Fly Condos – a new condo development by Empire Communities located at Spadina and Front St is trying something new. In an effort to promote the project, the developer is holding a Celebrity Look Alike Contest with the winner getting $75,000 off of the purchase of a suite at Fly Condos. Very interesting tactic and […]
October 27, 2009 / by Andrew la Fleur /Uncategorized
Have you heard of REVE? For most of my readers the answer is probably ‘no’. You’d probably be surprised to know that REVE is a new project by Tridel (Canada’s largest condo builder), that it is located downtown, and that over the weekend they completely sold out of all 1 and 2 bedroom units and […]
I would love to paint a picture for my readers and clients that buying a new, pre-construction condo at a VIP sales event is a simple and straight-forward process where if you have money and are ready to spend it, you get exactly what you want when you want it. Unfortunately this is not always […]
Building a sales centre on the site of a future new condo development used to be the first thing that developers would do when launching a new project. Developers of Toronto condos typically would spend hundreds of thousands, sometimes millions in the construction of these temporary structures that were built to be torn down. Inherently […]
We are bordering on a buyer’s market right now. I wouldn’t say we are quite there yet, but with the Sales:Active Listings ratio hovering around 35% for downtown condos, buyers certainly have choices when they go out looking for condos this summer. But I don’t want to talk about buying for a change, I want […]
This is the second installment in this new series whereby I am attempting to give my readers a street-level, in the trenches sort of perspective of what the condo market is actually like. “Temperature Check” will help show what it’s like to be a seller in the current market and what you can expect if […]
December 15, 2009 / by Andrew la Fleur /Uncategorized
Canderel Stoneridge, the developer behind College Park Residences 1&2, AURA, and DNA 1&2. DNA3 will be located at 1030 King Street West,on the north side of the street where the former Chrysler dealership buildings still stand. (Google Streetview link). Units at DNA 1 and 2 are currently selling in the $500+ per square foot range. […]
Fly Condos Celebrity Contest
August 6, 2008 / by Andrew la Fleur / News
Fly Condos – a new condo development by Empire Communities located at Spadina and Front St is trying something new. In an effort to promote the project, the developer is holding a Celebrity Look Alike Contest with the winner getting $75,000 off of the purchase of a suite at Fly Condos. Very interesting tactic and […]
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REVE Sells 270 Units in a Weekend
October 27, 2009 / by Andrew la Fleur / Uncategorized
Have you heard of REVE? For most of my readers the answer is probably ‘no’. You’d probably be surprised to know that REVE is a new project by Tridel (Canada’s largest condo builder), that it is located downtown, and that over the weekend they completely sold out of all 1 and 2 bedroom units and […]
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Prepare to be Disappointed
September 21, 2009 / by Andrew la Fleur / Insights
I would love to paint a picture for my readers and clients that buying a new, pre-construction condo at a VIP sales event is a simple and straight-forward process where if you have money and are ready to spend it, you get exactly what you want when you want it. Unfortunately this is not always […]
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Death of the Sales Centre?
February 12, 2010 / by Andrew la Fleur / Insights
Building a sales centre on the site of a future new condo development used to be the first thing that developers would do when launching a new project. Developers of Toronto condos typically would spend hundreds of thousands, sometimes millions in the construction of these temporary structures that were built to be torn down. Inherently […]
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Defence
July 20, 2010 / by Andrew la Fleur / Insights
We are bordering on a buyer’s market right now. I wouldn’t say we are quite there yet, but with the Sales:Active Listings ratio hovering around 35% for downtown condos, buyers certainly have choices when they go out looking for condos this summer. But I don’t want to talk about buying for a change, I want […]
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Temperature Check: Bathurst and Lake Shore Edition
May 20, 2011 / by Andrew la Fleur / Insights
This is the second installment in this new series whereby I am attempting to give my readers a street-level, in the trenches sort of perspective of what the condo market is actually like. “Temperature Check” will help show what it’s like to be a seller in the current market and what you can expect if […]
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Coming Soon: DNA3
December 15, 2009 / by Andrew la Fleur / Uncategorized
Canderel Stoneridge, the developer behind College Park Residences 1&2, AURA, and DNA 1&2. DNA3 will be located at 1030 King Street West,on the north side of the street where the former Chrysler dealership buildings still stand. (Google Streetview link). Units at DNA 1 and 2 are currently selling in the $500+ per square foot range. […]
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