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And so wraps up another year of real estate in Yorkville!  It was a year filled with many highs, such as a 12 million dollar condo sale, and overhaul of Bloor street and several new condos including Chaz on Charles, Pears on the Avenue and One Bloor launching in the neighbourhood! 2011 should be just as big (if not bigger) with The Yorkville Condominiums launching in the new year along with Exhibit Residences!  We’re also looking forward to seeing construction start at x2, U Condos and for several projects to register including: Crystal Blu, The Uptown and One Bedford!

As predicted in last months post, sales more than doubled compared to December 2009…in total 33 units sold!  The most amount of sales took place at Nicholas Residences with 5 sales being recorded, but since this project is still in the presales stage, it isn’t the best indicator.  There were several ties for second place with five buildings recording two sales a piece. The most notable of the five occurred at X Condos as these two units marked the first sales in the building since the condo registered with the city…  We’ll be writing a more in-depth post later in the month on this!

The most expensive sale of the month happened at the soon to be completed One Bedford!  It was a two bedroom plus den penthouse unit that sold from the developer for more than 2.5 million.  The best deal of the month was had at Casa Condos where a bachelor unit sold for just under $300,000.  The most popular layout to sell was the 2 bedroom units with 9 sales happening, followed close behind by the one bed and one bed plus den layout at 8 and 7 a piece!

Look out for more posts this month coming straight to you from the avenues of Yorkville! To purchase your own Yorkville Condo, contact the BloorCondo team!

yorkville condos
The newest luxury project to launch in 2011 is Lifetime developments “The Yorkville Condominiums“! We were the first to post a photo of it’s model mockup back in early November, and since posting, we’ve recieved a ton of emails enquiring about it’s location.

The Yorkville Condominums will be built at the current site of Moriyama & Teshima offices at 32 Davenport Rd (and Mcmurich). Many may not know the names of Moriyama & Teshima, but it was this firm that was responsible for the Toronto Reference Library, the Ontario Science Centre and even the Bata Shoe Museum to name a few.

The corner is no stranger to redevelopment as The Florian next door and the Four Seasons down the street have both been welcomed additions to the area!

The BloorCondos team took to the streets to get some photos of the future site as well as a sneak peak at what the sales centre will one day look like!  The sales centre will be located behind Moriyama & Teshimas office on Mcmurich.  Click on the thumbnails below for a  larger image:

BuzzBuzzHome had more info on the projects many amenities, which will include: a 24-hour concierge,Wine Cellar, Workout Facilities, Yoga Studio, Steam Room, Rooftop Terrace, Pool and Fifth Floor Residents Lounge!

Contact the BloorCondos team to have one of the first chances to buy in at the Yorkville Condominiums!

Green Bloor

It looks like the laughs are on the Leafs with the Bloor-Yorkville BIA’s latest ads showing up on the street! As construction continues west in the “Greener Bloor” transformation, several pylons have been placed along the widened, pedestrian-friendly granite sidewalks and curbs. By spring 2011, these pylons will be home to beautiful London Plane trees!

In the mean time…the boring black and orange pylons have been wrapped with a lighthearted laugh; poking fun at not only the Toronto Maple Leafs but also the increasingly hot condo market.  One message read – “Coming soon: 134 tree top condos for birds – Occupancy Spring 2011″.  Another had “Bloor Street will be Green – Others will be green with envy.”… And my personal favorite was the one pictured above which states “By Spring 2011, there will be more ‘leafs’ here than in the Playoffs.” Let’s hope their wrong about that one!

We spotted three of these, but if you find any more, be sure to add the message in the comment section below. Click the thumbnails below to preview a larger image of the pylons!

If you had your Yorkville condo listed during the month of November, there’s a pretty good chance you recieved and early Christmas present!  43 units sold during the month resulting in a 59% increase compared to the 27 sales recorded in 2009 and one more then October 2010. These numbers go against typical seasonal trends that usually result in a slow down of sales… And we’re sure no one would complain over that kind of change!

Along the lines of trend changing results, 8 Park Rd had 5 sales occur followed close behind by CASA with 4 sales on 33 Charles St.  Usually the newer buildings tend to have the most activity but as 8 Park Rd has shown, that isn’t always the case!  We also noticed a peak in bachelor units as 4 units sold.  Three of those were sold by way of preconstruction and came from the Nicholas development.  The most popular unit was the 2 bedroom style accounting for 14 sales, followed neck and neck by the one bedroom and one bedroom plus den layout at 9 and 8 sales a piece!

On average it took 42 days for condos to sell but for one lucky seller they got it sold in 6.  The best deal was negotiated at 86% percent of asking and the highest paid price was 3% over asking.  A two bedroom, three washroom condo took the cake for the highest price sold at over two million dollars!

We have high hopes for December surpassing the 14 sales recorded in 2009!  Check back later in the week as we announce the newest condo to register in Yorkville….here’s a hint, it has something to do with the 3rd last letter of the Alphabet!

To purchase your own Yorkville Condo, contact the BloorCondo team!

X2

The third and final Yorkville project starting demolition is X2 by Great Gulf Homes!  Located south of it’s predecessor X, X2 will rise 49 stories above Jarvis.  The project is being built on the old Pizza Pizaa headquarters, and earlier in the month all past remnants of the building were demolished!  Check out the photos below!

There’s still a great selection of units available at X2, contact the BloorCondos team if you’d like more info on purchasing there!

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