Coming soon to the heart of the Entertainment District at King and Peter: NOIR CONDOS by Menkes . Contact me now for floor plans and pricing, or simply complete the form below.

It’s black-on-black with white accents for this tower that will surely stand out from the its neighbours when complete in a few years. The tower will rise on the parking lot that is currently set between the Hyatt Hotel to the south and an historic building to the north.

The Entertainment District of course has been home to some of the most successful new condo launches in the city over the past year: Peter Street Condos, Tableau Condos, The Bond, Cinema Tower, Studio2 etc. were all launched in the last 12 months and all have sold extremely well. This part of the city is shaping up to what some are calling “The Next Yorkville”. While it remains to be seen if this will actually happen, there is no doubt that the movement of the Film Festival head quarters from Yorkville to this area was a watershed moment in the downtown development scene. This combined with the city’s approval of the 46-storey Festival Tower buildilng some years ago through the door wide open to high-rise development in this once mid-rise area.

Menkes is one of the best developers in the City. They have been part of the transformation of North York and the Yonge-Sheppard-Finch corridor over the last decade. Now they are making a big push downtown with Noir, Fabrik, and coming later this year (most likely), two 70-storey towers to Harbourfront.

Amazingly, this building is only 1 of 3 new condo towers that will be launching this year in this intersection at King and Peter! Also coming this month will be Tux Condos by Great Gulf and eventually we will likely see King-Blue Condos (if that’s what they end up calling it). If you’ve been watching this area over the past year you will note that some are calling King and Peter the “Next Hub Intersection” downtown.

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Feb 18 update: Floor plans now available. VIP broker event set for March 8. Pricing rumored to be VERY good for this one. Contact me for details on why this could be the best investment pick for King West in 2011.

King Charlotte Condos is another hotly anticipated project from Lamb Developments at King and Spadina. On the heels of the well received Theatre Park development, Lamb and his partner Niche Developments are wasting no time in bringing this one to market. The site will be at 11 Charlotte Street, in between Adelaide and King, across the street from GLAS (one of my favourite buildings in the city and another Lamb project). If you are interested in purchasing a suite at King Charlotte before this project opens to the public, please contact me.

The project will have 230 suites and rise 32 storeys, giving it a distinctly tall and sleek feel. Designed by architectsAlliance, the same architect behind Theatre Park, the building will have ground level retail and rooftop amenities including a rooftop pool. The views from the roof will probably be some of the best in the area and will rival that of the rooftop pool area at BISHA around the corner.

No word on pricing yet, but with GLAS selling as a resale building in the high $500s per square foot, I would anticipate that the average $PSF in this building will likely be around $625, and units facing south on high floors will likely fetch $700PSF.

Pricing Update: 1 bedrooms from $241,900, 1+dens from $327,900, 2 beds from $435,900, and 3 bedrooms from $558,900.

King and Spadina is getting very crowded. Hard to believe that 10 years ago this intersection was condo-free and you’d be hard pressed to find any condo developer looking for land to build here.  Now there are so many buildings within 200m of this intersection either built, under construction, or proposed that it’s hard to say any other area is ‘hotter’ than King and Spadina anywhere downtown.

King street between University and Spadina is clearly poised to become the best area downtown to live for key demographic that is driving the condo market – the young urban professional. Some have dubbed this area Toronto’s next Yorkville, or some kind of a SOHO-type neighbourhood, but it’s more than either of those. It’s really becoming the pulse of the city.

If you would like to receive prices and floor plans for King Charlotte, please contact me.

From the builder:

King Charlotte’s architecture is based on a series of designed boxes, all of different types and sizes.

The boxes stack upon each other, and not necessarily in a fashion that one might initially imagine. The retail box protrudes from the podium box, the tower box appears to teeter and overhang the podium box, and the oversized rooftop amenity box actually does overhang the tower box.

It is all very playful, yet incredibly clean and crisp.

Theatre Park is good to go! After facing much opposition from city council, Lamb Development has received approval from the OMB to build this tower. The tower of glass and steel, designed by architectsAlliance, is to be 47 storeys tall with 240 units and prices will start from $299,900. Brad Lamb never seems to release pricing before the day of the actual sales event, but I anticipate prices will be in the mid $600s Per Square Foot on average. Floor plans are available now.

Brad Lamb’s other (now completed) building in this area is Glas, located on Oxley street, near King and Spadina. Glas commands some of the highest resale values in this area and whenever I show buyers suites in this building, there is an almost universal appeal and ‘wow’ factor to the suites. Perhaps more than any other developer downtown, Brad Lamb delivers what buyers want.

Located at 224 King Street West, just east of the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre, I’m not exaggerating when I say the location is A1. Having a King Street address will be very valuable from an investment perspective as this area continues to improve and possibly become the ‘next Yorkville’. Traffic flow, transit lines, and retail patterns will all contribute to positioning King Street as the premier street in this area. The ‘King Street Factor’ should not be overlooked when comparing Theatre Park with other area developments.

The building itself promises spectacular architecture and will be set-back from King Street in order to incorporate a public park fronting onto King Street. I don’t have details on how this will be executed but hopefully it will be done with care as it has potential to be either awkward or amazing in my opinion.

The one-night-only VIP brokers’ Sales Event is happening November 22. Contact me for further details and your chance to buy at this project before the public release.

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