Downtown Markham - Rouge Bijou Promenade Edit Building

Rouge Bijou Promenade

Approximate Address - 62 Enterprise Boulevard & [map]

City - Markham, Ontario, Canada

Region - Greater Golden Horseshoe

Complex - Downtown Markham

Complex Buildings - Rouge Bijou Arbor, Rouge Terraces, Rouge Bijou

Technical

Type - Mid-Rise

Designation - Condominium

Status - Construction

Floors - 7

Units - 152 suites

Suites - From 51m²550feet² to 161m²1735feet²

Companies

Architect - Quadrangle Architects Ltd.

Developer - Remington Group

Real Estate Broker - Baker Real Estate

Building Record History

2007-11-08 - Construction

Reference Material

Contributors: Mark Simpson, Rod Taylor

• Harness, Allison. (2006, 21 October). "Plenty of sites available from Aurora to Woodbridge". Toronto Star.

  ROUGE BIJOU: Enterprise Dr., north of Hwy. 407, east of Warden Ave. Builder: The Remington Group Inc. Phase 3 will be a seven-storey, 152-unit brick, precast concrete and glass building. Phase 4 will be a seven-storey building with 92 units. Prices (locker and parking included): from $195,900 for 540 sq. ft. to $391,900 for 1,090 sq. ft. Fees: 39 cents per sq. ft., plus hydro.

  Amenities: party room with demonstration kitchen, virtual golf, exercise room, private screening room, 24-hour concierge and guest suite. Sales: Phase 3, 86 per cent sold; Phase 4, 80 per cent sold. Status: construction to start spring 2007. Occupancy: end of May 2008.

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• Hanes, Tracy. (2006, 29 July). "First condos sell out in new downtown". Toronto Star.

  The first condos offered for sale in what will be a $3-billion, sustainable, mixed-use development were snapped up literally overnight when the project opened earlier this month, says Barbara Lawlor, president of Baker Realty.

  Downtown Markham, being developed by the Remington Group, will combine European-inspired streets with boutiques, squares, condominiums, townhouses, entertainment and commercial districts — all within walking distance of each other and with easy access to York Region's transit system and the Unionville GO station.

  Lawlor says the next condo building, the 152-unit Rouge Bijou Promenade, will be launched soon and will have similar features and finishes to the first two buildings, with units ranging from 550-square-foot, one-bedroom designs to 1,735-square-foot, two-storey villas.

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• Mays, John Bentley. (2006, 21 July). "A project's bow to the new suburbanism". Globe and Mail.

  To be sure, the recently launched $3-billion development by Remington Group known as Downtown Markham isn't exactly what Mr. Taylor is calling a "new village." With a projected population of 10,000, it's too big for that.

  Though the build-out of Downtown Markham has only just begun, it appears to be an idea whose time has come: The 105 condominium units in the first residential building to go up for sale — a 10-storey gateway block called Rouge Bijou — sold out in a matter of hours.

  The 82-unit second building, Rouge Terraces, was a similarly quick sell. (Prices ranged from $185,900 to $486,900 for suites between 470 and 1,735 square feet in Rouge Bijou and 560 to 1,570 square feet in Rouge Terraces.)

  Two of 12 buildings to be designed for the site by the Toronto firm Quadrangle Architects, Rouge Bijou and Rouge Terraces are conventional modernist replies to the developer's call for "place-making" that works its magic through "change, contrast and intricacy of façade, form, colour, or materials." Remington's brochure presents visions of future streetscapes that are more along Victorian lines, with windows and storefronts framed by much masonry.

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