Steam Plant Lofts Edit Building

Identification

Approximate Address - 10 Wellesley Place [map]

City - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Region - Greater Golden Horseshoe

Nearby Buildings - Verve, 10 Huntley Street, 500 Sherbourne, Wellesley Square, Wellesley Central Residences, Cawthra Apartments, Wellesley / Jarvis Place, Plaza 100, Beaux Apartments, 195 Wellesley Street East

Technical

Type - High-Rise

Designation - Condominium

Status - Construction

Height - 61m200feet

Floors - 6

Units - 29 suites

Suites - From 44m²475feet² to 93m²1010feet²

Companies

Developer - Aykler Developments

Building Record History

2005 - Construction

Reference Material

Contributors: Bob Krawczyk, Rod Taylor

• Lighthall, W.d.. (2006, 1 July). "Downtown lofts in tight location Complex system to pour concrete". Toronto Star.

  The Steam Plant Lofts in downtown Toronto is converting an old power plant into a six storey, loft-style condominium project with 29 units.

  However, there's one, not-so-little problem with the conversion process for the Steam Plant Lofts: a 61-metre-high smokestack.

  Complicating matters further is the project site on small, lane-styled streets near Wellesley and Jarvis Sts. The former steam plant extends from lot line to lot line, leaving precious little room for construction staging — placing and storing of equipment and materials.

  Constructed in 1953, the building being transformed into the Steam Plant Lofts was the power plant for the Wellesley and Princess Margaret hospitals. (The Wellesley and the original Princess Margaret have since been demolished and their former sites are slated for highrise condos.)

  The conversion involves doubling the power plant's original height of approximately three storeys.

  Three units built inside the cleaned-out smokestack will have a round bedroom or den and the stack's original red-brick work exposed.

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• Harness, Allison. (2006, 14 January). "Downtown sites east of Yonge, south of Bloor". Toronto Star.

  THE STEAM PLANT LOFTS: 10 Wellesley Place. Builder: Aykler Developments. 29 unit conversion project. Prices (locker included): from $229,900 for 588 sq. ft. to $449,900 for 1,100 sq. ft. Fees: 39 cents per sq. ft., plus heat. Amenities: party room and roof garden. Sales: 65 per cent sold. Status: under construction. Occupancy: October 2006.

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