Chocolate Company Lofts Edit Building

Identification

Address - 955 Queen Street West [map]

City - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Region - Greater Golden Horseshoe

Nearby Buildings - 1001 Queen Street West 1, 1001 Queen Street West 2, Queen Street Hospital - Building 1, Queen Street Hospital - Building 2, Queen Street Hospital - Building 3, Queen Street Hospital - Building 4, Terra Bella, Massey Square on King, 150 Sudbury, DNA - North Tower

Technical

Type - Mid-Rise

Designation - Condominium

Status - Complete

Floors - 6

Units - 146 suites

Suites - From 46m²500feet² to 90m²972feet²

Companies

Developer - Plazacorp Investments

Building Record History

2005-03-26 - Complete

Reference Material

Contributors: Rod Taylor

• Harness, Allison. (2005, 26 March). "Plenty of lofts, condos in Toronto's west end". Toronto Star.

  955 Queen St. W. at Massey St. Builder: Plazacorp-Precision. A six-storey historic conversion plus and a new addition of brick with 146 live/work units. Prices: from $179,900 for 500 sq. ft. to $463,900 for a penthouse with over 1,000 sq. ft., plus a terrace. Fees: about 37 cents per sq. ft., plus hydro. Amenities: 24-hour concierge, two outdoor courtyards, fitness area and party room, billiards. Sales: over 80 per cent sold. Status: built and registered.

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• "Try a taste of Chocolate". (2004, 30 October). Toronto Star.

  The experience of building the Chocolate Factory Lofts on Queen St. W. was not exactly sweet, but construction is now almost finished and people have started to move in. The developer is holding a Halloween open house today and tomorrow from noon to 4 p.m. to sell off the remaining units. "This was a daunting design task and incredible engineering feat," says Nestor Repetski of Winnick Realty, who is marketing the project at 955 Queen St. W. for the Plazacorp Group. The design and construction teams took two early 20th-century buildings and added a third brand new building along Queen St. to link and extend them. "The problem was that the two older structures were built about 25 years apart," Repetski says. "So there was no correlation between them in terms of ceiling heights or anything. It was incredibly challenging." The result is a mixture of old and new. There are units with wooden beams and exposed brick, some with exposed concrete walls and ceilings, and others with large windows and Juliet balconies. The project has 146 units spread over six floors but Repetski says there's only a "smattering" left. "We have a little bit of everything from studios at $169,900 all the way up to penthouses at $400,000-plus. There are about 40 still available." A new model suite has been created in one of the units in the older part of the project at 955 Queen St. W.

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