Hearthstone by the Bay Edit Building

Identification

Approximate Address - 1077 Lake Shore Boulevard West [map]

City - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Region - Greater Golden Horseshoe

Nearby Buildings - Fire Department Building, 1167 Queen Street East, Birtch Place Co-operative, 15 Pape Avenue, 1093 QUEEN ST, 1070 - 1080 Queen Street East, 962 EASTERN AVE, Candy Factory Lofts, The Printing Factory Lofts, 64 Colgate Avenue

Technical

Type - High-Rise

Designation - Condominium

Status - Construction

Floors - 18

Units - 127 suites

Suites - From 56m²611feet² to 118m²1273feet²

Companies

Architect - Quadrangle Architects Ltd.

Developer - Davies Smith Developments

Building Record History

2007-11-14

Reference Material

Contributors: Mark Simpson, Rod Taylor

• Harness, Allison. (2007, 13 October). "Lots of choices are available in Etobicoke". Toronto Star.

  HEARTHSTONE BY THE BAY: 2077 Lake Shore Blvd. W., just east of Park Lawn Rd. Builder: Davies Smith Developments. A 19-storey, 127-unit adult lifestyle precast concrete and glass building. Prices (parking and locker included): from $242,500 for 611 sq. ft. to $529,500 for 1,273 sq. ft. Fees: 38 cents per sq. ft., plus hydro. Amenities include: full entrance centre with doctor's office, examining room and 24-hour emergency response, dining room, pub, theatre room, fitness area, counter-current pool, greenhouse, terrace, and 24-hour concierge. Sales: 40 per cent sold. Status: under construction. Occupancy: fall 2008.

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• Mays, John Bentley. (2006, 24 March). "Tower promises much-needed seniors' housing". Globe and Mail.

  The project that prompted me to think about these matters is called Hearthstone by the Bay. Now being marketed by Davies Smith Developments for a site on the south Etobicoke lakefront, this condominium tower promises to be better looking than most of its neighbours in the architectural disaster zone of the old motel strip. Its tan detailing will contrast nicely with the dishwater-dull cladding of the condo stacks round about, and its ground-floor level will provide some much-needed shops to this shop-challenged part of suburban Toronto.

  But what makes Hearthstone notable is less its exterior demeanour, which is largely unexceptional, than the consideration the project shows for its target market of affluent seniors. Designed by Roland Rom Colthoff and Susan Ruptash, principals in the Toronto firm Quadrangle Architects, the 18-storey tower is the sum of many small moves intended to make late-life dwelling a matter of convenience and safety.

  Now being offered for between $200,000 and $500,000, the units range in size from a one-bedroom at 611 square feet to a two-bedroom-plus-den at 1,273 square feet. Bedrooms are small, but all suites come with at least one sunroom. All but one model have walkout balconies, and some are furnished with ample terraces.

  Hearthstone will stand on a good corner location, at Marine Parade Drive and Lake Shore Boulevard West, and the architects have designed a building that should hold this corner well. It's unfortunate that such a solid, thoughtful piece of architecture has to rub shoulders with so much that's ordinary or downright bad.

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