AlbertC
Superstar
http://www.leslievillelofts.com/flash.php
Now in pre-registration. No info yet on the building or location.
Now in pre-registration. No info yet on the building or location.
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Riverside Towns (was Leslieville Lofts, Hyde Pk/Lamb Dev, 140-162 Broadview, 3s, ?)COMPLETE
- Thread starter AlbertC
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bar1967
Active Member
Isn't this the one going at the corner of Dundas and Carlaw?
billonlogan
Active Member
I hope its the lot with the abandoned sales centre at Carlaw and Colgate just north of Queen. This site has been a real eyesore for a long time. There is another residential project on Colgate called AdobeLofts. John Bentley Mays wrote a piece on it earlier this summer.
http://www.myabodelofts.com/pdf/Globe&Mail,July27-07(Abode).pdf
http://www.myabodelofts.com/pdf/Globe&Mail,July27-07(Abode).pdf
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
The new shantytown of flimsily built, fake Victorian houses near there is ghastly. I far preferred the old factory that stood there - especially at night when it was functional, belching smoke and eerily lit - back in the mid-1970's
junctionist
Senior Member
Even in the early nineties, Toronto had so many interesting factories. And about the faux-Victorians, do they have any exterior walls covered with siding? It's an ugly yet common cost saving technique.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
I wouldn't be surprised - there's no depth to which those sorts of people won't sink.
adma
Superstar
In the 80s, I guess such sided walls would have been paradoxically excused as "post-modern honesty" (i.e. honest about the brick fronts being false fronts)
AlbertC
Superstar
Hipster Duck
Senior Member
Not bad, but that wraparound brick balcony on the second level (just above the ground floor) makes it feel squat. If they simply cut that out, and had an unbroken glass curtain (plus balconies) for five floors, it would look pretty stunning.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
There's a big sign for it on the empty lot on the west side of Broadview just north of Queen.
urbandreamer
recession proof
It's a pity Streetcar didn't get the Cityplace contract.
maestro
Senior Member
Is this streetcar?
I don't know ... streetcar loves stucco and alunimum siding
I don't know ... streetcar loves stucco and alunimum siding
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Hydrogen
Guest
Brad Lamb is a sales agent and not a developer. His organization is selling the project.
urbandreamer
recession proof
Maybe someone will buy jilly's and turn it into a hipster strip bar? That would be interesting.
But Broadview isn't in Leslieville--so the project name is misleading. It will sell of course--the area is slowly changing and has some tasty restaurants.
But Broadview isn't in Leslieville--so the project name is misleading. It will sell of course--the area is slowly changing and has some tasty restaurants.
maestro
Senior Member
AFAIK, Work Lofts is the first sole project by this firm which so far has been partnering with other developers including Leslieville in more of a financial than a developmental role.