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Following on the success of Discovery and Tango at Concord Park Place—a 45 acre (18 hectare) master-planned community near Sheppard and Leslie in North York— prolific developer Concord Adex is launching its third and ultimately tallest phase at the site. Opus—two slender towers joined by an extensive amenity centre at the base—will take advantage of their prominent position on the site by providing wide-open suites with expansive views for puchasers.
Concord engaged Page + Steele / IBI Group Architects and Figure3 interior designers to create a project featuring wide, shallow suites. That means no "bowling alley" units here, but instead the rooms will line up along the exterior walls to take advantage of abundant natural light; every room will look directly out over the surrounding neighbourhoods and across to distant skylines. We'll take a look at the model suite later in the article.
The design of the complex is at the same time both minimalist and luxuriant, reminiscent of the aspirational gestures of Mid-Century Modern architecture with its air of optimism embodied in crisp, light lines and generous openings. Like the slender towers, the lobby joining them will be a grand, light-filled, see-through space, with views from the driveway through to the garden and recreation facilities beyond, while warm colours and textures decorate the few walls.
The amenities package at Opus is quite extensive. While some amenities will be exclusive to Opus residents, others will be a part of a shared facility that Concord is calling the MegaClub. The MegaClub will eventually be open to residents in Opus and also those in the next two adjoining projects to the west, allowing for a huge range of facilities to be built, while the cost is kept to a minimum by sharing it all amongst a large number of owners.
Opus's exclusive amenities include a fitness training gym with a children's play area, a pet spa, a lounge, a meeting room, guest suites, a zen courtyard, and a social quadrangle with barbecue and alfresco dining area, as seen above.
The MegaClub will be built in three stages, as each project is built. In phase one, ready along with Opus, will be courts for volleyball, for badminton, and for tennis. Both lawn bowling outside and a pair of bowling lanes will be built inside. A party room with pool table will also open in phase one, along with a putting green for golf enthusiasts. Phase one's biggest component though will be a full-size basketball court, seen in its glazed pavilion above.
Future phases of the MegaClub will bring many more facilities to the mix including a multi-lane swimming pool with whirlpool, a massage spa, a ballroom dance studio, a yoga studio, and a large scale cardio fitness and weight training studio.
Opus will feature a glowing green lantern above its top residential floor. Thirty-six storeys high, Opus 1 will next be joined by a mirror-image tower to its west, Opus 2, which will be thirty-five storeys high.
The buildings are in the southeast corner of the vast Concord Park Place site. The glassy-looking models above and below represent the eventual build-out of the project, while the detailed models represent the completed towers of Discovery and the under construction Tango towers, to the north and east of this project.
Access to the site is easy for both motorists and public transit users. Just to the south is Highway 401, while Bessarion and Bayview subway stations book-end the north side of Concord Park Place.
A model suite has been completed in the Concord Park Place sales centre. The layout of the one-bedroom suite 06 perfectly illustrates how the wide-shallow plan works. Windows run along 80% of the exterior wall, opening up to the full-length balcony and the views beyond, and every main room takes advantage of them. Below we take a look at the openness of the various rooms, and we'll pore over some of the details.
The kitchen and dining area, above and below, features an AEG oven, microwave, and washer, with Liebherr refrigerator hidden behind integrated cabinetry. Behind the sink and counter is a carrara marble backsplash.
A feature wall divides the eating area from the living area in the otherwise wide-open kitchen/dining/living room. The feature wall has a concrete core, not just drywall, so it will hold up your flatscreen tv!
The carrara marble base and mirrored insert are a sculptural optional upgrade as shown above and below. The living room's seating area is behind the camera in both photos. The den can be seen below behind the sliding black-glass doors.
The den is best suited for convertible furniture. Here it is shown with a fold-down bed making a great spot for an overnight guest, while a day-to-day desktop is hidden away.
The bedroom features a generous walk-in closet…
…while nearby is the bathroom. Concord ups the ante here with extensive carrara marble again. Covering both the walls and floor, light bounces around the the luxurious but clean-lined room. While the marble on the walls has a reflective finish, the floor is done in a non-slip honed finish. A rain-shower faucet and top end fixtures are matched with a premium Toto dual-flush toilet. Finishes here are out front of the rest of the market.
If you like what you see, Opus will soon be on the market. We will keep you posted. In the meantime, you will find several more renderings in our dataBase entry linked below. To get in on the conversation, choose one of the associated Forum thread links, or leave a comment here!
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