PasticheProtégé said:
The width of the floor space is not much more than 7’ wide in this particular unit.

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In my drafting experience, the furniture shown is always much smaller than standard furniture, too.

The place is hardly livable.
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That unit to me seems more appropriate for a therapy practice or a consultant‘s office!
Maybe some companies might use a space like that to accommodate employees visiting for long periods of time instead of having them rent hotel rooms? 🤷🏻‍♂️
 
Sorry, I can’t get over these absurd unit sizes and their absurd prices. I had no idea. It has broken my brain. I don’t want to shame any owners, but I’m just mystified as to how the transactions necessary to fund this building happened. After the market correction has finally worked its way through the system (it will probably take a few years), will this condo be an emblem of the excesses of Toronto’s real estate market?

I like the *idea* of two Gerry towers, but I think, ethically, we should hope a second one won’t get built…
 
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mininamib said:
That unit to me seems more appropriate for a therapy practice or a consultant‘s office!
Maybe some companies might use a space like that to accommodate employees visiting for long periods of time instead of having them rent hotel rooms? 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Any poor sap living in that unit is going to need therapy.
 
Nobody will actually "live" in that unit - it will be listed and tossed around like a hot potato from investor to investor in hopes of reliving the glory days of unregulated and ever increasing Air Bnb returns.

It will be listed for far too much to rent and everyone who tours it will find something else that is bigger and more practical.

Only a fool would purchase something like that, and only a snake oil salesman would peddle it. It is Toronto's gluttony and greed on full display in architectural form.
 
DavidCapizzano said:
Nobody will actually "live" in that unit - it will be listed and tossed around like a hot potato from investor to investor in hopes of reliving the glory days of unregulated and ever increasing Air Bnb returns.

It will be listed for far too much to rent and everyone who tours it will find something else that is bigger and more practical.

Only a fool would purchase something like that, and only a snake oil salesman would peddle it. It is Toronto's gluttony and greed on full display in architectural form.
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I suppose that’s what it took to get a Gehry tower here.

We could also question Gehry’s ethics for agreeing to take on this project knowing full well that the developers intended to squeeze in as many units as possible and sell them to greedy investors. Or perhaps his desire to design a landmark for his home town clouded his moral compass?
 
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Parkdalian said:
Sorry, I can’t get over these absurd unit sizes and their absurd prices. I had no idea. It has broken my brain. I don’t want to shame any owners, but I’m just mystified as to how the transactions necessary to fund this building happened. After the market correction has finally worked its way through the system (it will probably take a few years), will this condo be an emblem of the excesses of Toronto’s real estate market?

I like the *idea* of two Gerry towers, but I think, ethically, we should hope a second one won’t get built…
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The second one will be even worse.
 
It almost feels like the devs are saying. "It's a privilege to live here, so you should suck it up!" when it comes to the unit architecture here...

...as opposed to providing a reasonably adequate living space to which should be expected of every unit regardless of the asking price, IMO.
 
There is literally zero chance that the second tower will ever see the light of day in its current form/tenure. I will happily eat my hat, nay my head, if it turns out I'm being overly critical, but we've got far more chance of seeing new Class A office towers than this Airbnb heyday nostalgia trip. We've reached, and quite possibly just passed "peak bullshit" now.
 
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So my question is if a developer starts on a project but notices that the construction sales are mostly in larger units is there a way that a developer or in the case of future homeownership owner could buy two units side by side and merge them say a studio with one bedroom
 
Collingwoodbuildinglover said:
So my question is if a developer starts on a project but notices that the construction sales are mostly in larger units is there a way that a developer or in the case of future homeownership owner could buy two units side by side and merge them say a studio with one bedroom
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Some of the condos were designed for the possibility of owners merging units - it might not be structurally possible to do so for buildings that are not designed for it.

AoD
 
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