King Street West: Developers happy as sales go swimmingly
Buyers snapping up Liberty Village condos and towns
By Sydnia Yu - Globe and Mail
Based on demand for studios, one-bedroom suites and two-storey lofts in the first 24-storey condo tower at its Liberty Village project, CanAlfa Group is offering similar units in the second building, named Bliss.
Even still, nearly 80% of the 276 units have been snatched up since the launch last month.
In addition to the condos there will be two-storey townhouses in the 20-storey tower, which is part of the complex being built on a former industrial site south of King Street West, between Strachan and Atlantic avenues.
The area surrounding the site is being revived with new businesses, clubs and cafés.
“It’s a little village tucked in the middle of the city,” says Amanda Kirkland of Blu Consulting, which oversees sales and marketing for CanAlfa. “We’re close to the lake … restaurants and shops.”
A 24-hour Dominion is minutes away, as are Stanley Park and Trinity Bellwoods Park.
It’s a short streetcar ride to downtown attractions, including Ricoh Centre, Harbourfront and the Air Canada Centre.
The Gardiner Expressway and GO Transit are conveniently located.
Purchasers can still chose from one- to two-bedroom-plus-den units and ground-level townhouses with street-level access and outdoor space.
There will be open-concept principal rooms, balconies and wall-to wall windows.
Kitchens will feature breakfast bars, or islands in some cases.
Much of the project’s success has been fuelled by the appeal of amenities in and around the community, says Ms. Kirkland, who resides in one of the 476 stacked condo townhouses on the 45-acre site that will include multiple towers, parkland, live/work units and office space.
“People are slowly, but surely learning where Liberty Village is,” she says.
Model suites — two of them created by Mike Niven Interior Design and a third by esQape design — display available finishes and features.
They include granite countertops, ceramic tile backsplashes and nine-foot ceilings in the regular units and 10 feet in the penthouses.
There will be laminate floors or sealed concrete in the principal rooms, carpeting in the bedrooms and frosted-glass sliding doors in some models.
For kitchen appliances, buyers have a choice of white, black or stainless steel.
Parking is $20,000 and a locker $3,500.
The monthly fee is 45 cents a square feet; utilities will be individually metered.
Bliss will be linked to the first tower, which, when it is finished in the fall, will house a gym, guest suites and a car-wash bay.
The second building, which will be completed next year, will have a rooftop garden, a party room with a kitchen and additional gym facilities, along with an indoor pool and whirlpool.
PROJECT: Bliss
LOCATION: King Street West, between Strachan and Atlantic avenues
BUILDER/DEVELOPER: CanAlfa Group
SIZE: Condos 635 to 1,492 square feet; townhouses 1,058 to 1,252 square feet.
PRICE: Condos $230,000 to $600,000; townhouses, $371,900 to $439,900.
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