Trump is a Catalyst for Change
With the Trump Tower, Toronto will gain the tallest, most luxurious residential structure in Canada
From The Globe and Mail
Within the next few years the face, the look, the feel of Toronto’s real estate heart will change dramatically. Muddy York, Hogtown, all the other epithets the city once suffered will seem to be part of a dim past.
In its place will be a vibrant, 21st-century, world-class city core dramatically punctuated by the tallest, most luxurious, most elegant residential structure in Canada. Toronto will not only be Hollywood North; it will also be Manhattan North.
The catalyst for this urban sea change is the breathtaking new Trump International Hotel and Tower, Toronto. Managed by the Trump Organization and built by Talon International Development Inc., the tower will soar 70 stories above Bay and Adelaide streets.
Its lower levels will be dedicated to the city’s only true five-star hotel, a marvel of old world service coupled with space-age luxury and design. The upper stories will be home to the cream of Toronto’s young professionals and entrepreneurs plus their well-heeled elders. They will live side-by-side with their international peers – men, women and families who have made Toronto a second home.
The world has become Toronto’s oyster and the new Trump International Hotel and Tower is its shimmering pearl.
“It is a concept so new to this city that some have difficulty coming to grips with it,” says Alex Shnaider, Chairman of Talon International. “There simply is nothing like it in the city; it is an approach which owes much more to Manhattan, London, Paris and Rome.
“The simple fact is, however, Toronto has become a major international city and, as such, there is tremendous demand among sophisticated, successful business, sports, entertainment and cultural leaders for the kind of housing, services and amenities they enjoy in all the other cities they do business in or travel to.”
The details offer an insight into the incomparable levels of service, quality and luxury hotel guests and residents will experience. At ground level there will be separate entrances for the hotel and residential floors. Just off the hotel lobby will be a sophisticated martini and sushi bar.
The next seven floors reflect a Manhattan touch; they are devoted to above-grade parking. The hotel’s administrative offices occupy the eighth floor while the ninth will host a pair of restaurants, one an upscale 135-seat bistro/café for everyday dining and the other an elegant, intimate room offering haute cuisine and presided over by a celebrated chef. Level 10 is a state-of-the art business centre, complete with meeting rooms and all the cutting-edge technology modern business needs to flow smoothly and efficiently.
Residents have access to all the amenities the hotel offers. Room service from the restaurants or even catered sit-down dinners can be arranged with a single telephone call. Housekeeping, concierge service, the assistance of a valet are all at residents’ fingertips. There will be a pair of S Class Mercedes to whisk residents around the city in style and comfort.
Floors 11 through 31 contain 291 studio, one and two-bedroom hotel suites. The hotel units are being sold on a condominium ownership basis. However, should buyers prefer, they can occupy their suites at any time they choose and for how long they like; at their pleasure they can be rented to hotel guests by the management company.
Level 31 is home to the five Trump Executive suites, the largest of which is the Presidential Expo Suite, a monument to luxury measuring in at just less than 4,000 square feet.
The 32nd and 33rd floors offer a magnificent, world-class, 18,000-square-foot spa. A true five-star escape from the hurly burly of daily life, it will offer not only a pool, fully equipped gym and private change rooms but also sybaritic services like aromatherapy, full body massage and yoga. Again, residents have full access to the spa and all its diversions.
The 33rd floor also holds the sky lobby, which serves the 147 residences. A round-the-clock concierge mans the reception desk. Visitors can relax in the comfort of the sky lobby itself or take in stunning views of the city from the adjoining balcony.
Private elevators carry residents and guests directly to individual suites. Trump Toronto residences themselves are in a class of their own, says Val Levitan, president and CEO of Talon International.
“What we have done, through the recent introduction of new suite designs, is create an exclusive community that appeals to the city’s sophisticated, well-to-do professionals and entrepreneurs,” he says. “Trump Toronto will be the address of choice in the downtown core.”
And like any successful community, it offers a range of suites to appeal to the broadest range of buyers. They start at 1,295 square feet and run right up to the 7,000-square-foot, three-level penthouse that sits at the very pinnacle of the tower.
“Trump International Hotel and Tower, Toronto, simply put, is unique,” says Mr. Levitan. “There is Trump, and then there is everything else.”
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