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Showcase Building on Carlaw
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Permalink Reply by chris on
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For those new to this discussion:
If you want to contact the Aragon Developers and bring to their attention some of your concerns.
Lenny Moy
President
lmoy@aragon.ca
(604) 732-6170
Alex Burgers
Senior Project Coordinator
aburgers@aragon.ca
Darwin Leung
Project Coordinator
dleung@aragon.ca
David Wan
Director of Sales and Marketing
dwan@aragon.ca
Jacqueline Weston
Senior Project Coordinator
jweston@aragon.ca
David Roppel
Director of Planning and Development
droppel@aragon.ca
Krista Buttjes
Senior Sales and Marketing Coordinator
kbuttjes@aragon.ca
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Permalink Reply by Greg H on -
Good luck with Paula Fletcher. Now that she is back in and the Walmart is avoided she is silent. I have emailed with a number of concerns, received one response back from an assistant and then...nothing. I have gone to a few open houses at Natalie Place and have yet to be impressed. Crooked walls, poor finishes, wiggly newels on stairs, etc, etc. Anyone purchasing in there had better be ready to spend $$. That being said, anyone foolish enough to move into a 100+ year old house has also better be ready to spend $$$. We love it though; love the neighbourhood too.
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Permalink Reply by ScottyASAP on -
Making sure everyone is aware of this notice sent by Paula Fletcher yesterday:
Community Information Open House
To residents of the Carlaw and Dundas area:
In 2002 the Official Plan Ammendment and Site Plan for the former Colgate factory lands were approved. The developer built the townhomes at Natalie Place and Logan and conveyed the land for building John Chang Park.
64 Colgate was approved for development but it was never built.
The developer is proceeding with the original approvals from 2002. This rezoning approval took place long before many of you moved into the neighborhood and preceded my election as your Councillor in 2003.
Of course many people have questions about the style and nature of the development.
I have asked the planning department and the developer to attend a community information open house where you can become familiar with the plans and ask any related questions you may have.
Thursday June 16th
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Morse Street Junior Public School-Library
180 Carlaw Ave (at Queen)Our local planner, Denise Graham, can also answer any questions and she can be reached at dgraham1@toronto.ca
For easy access, I have also posted the rezoning approval on my website at www.paulafletcher.ca
I look forward to seeing you on June 16th.
Sincerely,
Paula
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Permalink Reply by Marla Good on -
Thanks for posting this.
And, I wanted to note that this is taking place in the library on the night of the school's Fun Fair/BBQ/Silent Auction, which is taking place from 3:30 on. It's slated to end at 6:30 and we begin closing down the Silent Auction around 6:15, and folks linger until close to seven anyway. Please come early, grab a hot dog or hamburger and help our school's fundraiser if you can! I'll be adding the flyer and a list of the VERY kind sponsors and donors in another post here shortly.
As far as the meeting goes, I'll be attending the meeting as I live across the street from the development, and have plenty of questions. As Paula mentions, this was all part of Jack Layton's "Destination Carlaw" plan from way back when we bought our house, and I am searching for my stack of information with the original plans and approvals from back then. As I recall Planning specified that the style had to suit the visual image of the formerly industrial neighbourhood and it was actually great-looking and a good fit.
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Permalink Reply by Greg H on
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If you can find your files of the original architectural proposal that would be fantastic. At the moment is certainly looks industrial but doesn't fit in with this formerly industrial neighbourhood.
Marla Good said:As far as the meeting goes, I'll be attending the meeting as I live across the street from the development, and have plenty of questions. As Paula mentions, this was all part of Jack Layton's "Destination Carlaw" plan from way back when we bought our house, and I am searching for my stack of information with the original plans and approvals from back then. As I recall Planning specified that the style had to suit the visual image of the formerly industrial neighbourhood and it was actually great-looking and a good fit.
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Permalink Reply by biscuit on -
If you can't find it, I wonder if it would be worth contacting Jack Layton's office, and asking his people if the "Destination Carlaw" stuff might be stashed away somewhere.
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Permalink Reply by Marla Good on
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Still no flyers in our very nearby home mailboxes, but Paula personally dropped off enough at Morse St. School to go home with every student!
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Permalink Reply by Kel JSpace on -
Found some information from following website. Interesting to see that 9' ceiling is becoming the new norm for lofts.
http://www.condoforsaletoronto.ca/Showcase-Lofts-Leslieville-Carlaw...
Pricing - $224,900 to $569,900
Locker - $3,000
Bicycle Storage - $500
Parking - Included with all suites except Jr. 1 Bedrooms. If you want to purchase parking it will cost $25,000. You can also discount $10,000 off your purchase price if you don`t want to purchase parking.
Deposit Structure - $5,000 on signing, balance of 5% within 10 days, 5% in 90 days, 5% in 365 days, 5% at interm closing. Total 15% down with 5% at occupancy.
Total Units - 230 Residential
Building Height (Stories) - 7 Stories
Amenities - Gym (exercise facilities), yoga room, theatre, party room
Exterior - Brick, Concrete, Steel and Glass
Condo Fees - $0.45 per square feet
SUITE INFORMATION:
Unit Sizes :
Type Smallest Size Largest Size Jr. 1 Bedroom 427 sqft 429 sqft 1 Bedroom 578 sqft 738 sqft 2 Bedroom 847 sqft 919 sqft 3 Bedroom 1090 sqft 1090 sqft Ceiling Heights - 9 ft ceilings except in bathroom, powder room, washer/dryer room, and foyer.
Walls - Drywall, reclaimed brick feature wall in all plans.
Windows - Skylights for units on the 7th floor as per plan.
Flooring - Wide plank engineered hardwood flooring throughout living and kitchen areas. Broadloom carpets in bedrooms as per plan. 12" by 24" ceramic floor tile in bathrooms.
Columns - None
Kitchens - Contemporary kitchen cabinets with high gloss accents, under cabinet puck lighting, built-in wine rack, polished quartz countertops, undermount Kohler stainless steel sink with Kohler pull-out faucet, porcelain tile back splash, GE stainless steel appliance.
Cooking - Stainless Steel Gas Range
Bathrooms - Polished quartz counter tops, square line profile cabinetry with stainless steel pulls, Kohler polished chrome sink faucet, white Kohler under mount sink, ceramic wall tiles in bathtub and shower enclosure.
Closets - Sliding glass doors as per plan
Outdoor Space - Most units come with outdoor space.
BBQ -
Heating & Cooling System - Hydro Electric Heat pump individually metered
Laundry - Ensuite (stacked GE front loading washer and dryer)
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Permalink Reply by Andrew JM on -
Hi all new to the site. I'm going to try my best to make it to that meeting next week. I did email David Wan Director of Sales and Marketing dwan@aragon.ca as suggested earlier. If the we and the city can't make this developer provide our area with a better design I'd be willing to volunteer some time for rotating pickets in front of the sales office. Really, look how awful this thing is.
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Permalink Reply by Ara Mamourian on -
I think I'm the only real estate broker in town steering people away from buying something! They have proposed one change and that is to include brick on the thin vertical stripes above the parking garage and on the South side as well. In my opinion if it only looked like the sales centre we wouldn't have a problem. It's so weird, the sales centre looks like a fairly contemporary structure that may fit in well with the area but their actual design is completely different. Nothing adds up with this development. From the advertising, to the launch to the over all design it's all so disconnected. They have only achieved 30% sales to date when most developments launching in the east end are achieving that in the first 30 minutes. This location should be a sell out by now (or pretty close to it). I guarantee you if Lamb Dev Corp (a little biased because I work for the big bald man but can't argue that our stuff is superior to most) or Street Car Developments had this land it would be something special!
Bottom line is if they don't sell they can't build and at this rate they won't be able to put a shovel in the ground. The struggle I'm having is that the smaller (under 800sqft) floor plans are pretty good. The jr. 1 bedroom and the 1 beds and even some of the 2 beds are pretty good. The major problem is the 3 bedroom units. They are on prime corners but have full walls of useless brick when it should be a wall of windows to let in the South light. That's what my clients were looking forward to but just couldn't make themselves sign on the dotted line. Would be like living in a cave!
Also, to have parking included with units under 700sqft is absurd! Why the hell do you force people to buy parking spots, especially in this neighbourhood. They clearly have not done their research. They would have achieved higher sales if they reduced the price and make parking optional. Providing Auto Share and Bike Share space would have been more appropriate here. Price per square foot is pretty high considering you can still get superior product at Worklofts, Flatiron or The Ninety for much less per square foot.
See you all at the meeting!
Andrew Moore said:
Hi all new to the site. I'm going to try my best to make it to that meeting next week. I did email David Wan Director of Sales and Marketing dwan@aragon.ca as suggested earlier. If the we and the city can't make this developer provide our area with a better design I'd be willing to volunteer some time for rotating pickets in front of the sales office. Really, look how awful this thing is.
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