Recent Blog Posts by Laurin Jeffrey

Victoria Lofts - 152 Annette Street

Eagerly awaited, the Victoria Lofts will be a 38-unit conversion of an historic turn-of-the-century church and Sunday school to authentic Toronto lofts. A true west Toronto landmark, the church is located on Annette Street at Medland Street in the residential neighbourhood of High Park. Victoria Lofts is close to shops, great restaurants, schools and a library, within walking distance of High Park, ...

Brock Lofts - 27-31 Brock Street

Located at 27-31 Brock Street just north of Queen Street West and west of Dufferin Street, the Brock Lofts has a rustic urban appeal to it and contains only 23 loft units ranging from 350 to 1,600 square feet. The area showcases a wide array of restaurants, bars and galleries including the Gladstone Hotel and the Drake Hotel. These authentic loft conversions feature all the loft goodies, including ...

Mystic Pointe Sky Lofts - 200/250/300 Manitoba Street

Mystic Pointe, the original exclusive loft community of Etobicoke. Located 10 minutes from downtown Toronto and minutes from Humber Bay. Overlooking Lake Ontario, Mystic Pointe offers the perfect lifestyle for the urban Toronto professional. In 1997, the McGiness Distillery was transformed from warehouse to warehouse lofts and many of the orginal buildings features have remained, such as the ...

Noble Court Lofts - 24 Noble Street

This is a vintage live/work loft in a residential neighbourhood setting. The Noble Court Lofts are located at Queen Street West at Dufferin. The building was converted from industrial/office use to live and/or work spaces. Built in 1910 by AA Barthelmas & Co who were action makers (actions are the system of lever trains between the hammers and keys of a piano whereby the finger movements ...

The Lofts on Sorauren - 347 Sorauren Avenue

A former ball-bearing factory converted into authentic hard lofts, 347 Sorauren Avenue is located near lively Roncesvalles Village with its shopping areas, restaurants, gourmet shops, and ethnic delicatessens. It's also close to High Park, with easy access to the College and Dundas Street cars. The second storey of 347 Sorauren features 12 to 15 foot metal ceilings with open web steel joints, ...

Brewery Lofts - 90 Sumach Street

The Brewery Lofts is one of Toronto's best lofts. A former CBC props warehouse (not a brewery, strangely enough), the Brewery Lofts are large, with 14 foot ceilings, mushroom columns and polished concrete floors and huge floor to ceiling windows. Many of the suites have been treated like a blank canvas and the owners have done extensive upgrades to their suites. One of the best authentic loft ...

Massey Harris Lofts - 915 King Street West

The Massey Harris Lofts, constructed in 1883, the red brick office building was designed by Edward James Lennox, one of Toronto's leading architects who would go on to design Old City Hall. For close to a century, it served the company as it evolved into Massey-Ferguson and eventually Varity Corp. In 1973, the building was listed as a heritage property by the City. Located at 915 King Street West, ...

Pop Factory Lofts (Manning Lofts) - 115 Manning Street

Completed in 1986, the Pop Factory Lofts on Manning are another of Toronto's original loft conversions. This 6 unit converted low-rise pop factory loft building development has it all - it has the features of a loft, and a townhouse with a garden terrace at the back. Most of the original building was lost in a fire thus the building is largely new. The lofts are set back from the street and is extremely ...

Kensington Market Lofts - 160 Baldwin Street & 21 Nassau Street

The Kensington Market Lofts are a loft conversion that is located in the heart of Toronto. It is situated in the centre of Kensington Market and close to other vibrant neighbourhoods such as Chinatown, Little Italy, The Annex and Queen Street West. The site was originally home to the Provincial Institute of Trades, and then George Brown College until the early 1995 when the George Brown campus was ...

Industrial Revolution I Lofts - 676 Richmond Street West

Formerly a knitting mill, Industrial Revolution I is now living its second life as 20 loft condos. Units range from 750 square feet to more than 2,000 square feet and boast ceilings of up to sixteen feet in addition to features such as fireplaces and hardwood floors. All suites are provided with underground parking and air conditioning. Most units boast outdoor views on either a patio or terrace. ...

Hepbourne Hall Lofts - 110 Hepbourne Street

Located at 110 Hepbourne Street, Hepbourne Hall was originally constructed as a collegiate gothic style extension to the Dovercourt-St. Paul's Presbyterian Church. Conn Smythe was a Church elder and taught Sunday school there. As a sidecar the building's gym was also used by the 40's Toronto Maple Leafs as an off season training facility. Several units in this twenty-one unit 1990 loft conversion have ...

Gotham Lofts - 781 King Street West

Gotham is one of the most exclusive address in the trendy neighbourhood of King West. Originally a harness factory built in 1917, the Gotham Lofts were beautifully converted into a hard loft building housing 47 unites on 6 levels. Located on the south side of King West of Bathurst Street, Gotham Lofts have suites ranging from 625 square feet to 1360 square feet. Lofts feature 9 1/2 to 12 foot ceilings, ...

Creed Lofts - 295 Davenport Road

Located in a very posh location (with higher prices, of course) is the former Creed's Fur Storage building. These are upscale lofts with mostly multi-level units with skylights or windows onto an atrium light well. Most have patios or terraces, hardwood and gas fireplaces. The top level was added on as new construction. Originally the Creed fur storage building, this conversion consists of 19 units ...

Clinton Lofts - 200 Clinton Avenue

It's hard to imagine a location better for lofts than being just a few steps from the ultra hip & trendy College/Clinton intersection in Little Italy. The Clinton Lofts were converted from a button factory in Little Italy. The 18 lofts all have separate entrances, situated off a back alley, east of Brock Street between Queen Street West and Dundas Street West. The Clinton Lofts are located right ...

Candy Factory Lofts - 993 Queen Street West

The Candy Factory Lofts were the brain child of Harry Stinson, a long time visionary when comes to interesting and innovative spaces. After several long years of inner turmoil between the development team and the building owners Metro Ontario Group, the Candy Factory finally was completed in 1999/2000. The Candy Factory is most certainly one of the most notable loft conversions in Toronto. Blessed ...

Brockton Lofts - 20 Brockton Street

A loft conversion built and completed in the mid-1980s, with only 18 suites, all with separate entrances, situated off a back alley, east of Brock Street between Queen Street West and Dundas Street West. An old warehouse, 20 Brockton is located right on a 24 hr TTC streetcar line. The Brockton Lofts are a converted warehouse with 12 foot ceilings consisting of two and three storey units. They have ...

St. George on Sheldrake - 65 Sheldrake Boulevard

In 2001, the church sanctuary at 65 Sheldrake Boulevard, which had been vacant at the time, was converted into lofts for residential use. Many of the units are well over 1,000 square feet, with some larger than many homes at over 4,000 square feet. Since only 33 units were converted into lofts from the original church space, the developer managed to make every loft a large alternative to a house. ...

The Abbey Lofts - 384 Sunnyside Avenue

The Abbey Lofts are located in a converted 1911 neo-Gothic church situated between Roncesvalles Avenue and High Park in a high-demand community with great shopping, restaurants and nightlife, and lots of room for recreation in Toronto's most beautiful downtown park. Public transportation, a five-minute walk to the Bloor subway line, is excellent, and there are three streetcars nearby, running along ...

Robert Watson Lofts - 363 Sorauren Avenue

The Robert Watson Lofts surpass many of the new and existing lofts on the Toronto landscape. Due to the lack of warehouses and industrial properties available for conversion, true lofts in Toronto are guaranteed a lucrative future in the resale market. The vintage building making up one-half of the condominium corporation fronts on to Sorauren Avenue. It is the century-old Robert Watson warehouse ...

Argyle Authentic Lofts - 183 Dovercourt Road

Rising five stories, The Argyle Lofts was and remains the tallest structure in the immediate neighbourhood. The distinctive corner bakery entrance will continue to be the loft's front door, with the clock retained as a reminder of the building's industrial past. The history and charm of this building set it apart from other industrial loft conversions in Toronto making it truly one-of-a-kind. The ...

Chocolate Company Lofts - 955 Queen Street West

Introducing the Chocolate Factory Lofts located at 955 Queen St W., a traditional looking addition along Queen and Crawford Streets which both links and complements two existing historic loft buildings. Across from Trinity Bellwoods Park, in a neighbourhood that has an established sense of authenticity, you will find the Chocolate Lofts. The Chocolate Company Loft offers a mix of original loft architecture ...

The Glebe Lofts - 660 Pape Avenue

Very rarely does an opportunity come along to live in history. Designed by renowned period architect J. Wilson Gray, originally constructed for the trustees of the Riverdale Presbyterian Church, this imposing architectural building is now to be retrofitted, entirely within the existing envelope, into only 32 astonishing multi-level loft residences. Erected in 1920 as an extension to the original ...

Beach House Lofts - 1842 Queen Street East

The much anticipated sequel to the Academy Lane Lofts boasting 12-20' ceilings, large outdoor spaces and gourmet kitchens. The Beach House Lofts sales centre opened in September 2004, and within 4 days only one loft remained. Completed in 2005, Streetcar Developments is proud to have brought more upscale urban living to the Beaches Community. The Beach House Lofts condominium project, developed by ...

Bloorline Lofts - 284 St. Helens Avenue

If you take a walk through the building and through the lofts at Bloorline, you'll never guess that it was once a mattress factory. While Plazacorp has gone to great lengths to keep the original structure of the building, the new roof, windows, plumbing and wiring make the Bloorline Lofts a wonderful, yet historic, place to call home. One-, two- and even three-storey lofts are available ranging ...

Toy Factory Lofts - 43 Hanna Avenue

This loft project is converting the old Irwin toy factory into a 7 floor (plus addition) 213-unit hard loft residence. Located in the ever more popular community of Liberty Village, in the west end of downtown Toronto. Key features in these lofts are the high ceilings, exposed ductwork, and original exposed brick. Although the conversion of the former Irwin Toy Factory building at 43 Hanna Street ...