Toronto has a love affair with the condo, with 28,466 new-build units purchased in 2011. Thousands more are planned. Suite size, price, amenities and architecture are important, but more and more, a building’s neighbourhood is being considered the ultimate draw. The seventh part of a lengthy series examining the GTA’s new condo ’hoods.
By Suzanne Wintrob
Once upon a time, Nancy MacKinlay lived with her parents, her older brother and the family dog on a quiet, leafy street in Scarborough. Now that she’s all grown up, the 33-year-old wouldn’t dare trade her lively urban digs for the hush of suburbia.
“It’s relaxing for me,” says Ms. MacKinlay of her downtown neighbourhood. “I like the hustle bustle. I find when I go visit my parents in Scarborough, there’s just nothing — you have to get in your car to go anywhere,” she says. “There’s not the convenience of putting your shoes on and walking out your front door and going grocery shopping and then stopping for lunch somewhere and then picking up flowers,” she says. “It’s all so close and there’s tons of variety. I like the diversity of everyone walking the streets. There are families and older people and younger people. There’s lots of fashion. There’s always something to look at and things to do.”
http://life.nationalpost.com/2012/03/23/street-smarts-the-core-condo-score/
Maziar Moini, Broker of Record - Home Leader Realty Inc.
300 Richmond St. W., #300, Toronto, ON M5V-1X2
