A few other very nice features here, all of which had me as a buyer at the preview weekend.
First, it is one of the few condos I saw in the geographic area and price range that oriented the largest units towards the south-west. Toronto summers are still too short to invest in a 1300 square foot apartment that has a primarily northern exposure. While living in a studio unit is not particularly pleasant, there is no need for compensation in the form of a dramatic southern exposure.
Second, the three bedroom units are designed so that one can easily do away with one making a perfect and large two bedroom unit with an enlarged lving room. Toronto condos are very good buys at the pre-construction phase in that one has a fair degree of freedom to re-design as long as the concrete slab walls are not involved.
Third, the angling of the south face means that a south-west oriented apartment has views not only south and west but also towards a good slice of east.
This is what I call perfecion and now I hope I live long enough to see the end, perhaps even the start, of construction. Their promised move-in date of 2009 is so ludicrous that it could not even be considered a lie.
Oh yes, and the downside of the design. The balconies appear to be very narrow. Terrace living is now possible for a goodly portion of May through September - five months. The design here is so 30 years ago when a balcony was where you store empty beer cases and your bicycle.