, Euro-style kitchens and large walk­out ter­races or bal­conies. One Six Nine’s loca­tion is ideal, located near the Much Music build­ing in the heart of Queen Street West, one of the liveli­est neigh­bor­hoods in the city. This mod­ern infill loft offers high end fin­ishes, large bal­conies and great floor plans. Develpoped by Harhay Con­struc­tion, who is also respon­si­ble for other pop­u­lar projects such as 32 Stew­art, Zen Lofts, Abbey Lane Lofts and Tecum­seth Lofts. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Bohemian Embassy Lofts
1171 Queen Street West

Fast becom­ing a major bone of con­tention in the West Queen West neigh­bour­hood, the Bohemian Embassy Lofts are near­ing com­ple­tion in 2010. It is a mas­sive struc­ture con­tain­ing 345 units in a nine-storey mid-rise build­ing and a 19-storey tower. Ameni­ties include an exec­u­tive concierge, under­ground park­ing and a co-ed fit­ness cen­tre. Bohemian Embassy offers 345 suites, includ­ing a num­ber of attrac­tive flats and two-storey lofts. Every unit has a patio, bal­cony, or ter­race, some up to 20 feet long and five feet deep. Suites range from 475-square-foot one-bedrooms to one-bedroom-plus– dens, two-bedrooms, and expan­sive two-storey two-bedroom-plus-den lofts. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

20 Stew­art Lofts
20 Stew­art Street

20 Stew­art is home to only 59 soft lofts com­plete with soar­ing exposed con­crete ceil­ings, floor-to-ceiling glass, pre-finished engi­neered hard­wood or pol­ished con­crete floors through­out, and an urban bou­tique hotel-style lobby and cor­ri­dors. The Stew­art Lofts fea­ture exposed brick and con­crete, hard­wood floor­ing, 9 ft. ceil­ings, floor to ceil­ing win­dows, con­crete mush­room beams, con­crete ceil­ing, exposed metal pip­ing, drop down slid­ing doors, mov­able kitchen islands with built-in wine racks and gran­ite coun­ters. Two storey lofts are on the 7^th floor and are com­ple­mented with huge open ter­races. Main­te­nance fees are low. There is no concierge or ameni­ties. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

The Phoebe Lofts
18 Bev­er­ley and 11 Soho

The Phoebe Lofts, at 18 Bev­er­ley and 11 Soho, was designed by Dia­mante. This award win­ning build­ing is in the heart of one of Toron­tos hottest neigh­bor­hoods, steps away all your shop­ping, din­ing and enter­tain­ment needs. The Phoebe Lofts is an award-winning build­ing located at Queen and Bev­erly, Toron­tos hottest fash­ion and cul­tural dis­trict. The con­tem­po­rary Soho build­ing, ele­gant Phoebe build­ing and the Phoebe town­houses all built by Dia­mante share a com­mon court­yard retreat. Suites have details such as 9 foot ceil­ings, wide front doors, mar­ble slate, hard­wood floors, open kitchens and atten­tion to details. This five star build­ing is a tes­ta­ment to qual­ity crafts­man­ship and designer fin­ishes. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Green House Lofts
2012 Queen Street East

The Green House Lofts, fac­ing onto Kew Gar­dens Park on the North side of Queen Street, is a uniquely designed and sit­u­ated project with only 12 soft lofts, all with large pri­vate roof ter­races, and most with com­mand­ing views out over the park and the Lake. All these loft res­i­dences fea­tures inte­rior mez­za­nines with two storey light filled liv­ing spaces, walk outs to large pri­vate roof gar­dens, supe­rior ther­mal and acousti­cal insu­la­tion, indi­vid­ual high effi­ciency gas fired fur­naces, cen­tral air con­di­tion­ing, fire­places, maple floor­ing and a host of cus­tom details and lux­ury fea­tures. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Falling Brook Lofts
160 Falling­brook Road

The lat­est loft project from Mitchell Builders, this step ter­raced, 42-unit build­ing is rem­i­nis­cent of the work of famed archi­tect Frank Lloyd Wright. Unpar­al­leled use of glass and nat­ural stone accents this visu­ally stun­ning soft loft build­ing. Each unit has its own pri­vate ter­race. There is maple or bam­boo floor­ing and pol­ished con­crete in the stain­less steel kitchens. Ceil­ings range between a mod­est ten feet or tow­er­ing 21 foot two-storey spaces. Falling Brook Lofts pro­vides lux­u­ri­ous loft liv­ing in the midst of Toronto. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Ham­mer­smith Lofts
101 Ham­mer­smith Avenue

One of few lofts in the Beaches area, and the only one not on Queen Street or Kingston Road. Join­ing other soft lofts such as the Water­works Lofts, the Green House Lofts and North Beach Lofts, these townhouse-style units were built in 1985. Near Queen and Wood­bine, tucked away on Ham­mer­smith Avenue, these lofts offer peace and quiet, while being right next to one of the busiest and most pop­u­lar areas in Toronto. Multi-level lofts offer 2 or 3 bed­rooms with one or two bath­rooms. Units can be up to 1,500 square feet, so there is a lot of room for the money. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Pure Spirit Lofts
33 Mill Street

Pure Spirit offers pur­chasers can choose from lofts and con­do­mini­ums in the brick podium and a glass and steel 32 storey tower. Suite sizes range from 450 to 1,500 square feet and offer a selec­tion of superbly appointed suites and lofts. Take every­thing you’ve ever dreamed of and dis­till it into one incred­i­ble con­do­minium over­look­ing Toronto’s Dis­tillery Dis­trict. Builder Cityscape is an award win­ning devel­oper and known for their qual­ity projects with a num­ber of his­toric loft ver­sions and restora­tions in Toronto, includ­ing The Movie House, The Welling­ton Worx Build­ing, The Base­ball Glove Fac­tory and Brock­ton Place. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

Devon­shire Lofts
473 Dupont Street

Clas­sic and uniquely rich in archi­tec­tural and inte­rior design, the Devon­shire Lofts are con­ve­niently located at Dupont and Bathurst, in the prime res­i­den­tial real estate of the Annex. This exclu­sive build­ing has only 9 suites – 2 light com­mer­cial on the main floor – is per­fect for pro­fes­sion­als look­ing for a home in a neigh­bour­hood with sub­stance and poten­tial. The Devon­shire Lofts offer 1 and 2 bed­room units, some sin­gle level and some two lev­els, with ceil­ings rang­ing from 9 to 18 feet. Each new loft has a pri­vate bal­cony and pak­ing. Some units boast wall-to-wall, full-height win­dows and each suite will have a gas fire­place. Email or phone 416−388−1960 today if this build­ing inter­ests you.

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For many Cana­di­ans, mov­ing to an urban apart­ment is about tap­ping into the excite­ment and cul­tural oppor­tu­ni­ties of the big city and can also mean a shorter com­mute to work. But find­ing a place in the city can mean sac­ri­fic­ing the larger liv­ing spaces found in the sub­urbs or coun­try. Increas­ingly, urban dwellers are find­ing that loft apart­ments offer the loca­tion and oppor­tu­ni­ties of city life with far more space than aver­age con­dos or apart­ment homes. What’s the idea behind lofts, and why are they so popular?

One def­i­n­i­tion for a loft found on the web is “An appeal against con­ven­tion– con­ven­tion in think­ing, con­ven­tion in build­ing and con­ven­tion in liv­ing. They are a cel­e­bra­tion of open con­cept liv­ing and uncon­ven­tional spaces brought about by the con­sid­ered appli­ca­tion of imag­i­na­tion and a rejec­tion of mass-market housing.”

By the 1980s the con­cept was spread­ing first across the United States and then to Europe and Asia. As the trend grew it caught the atten­tion of devel­op­ers iden­ti­fy­ing a new mar­ket. Devel­op­ers being devel­op­ers did not let a lack of own­ing an exist­ing ware­house or fac­tory build­ing to con­vert stop them from mov­ing into the new mar­ket. Thus the new word “loft” began to be applied to units in ground up new con­struc­tion. Need­less to say the term grew fuzzy.

By now the term loft has matured. Lofts built new from the ground up are typ­i­cally referred to as soft lofts or new lofts or loft-inspired or mez­za­nine suites. Whether cre­ated out of an exist­ing build­ing or built ground up new, all lofts have cer­tain com­mon ele­ments or they are not lofts.

Lofts are part of the Post­mod­ernism move­ment in archi­tec­ture. Post­mod­ernism is a counter– reac­tion to the strict and almost uni­ver­sal mod­ernism of the mid-20^th Cen­tury. It embraces ele­ments from his­tor­i­cal build­ing styles incor­po­rat­ing them with­out a rigid adher­ence to one style. It also does not as pol­icy try to hide the struc­tural or mechan­i­cal ele­ments of a build­ing but often uses these in the design.

What is a “soft” loft?

In recent years devel­op­ers have built new build­ings with some of the char­ac­ter­is­tics of a hard loft such as high ceil­ings, big win­dows and open floor­plans. These lofts typ­i­cally have a softer edge… no exposed ducts and plumb­ing, car­pet in some areas and upscale kitchens and baths. Soft lofts have more in com­mon with tra­di­tional con­do­mini­ums than a true hard loft.

What is an “artist live/work” loft?

Toronto bylaws allow for the devel­op­ment of build­ings with “artist live/work” zon­ing. The first of these devel­op­ments appeared on Shanly Avenue (near Bloor and Duf­ferin) and most fea­tured min­i­mal fin­ish­ing, 16′ ceil­ings and steel frame con­struc­tion. The City’s zon­ing restricted their use to peo­ple who were engaged in a pre­cisely defined list of artis­tic activ­i­ties. Over time these build­ings have come to be occu­pied by peo­ple who sim­ply enjoy the loft life.

Here are some of the unique joys of the loft life:

* Open spaces – The pri­mary ben­e­fit of loft liv­ing is the large open spaces that allow you to live and move how you want, rather than hav­ing your move­ment defined by a per­ma­nent floor plan of walls, door­ways and rooms.

* Define your areas – In a loft, the floor plan can be fluid and ever chang­ing. You can set up a sleep­ing area in one part of the space, then move it some­where else if you have guests or if you just need the area for another use. Kitchens and bath­rooms are more per­ma­nent, of course, but tem­po­rary par­ti­tions, hang­ing cur­tains, or even changes in floor cov­er­ing can define other spaces.

* Eclec­tic style – Another nice aspect of many lofts is the oppor­tu­nity for eclec­tic design and dec­o­rat­ing. For exam­ple, a loft might fea­ture soft, del­i­cate win­dow treat­ments on rein­forced fac­tory win­dows, or a mod­ern couch sit­ting on a hundred-year-old hard­wood floor. This mix­ture of old with new and prac­ti­cal­ity with com­fort can form a won­der­ful esthetic that makes the most of a loft’s mixed-use nature.

Regard­less of the type of loft, all Lofts should have cer­tain basic com­mon elements:

* Open, flow­ing floor plans

* Min­i­mal uses of inte­rior walls to define space and doors to close off areas

* High ceil­ings – some def­i­n­i­tions set min­i­mum ceil­ing heights at twelve feet or it is not a loft just a condo with high ceilings

* Exposed pip­ing, duct­work, struc­tural elements

* Large windows

* Access to the sky often with roof top gar­dens or decks

* Eas­ily merges liv­ing and work space, blur­ring the lines between work­place and residence

* Mixes tra­di­tional medi­ums with mod­ern fin­ishes – con­crete, metal, stone, brick, wood used freely along­side of dry­wall, ceramic tile and vinyl