Once one of the tallest structures in Canada, the smokestack rose more than 200 feet. It served the interests of the Canada Foundry Co., an enterprise that made the blunt instruments of an emerging nation
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Bye-bye, big smoke
Posted: 29th July 2010 by Laurin Jeffrey in Miscellaneous, Planning & Development, Toronto History, Toronto Loft Conversions, Toronto Real Estate, Toronto Townhouses & TownhomesTags: affordable, authentic, brick, buy, buying a home, canada, canada foundry co., condo, condominium, confidence, cranes, development, dupont and lansdowne, environment, estate, factory, first, foundry, foundry lofts, furnace, hard, heritage, heritage designation, home, industrial, land, lansdowne ave, lease, locomotive, loft, loft conversions, lofts, optimism, parkland, PST, real, real estate, rent, residential development, smokestack, tallest structures, toronto, toronto lofts, Tory, tower, townhome, townhomes, townhouse, townhouses
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Naturally sophisticated in Lawrence Park
Posted: 25th July 2010 by Laurin Jeffrey in Buying Real Estate, Empty Nesters, Luxury Real Estate, New Condos & Lofts, Toronto Condos, Toronto Real EstateTags: Amenities, architects, aura, balconies, bayview, bayview ave, bayview avenue condos, blythwood, Blythwood at Huntington, Blythwood at Huntington condos, buy, buyer, buyers, canadian, colour palette, colour selection, concierge service, condo, condo project, condominium, condominium building, condos, couples, CREA, energy savings, Energy Star, environment, environmental, environmental design, Etobicoke, fireplace, first, foot ceilings, gold, granite countertops, greenspace, hard, hardwood, home, hst, huntington, interior rooms, interior space, land, lawrence park, lawrence park condos, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, leed, location, luxury, luxury condo, luxury condos, luxury retirement, luxury toronto condos, maintenance, marble floor, market, neighbourhood, new, new toronto condos, porcelain tiles, project, rent, retirement, sale, sales, sales and marketing, sherwood park, square feet, stainless steel, stainless steel appliances, studio, target, td, time, toronto, toronto condos, tridel, unit condo, unit condominium
In contrast to the busy traffic on Bayview Ave., all is calm inside the sales centre for Blythwood at Huntington condos. There’s a sophisticated serenity about the foyer with its marble floor, subtly elegant tones and domed ceiling.
Top 5 ways to make your condo look more expensive
Posted: 22nd July 2010 by Laurin Jeffrey in Design and Staging, General Real Estate, New Condos & Lofts, North York Condos, Toronto CondosTags: accent wall, available products, bangle, buy, buyer, buyers, ceramic vase, chandelier, coffee table, colour choices, colour palette, condo, condo decorating, condo design, condos, construction, dining table, fluffy rug, frivolity, hard, hgtv, home, ird, luxury, magpies, margin of error, price tag, real, reduce, reflective surfaces, Renovation, rent, satin pillow, shades, shades of white, sheen, shiny objects, sideboard, small space, splurge, toronto, toronto condos, yourhome
When purchasing a condo, most buyers sink the majority of their funds into the space, leaving little left over for furniture and frivolity. Here are a few tips to make your space look and feel more expensive than it actually is.
HST will not affect resale homes
Posted: 20th July 2010 by Laurin Jeffrey in Buying Real Estate, New Condos & Lofts, Real Estate Taxes, Toronto Real EstateTags: buy, buyer, buyers, consumers, CREA, credit, estate, first, Goods and Services Tax, government, GST, hard, harmonized sales, Harmonized Sales Tax, home, home buyers, homebuyer, homebuyers, housing, hst, increase, July 1, land, land transfer tax, Land transfer taxes, mortgage, mortgage costs, mpac, new, new home, new housing, ontario consumers, property tax, Property Taxes, provincial government, Provincial Sales Tax, PST, purchasing a home, purchasing a new home, real, real estate, real estate board, real estate transaction, real estate transactions, reduce, rent, renting, resale home, resale homes, resale housing, sale, sales, sales tax, tax, tax burden, tax credit, toronto, toronto real estate, Toronto Real Estate Board, transfer
Fortunately, home buyers choosing to purchase a resale home don’t have to worry about paying HST on the price of their home. That’s money that they can keep in their pocket, or use to keep their mortgage costs down.
Streetcar Developments
Posted: 14th July 2010 by Laurin Jeffrey in Buying Real Estate, East Toronto Real Estate, First Time Buyers, New Condos & Lofts, Planning & Development, Toronto Condos, Toronto Real Estate, Toronto Soft Lofts, West Toronto Real EstateTags: 2 eastern avenue, 2 gladstone, 2015 Pan American Games, 510 King Street East, 52 Sumach, 549 King Street East, 569 King Street East, 625 queen street east, 952 kingston, academy lane, Academy Lane Lofts, agent, agreement of purchase and sale, Amenities, architecture, balconies, bayfront, beach house lofts, boutique condos, bowling alley, brick, buy, buyer, buyers, coal, concrete floors, condo, condo builder, condo buildings, condo developer, condo development, condominium, condominium act, condominium market, condos, construction, consumer protection, corktown, corktown district, CREA, development, Distillery District, don river, Don River Park, don valley, east bayfront, east toronto condos, east toronto lofts, Edge Lofts, employment, Energy Star, Energy Star appliances, estate, expansive windows, first, First Time Buyers, foot ceilings, gladstone hotel, green roof, green roofs, GST, hard, hardwood, hardwood floors, highrise, highrises, hotel, housing, infill, infill condos, infill projects, interest rate, Interest Rates, ipo, king east, King Street East, land, Leslieville, loft, loft buildings, loft style, lofts, low rise condos, Lower Don Lands, market, market conditions, modern architecture, modern beach lofts, move up buyers, mpac, neighbourhood, neighbours, new, new toronto condos, Pan Am Village, pan american games, polished concrete, polished concrete floors, project, prospective buyer, prospective buyers, queen, queen city, Queen City Vinegar Co. Lofts, queen st, Queen Street East, Queen Street West, queen west, real, real estate, real estate agent, real estate agents, realty corp, rent, residential condos, riverside, Riverside Lofts, sale, sales, sales and marketing, selling, small condos, St. Lawrence, st. lawrence market, stainless steel, storeys, streetcar, streetcar developments, sync lofts, tarion, time, toronto, toronto condos, toronto lofts, toronto soft lofts, townhouse, townhouses, trinity lofts, urbanation, warehouse, Waterfront, Waterfront Toronto, west, west don, West Don Lands, west don lands project, wind, Wood Floors
Streetcar Developments has completed six condo buildings in the east downtown and currently has five under construction, with two more starting in the fall.