X-Condominums Edit Building

Identification

Also known as - X-Condos, 590 Jarvis, X The Condominium

Approximate Address - 110 Charles Street East [map]

Neighbourhood - Downtown

City - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Region - Greater Golden Horseshoe

Replaces - Former Metropolitan Toronto Police Headquarters

Nearby Buildings - 110 Charles Street West - 1, 110 Charles Street West - 2, Paxton Place, 100 Charles Street East, One Saint Thomas, Bay-Charles Towers, 77 Charles Street West, Brewin Co-op, 88 Charles Street East, Windsor Arms Residences

Technical

Type - High-Rise

Designation - Condominium

Status - Excavation

Height - 136m448feet

Floors - 44 above ground and 6 below ground

Units - 437 suites

Suites - From 48m²518feet² to 154m²1660feet²

Total Floorspace - 33630m²361990feet²

Residential - 33630m²361990feet²

Companies

Architect - architectsAlliance

Construction Manager - Tucker Hirise

Developer - Great Gulf Homes

Interior Design - Cecconi Simone

Real Estate Broker - Baker Real Estate

Building Record History

2008-03-15

Reference Material

Contributors: Mark Simpson, Rod Taylor

• Harness, Allison. (2006, 5 August). "Downtown sites for every budget". Toronto Star.

  X THE CONDOMINIUM: 110 Charles St. E., northwest corner of Jarvis St. and Charles. Builder: Great Gulf Homes. A 44-storey, 420-unit glass building. Prices: from $184,990 for 518 sq. ft. to over $700,000 for 1,660 sq. ft. Fees: 42 cents per sq. ft., plus hydro. Amenities: 14,000-sq. ft. of amenities, including outdoor pool and hot tub, terrace with two-sided fireplace, putting green, fully equipped gym, aerobics room, dance room, party room, billiards room, lounge, dining room, bar, TV room, two guest suites, library, media lounge, games room, steam rooms and 24-hour concierge.

  Sales: 65 per cent sold. Status: construction not started. Occupancy: December 2009.

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• Yu, Sydnia. (2006, 7 April). "Sleek, 44-storey building designed by top architect". Globe and Mail.

  Great Gulf Homes hopes "X" marks the spot for people who love great design and elegant condominium living in midtown Toronto.

  Award-winning architect Peter Clewes of architectsAlliance designed the building. The units will feature clean, classic interiors designed by Cecconi Simone

  The project, located at 110 Charles St. East, where Jarvis Street meets Mount Pleasant Road, will consist of a 44-storey tower with 429 units, which are now on the market, and four luxury townhouses on Charles, to be released later.

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• Mays, John Bentley. (2005, 17 June). "Neighbourly modernism on Jarvis St".

  Among the latest moves afoot to do just that is the soaring condominium block that Great Gulf Group intends to put up at 590 Jarvis, the address of the old Metropolitan Toronto police headquarters.

  Designed by Peter Clewes and Adrian di Castri, principals in the Toronto firm architectsAlliance, and currently winding its way through the city's approvals process, the 45-storey tower will stand at one of the few spots along the street where such monumental height makes sense.

  Style is an odd word to use about a work by architectsAlliance, where urbane simplicity, clarity and lack of style are almost moral values. The tower at 590 Jarvis, however, will pay explicit homage to the great German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and to the mid-20th-century, high-capitalist aesthetic of glass, steel and clear space embodied, for example, in Mies's magnificent Toronto-Dominion Centre (1963-1969).

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• "OCAP TO RETAKE THE CITY OWNED 590 JARVIS BUILDING". (2004, 15 December). Ontario Coalition Against Poverty.

  So, one year after Miller’s election, some four hundred OCAP supporters took over an empty building at 590 Jarvis Street. The police immediately responded with force, including pepper spray, to clear the property. 590 Jarvis is owned by the City of Toronto, meaning the police acted on the instructions of the owner – David Miller and his city council. These events give lie to David Miller’s pretensions when it comes to housing and the very future of this City. 590 Jarivs is a six storey complex in excellent condition. With heat, electricity, water and telephone lines, it is virtually ready for dozens of occupants. It has been a police headquarters, a welfare office and a homeless shelter. Recently, it provided office space for social advocacy groups, who were forced out when the City decided it would sell the property. Negotiations are underway to sell it to a condo developer called ‘Great Gulf Inc.’ The sale is set to take place on February 22, to the tune of $8,250,000.

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• "Final Report" [1.25MB]. City Hall.

• "Final Report" [1.24MB]. City Hall.

• "Staff Report" [1.49MB]. City Hall.

• "Staff Report". City Hall.