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Chaz.Yorkville Back in the middle of the 18th century, the great English man of letters, Dr. Johnson, famously observed “the man who is tired of London is tired of life because there is in London all that life can afford.� What was true of London, back then, is even truer of Toronto today.
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chaz — at the heart of yonge & BLOOR, in the yorkville district, is front and centre.
Call it Holt’s Country, or the Mile of Mink, or the crossroads of Canada but there’s no denying that the YONGE/BLOOR neighbourhood is a unique and special place not only in this city but, arguably, the whole country. A block and a half from 45 Charles St. E. (the site of Chaz), the city’s two subway lines intersect, which means all parts of this vast city of nearly six-million people is just minutes away. But the convenience of its location is just one of the many stellar attractions of the Chaz precinct. A short stroll in any direction are the many exciting “worlds” which make modern-day Toronto one of the world’s most fascinating and beguiling cities.
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A block to the north is Bloor Street—the Fifth Avenue or Rodeo Drive of T.O. (or are Rodeo and Fifth the Bloor Street of LA and NYC?) Anchored by the “mother ship” of the district (AKA, the luxury goods emporium Holt Renfrew) Bloor and nearby Yorkville is a virtual lifestyle cornucopia for consumers. Anything and everything is available for the asking—with the de rigueur plastic, of course. Down the street, the Yonge Street strip, with its funky bars and pubs and cheap and cheerful restaurants. Yonge/Bloor can be exceedingly deluxe but it can also be very down home. Further west on Charles is the campus of one of the world’s great universities and its community of scholars and students. And just a couple of blocks to the south one of the most vibrant, diverse urban villages in North America at Church & Wellesley. Chaz.Yorkville —a location like no other.
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A GLASS HOUSE IN THE SKY... —THE ARCHITECTURE OF Chaz.Yorkville
With a Series of Dramatic Design Flourishes, Sol Wassermuhl and Page & Steele IBI GROUP ARCHITECTS Create a Contemporary Architectural Masterwork
For Mr. Wassermuhl and his team it was vitally important that Chaz work both “on the street” and “in the sky,” which explains the other iconic design elements that make this such a charismatic building. At grade, Chaz is an elegant five-storey limestone-clad pavilion with a series of punched recessed windows that give the composition a visually distinct dramatic look. Being neighbourly—fitting contextually into the Charles streetscape—was also imperative to the Chaz design team, so the podium syncs up brilliantly with the Casa, next door, adding significantly to the street wall.
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Stepping back from the pavilion on the sixth floor, however, Chaz, the tower, soars thirtynine stories into the sky. And this is when the architectural spirit of Chaz achieves “lift-off.” Its sleek aerodynamic shape gives it initial propulsion, of course. But other elements provide additional energy--and elegance--to the overall design. Unlike most condominiums whose balconies are tacked onto the sides of the building, at Chaz they’re an integral part of the building, literally recessed into the alcoves created by Chaz’s unique shape. Still, the architectural “piece de resistance” at Chaz is a series of dramatic gestures on the skin of the building that will instantly make it a midtown Toronto landmark. Jutting out from the 36th and 37th levels on the south side of the building is a two-storey cantilevered box, framed in white concrete and illuminated at night. This is the Chaz Club, a lounge and dining space for the building’s residents, and it is a dazzling architectural gesture.
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From miles around, Torontonians will look up to see residents of Chaz, and their guests, enjoying cocktails on the club’s spacious terrace or relaxing inside this glass box in the sky. Complementing this cantilevered pavilion are a series of four five-story “cut-outs” that appear on the building in such a way that one or more will be visible at grade wherever an onlooker at street level happens to be. Illuminated at night, like the Chaz Club, and framed in the same material, these cutouts also dramatically express the structure of the building, with its freestanding round corner columns. The impact, stunning. Put all these elements together and Chaz becomes the complete antithesis of the conventional glass box. This is architecture at its most arresting—and most stunning. Chaz — it begins with the architecture. But there’s much much more.
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SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL— AND WHITE IS THE PERFECT COLOUR — elaine cecconi of cecconi simone, interior designers of chaz In the mid-1980s Elaine Cecconi and her partner, Anna Simone, gained fame and recognition for their unique approach to making spaces, especially relatively small ones, work to best advantage and effect. Such conceptual breakthroughs happened in concert with the boom in condominium construction in Toronto and across the country. Today, Elaine’s firm, Cecconi Simone, operates around the world, executing projects from Dubai to Delhi, Washington, D.C. to Vancouver, B.C. But Toronto remains home base, and the firm’s order book is chock-a-block with exciting new projects here, as well. Chaz is among them. Recently, we sat down with her to gain insights about her approach to design.
A Q&A with Elaine Cecconi of Cecconi simone, the firm that Revolutionized Contemporary Condominium Design and the designers of chaz 30
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What is the essence of the Cecconi Simone approach to design? The first thing we attempt to determine is how people live in the space. It is always a delicate balance about how one manipulates the space to create depth and interest and views and access to daylight while at the same time making it work from a functional standpoint.
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A Well, it’s not really a trick but it starts with having a deft understanding of 3-dimensional space. We always argue the measurement of value is not in square feet but in cubic feet, so if you have a 600 square foot condo the challenge becomes how to use the vertical dimension.
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Does that imply you attempt to create an “illusion” of more space? Not really. But we think it is vital that everything in the space be scaled properly. If you put large pieces in a small space, it will literally swallow up the room. That doesn’t mean you have to live in a dollhouse, but it does mean you have to be careful to make sure not one element overwhelms or dominates.
q Is the choice of materials important in this context? A Absolutely. A large wooden coffee table may look great in a 4000 square foot showroom with a 14’ ceiling. But bring it home and it takes over the space. The same table in a more transparent material, like glass, would work better.
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q&a q You’re a great advocate of built-ins in small spaces. Why? A It helps to make a space feel more integrated and a room feels a lot larger when important elements are built-in.
q You’re also known for a kind of “lush minimalism.” How do you achieve that effect?
A Minimalism can sometimes be intimidating—too austere and often a bit precious. Often you’re afraid to put a coffee cup on the table because it will ruin the “aesthetic.” Our approach is more practical. I think it is how we combine material that produces the lushness. We like combining natural materials like wood and stone with more manufactured materials, because there’s a richness and purity about them. They’re also very accessible to most people and help mitigate the coldness.
q Do you envision a lot of built-ins at Chaz? A We’re looking at storage systems and other things that
q Elaine, you seem to have a passion for white. Or am I wrong? A “White is the perfect colour; everything
looks great in white. My house is all white but I can change it seasonally with accent pieces: green in spring, red during the Xmas holiday season. It’s the perfect matting or framing device to a palette and, of course, white gives the illusion of a space being much larger than it really is.”
q Are there different kinds of white? A For sure. We prefer warmer whites, ones with a little bit of yellow in them. But relying on white is more or less rule number one in making smaller spaces “sing.”
could be included in upgrade packages, like a desking system, for instance. In most of the suites we’ve created a “study”—a little inlet in the wall—where you can place a desk. If it was specifically designed for the space, it would likely be much more functional and efficient.
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The Inviting (Enticing) Interiors of Chaz.Yorkville When friends and guests of the future residents of Chaz first arrive at the building a few years hence, they could be forgiven for thinking they’d mistakenly arrived at an upscale private club like the Soho Club, in London, or the Spoke Club, here in Toronto. And they’d be right—because that is exactly the “feel” that interior designer Cecconi Simone wanted to achieve. Because of its site at the centre of the most chic and social “quartier” in the city of Toronto, designer Elaine Cecconi believed the building would appeal to a very “social” crowd. “These are likely the kind of people who go out a lot — to restaurants, bars, parties, private clubs — but it struck us that they’d also be people who would love to socialize and hang at home.” So, making their new home an extension of their busy lives seemed, well, obvious.
The “sociability” of Chaz is apparent the moment you cross its threshold. Instead of what Ms. Cecconi calls the typical “shrine lobby” of many high end condominiums—very beautiful but usually very empty spaces—you encounter two lobbies on either side of the concierge area literally brimming with activity. “We wanted to create a hotel atmosphere in the two lobbies where people really do linger,” adds Ms. Cecconi. On the west side, accessed from either Charles Street, or the car drop-off on the side of the building, is the Lobby Lounge, with bookshelves, a
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fireplace, little banquettes, the perfect place to read the morning paper and savour a café latte. Mirroring this space on the east side is the another lobby which is really divided into a series of smaller spaces with names which, appropriately enough, suggest their function: The Living Room, The Wet Bar, The Dining Room, The Billiards Room, all of which open onto a landscaped outdoor terrace. “Our intent is to make the indoor/ outdoor distinction irrelevant—in the summer months,” says Ms. Cecconi. The
east lobby spaces can also be booked for private functions, so it really can become a “social” extension of your home upstairs. As it is throughout the building the colour palette is trademark Cecconi Simone white and light — white walls, light wood, soft indirect lighting — and the furniture contemporary but comfortable. “It’s a mid-century modern aesthetic,” she adds, “tulip chairs, banquettes, but all very accessible and comfortable.”
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REDEFINING LOBBY SPACE WITH A DEEP CONNECTION TO CHAZ AMMENITIES
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1. Lounge 2. vestibule 3. Living Room 4. reception 5. pet spa 6. dining room 7. wet bar 8. Mail room 9. Elevator Lobby 10. Billiards
1. guest Rooms 2. Business Centre 3. Hydra Massage 4. relax 5. womens w/c 6. steam rooms 7. mens w/c 8. fitness room 9. spinning / yoga 10. computer gamers arena 11. 3d screening room 12. sports theatre 13. servery
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What is striking about Chaz is that residents have all these “social options”— and they’re still in the lobby. Possibly the signature interior in the building is the breathtaking two-storey Chaz Club overlooking the lake and downtown skyline on the 36th and 37th level. Here superlatives barely capture the awesome beauty of the space. First, note the location, so high up in the building. Invariably amenity spaces are in the lower floors. Which effectively means residents on the north side don’t enjoy the stunning south-facing downtown and lake vistas. That won’t be the case at Chaz. Jutting out from the south side of the building is a two-story glass box that offers views that go on, well, forever. As is the case downstairs, the divide between the inside of the Chaz Club and its expansive outdoor terrace-in-the-sky has been cleverly erased. The floor-to-ceiling windows help, as do such design sleights of hand as having banquettes on the inside merge seamlessly with the banquettes outside. “I like to think of the Chaz Club as the kind of place the Rat Pack would have hung out in Vegas in the 1960s,” adds Elaine Cecconi. “Very loungy and fun, the perfect place to bring your friends to have a drink before dinner.” Connecting the two levels is a floating glass staircase: on the lower level, a two-sided bar and extensive seating arrangements; upstairs, a dining room with a small kitchen. Overlooking the lower space from the upper level is a glass balcony called The Lookout. The Chaz Club’s palette is a little darker than downstairs— charcoal elements to make the white walls and blonde wood a tad more “clubbish”—and other accouterments like speakers will only reinforce the “after dark” effect.
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For those who like to break a sweat, or relish a little intellectual stimulation in their downtime, Chaz has plenty of options. The building’s second floor has a fully-equipped gym, combination yoga studio and spinning room, a spa with massage chairs and a hydra massage bed, a facility quite unique to the Chaz complex: a COMPUTER gamers ARENA with six gamer chairs, outfitted with television monitors and an audio system, with sub-woofers integrated into the chair. For more cerebral pursuits, the second floor has two theatres, one with a 3-D hollywood style screening room, the other a sports viewing room with comfortable sofa styled seating, and a small lounge attached. The second floor complex also has a meeting room, which will be especially useful for residents whose home sometimes substitutes as an office. 52
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PET SPA Arguably the most unique amenity at Chaz is the pet Spa, which is located off the vestibule of THE side-door car drop-off entrance to the building. Any dog owner who has brought Fido home after a particularly messy walk in the park will quickly appreciate the utility of this amenity. Equipped with a stainless steel tub and a blow dryer the spa makes it quick and easy to get Fido back to a state where he won’t be wrecking havoc on those priceless Persian rugs.
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The Bespoke Design of the Residences at Chaz. Yorkville
Elaine Cecconi is internationally recognized as a “master” at maximizing the efficient use of space in condominiums. And with Chaz she has likely set the bar even higher. The suites at Chaz will become a new benchmark at making every square foot “work”--and the superb fixtures, finishes and other design details guarantee the suites will have an equally stunning “look.” Known for her passion for white—“Everything looks great against a white background” is a classic Cecconi line—the colour palette at Chaz, in both the public and private space, is white and light, i.e., white walls and wood finishes. For Cecconi space must work functionally as well as aesthetically and
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among the advantages of a light colour palette is it expands, rather than contracts, the sense of space. That spaciousness will be augmented by the abundance of light cascading into the building because of floor to ceiling glazing—“There will be a lot of sunlight in these suites,” notes Cecconi—and the fact that almost all Chaz residences will have a balcony. And because of those floor to ceiling windows, transitioning from inside to outside will seem seamless. During the balmy months, the expectation is that “alfresco living” in both the public spaces, and in the private residences, will be a hallmark of the Chaz lifestyle.
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“her first priority was to make the appliances less intrusive, a feat she brilliantly executed with two tower blocks at either end of the kitchen, finished in a wood veneer with a stainless steel trim.“ At Chaz, Elaine Cecconi is particularly proud of how they’ve also seamlessly integrated the kitchen area into the living space. And her first priority was to make the appliances less intrusive, a feat she brilliantly executed with two tower blocks at either end of the kitchen, finished in a wood veneer with a stainless steel trim. One contains the washer/dryer, the other, a refrigerator. “They look likes pieces of beautiful millwork,” observes Cecconi. Between the two towers is a band of cabinetry, which “floats” on the wall. “It’s more of a composition than a wall to wall run of cabinets,” notes the designer. Such meticulous attention to detail is evident everywhere. A Corian sink has been carefully integrated into a countertop, which has more depth than normal and above the back splash is a band of backlit glass cabinets for additional storage. Viewed from afar, the kitchen looks like a beautiful extension of the living space.
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That same exquisite attention to detail is evident in the bathroom with its floating vanity—again, to keep the space open—a Corian sink and a small slot cutout, painted in chartreuse, to tuck in a towel. “It gives the space a splash of colour,” notes Cecconi. Above the vanity is a square mirror, with a set of dressing room light bulbs and a magnifier integrated into its face. Opposite the toilet, an exceptionally large 6’ high medicine cabinet has been cleverly integrated into the wall to provide the storage necessary to make the space as functional as it is beautiful. Optimizing storage is absolutely critical to making condominium spaces work. Ultimately for Elaine Cecconi and her team, priority number one has been to craft suites that are spacious as well as serene—spaces that can accommodate a resident’s priceless family heirlooms, or pieces custom-made for the suite. We think she has succeeded—brilliantly.
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In many cultures around the world, gardens are private affairs secluded behind high walls, totally dedicated to providing the residents of the household with a place to savour the beauty of nature away from the hustle and bustle of the street. Usually outfitted with tables for alfresco dining, or seating to soak up the sun, these garden “rooms” are truly an extension of the residence. That is the inspiration, and model, behind the landscaped terraces of Chaz.
Accessed off the east lobby of the building is the main garden, which truly is an outdoor living room. Ensuring complete privacy is a 6’ high beige stone wall, with a water feature interrupted at various intervals along its length and decorated with frolicking dolphins. “Wherever you are in the terrace you’ll hear the soothing sound of water,” says landscape architect Jackie VanderVelde, the garden’s designer. Working closely with interior designer Elaine Cecconi, VanderVelde has designed a space that truly is an extension of the living, dining and recreational spaces of the east lobby. With no mullions, the floor-to-ceiling glazing means indoors and outdoors merge seamlessly into one space. Equipped with upholstered lounge chairs, two BBQs and dining tables, the garden will unquestionably become the focus of summer living at Chaz.
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While the stone pavers and outdoor furniture give the garden an “urbane” patina, shade trees and a landscaped area at the south end of the terrace mean natural beauty abounds, as well. “We call this section the ‘garden of quiescence,’” notes VanderVelde. Wind generators in the garden ensure the sound of rustling trees even on still summer nights. Recessed back somewhat from the street, Chaz’s presence on Charles will be accentuated with mature shade trees and on the west side of the building is a terrace, designed to provide an elegant vehicular entrance to the complex. A serpentine shaped outdoor sofa, created from wooden slats, snakes its way around the N/W corner of the building while an elegant arcade of stainless steel bollards separate pedestrians from the building’s driveway. It makes the act of “coming home” a rather grand affair.
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Party till the witching hour, or read a book in complete peace, in the exquisitely beautiful, totally enclosed walled terrace gardens of Chaz.Yorkville
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FLORIDA REALLY IS A STATE OF MIND — AND A CREATIVE ONE AT THAT
Famed urban studies guru Richard Florida believes T.O. is the poster boy for cities that lets folks be creative— make new stuff and multo dinaros. That’s why he, and a lot of other folks, have moved here. Don’t be surprised if one of them is your neighbour next door.
Probably the most heralded academic appointment in the recent history of the University of Toronto (situated just a couple of short blocks down Charles Street from the Chaz site) was Professor Richard Florida’s. When he accepted an offer to head the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Business there was a good deal of chest thumping that U of T had really snagged one of the worlds truly big intellectual enchiladas.
Florida is of course the famed author of The Rise of the Creative Class which argues that the cities that will really “mint it” in our new information high-tech economy are the ones that can attract the creative types who make movies, write software or snappy ad copy, design clothes or cars or planes—or just rustle up some mouthwateringly haute nouvelle cuisine at some trendy restaurant du jour. In other words, the folks who are likely to be your neighbours at Chaz.
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To gauge which cities cut it, and which don’t, Richard Florida devised something called the “Creativity Index,” which is a mix of four equally weighted factors: the creative class share of the workforce; the presence of high-tech industry; innovation as measured by patents per capita; and diversity, as measured by the Gay Index, a reasonable proxy, Florida believes, for a city’s openness to different kinds of people and ideas. On numerous occasions Florida has argued that T.O. scores very high with such metrics, so his arrival in the city was viewed in many quarters as the ultimate stamp of approval. T.O. as one of the world’s major creative incubators has something of a “ring” to it. And if this creative city has an epicentre, the site of Chaz could make a credible case to be the “C” spot. Think about it: U of T, arguably the greatest concentration of gray matter in the country, is just down the street; the creative world of high fashion and hot ad copy is what makes Bloor Street district hum--and just a couple of blocks south is likely the greatest concentration of gay people in the country. So if Richard Florida doesn’t live in the ‘hood, he should. He’d be most welcome at Chaz.
One of the reasons why famed urban studies guru Richard Florida moved to Toronto is because he believes it makes the creative class, i.e., the folks with the smarts, style and chutzpah to make new stuff, feel right at home.
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HOLTS — AND THE THREE O’CLOCK BUMP “I think the beauty of what’s happening in the world today is that because of fashion and the lifestyle businesses everyone wants to look and think like they’re thirty-five,” observes Barbara Atkin, the longtime and legendary Fashion Director of Holt Renfrew, as she conducts a tour of the luxury chain’s massive flagship store on Bloor Street. “If you’re twenty-five you want to be thirty-five, and if you’re seventy-five, you want to be thirty-five, it’s the perfect age. You’re old enough to know what’s up--and what’s up and coming--but not so old to be off the demographic table, yet.” But, of course, the sub-text of Atkin’s Law is that Holt’s has all the stuff, whether it’s clothes or cosmetics, shoes or spa treatments, to ensure that everyone can “look” and “feel” like they’re thirty-five, forever. Founded in 1836, Holt Renfrew is far and away Canada’s pre-eminent luxury lifestyle destination and in a very real way it is the “mother ship” of the Bloor/Yonge/Yorkville neighbourhood. Around mid-afternoon on any given Saturday there’s a phenomenon called the “three o’clock bump,” when the store is literally abuzz with activity. “We’re an entertainment store, we’re a fun place to be,” adds Atkin. “People would rather hang out here on a Saturday afternoon than see the Blue Jays play.”
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That makes sense if “people watching” is your sport of choice. To the city’s bright and beautiful the store is an irresistible magnet and future residents of Chaz, which is just two blocks from Holt’s, might take note that Holt’s offers some of its services, gratis, to its loyal customers. To wit, the concierge service. Want tickets to Les Miz? Not a problem, sir. Need someone to pick up the laundry? Well, actually, they draw the line at picking up the laundry. And don’t forget the sleek and sexy Holt’s
Café on the third floor. Its famed Poline bread is flown direct from Paris, daily, and the burger is, reputedly, the best in town. And, amazingly, not too dear. So, welcome to Holt’s Country—it could easily become your new home away from your new home at Chaz.
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Within a few blocks of Chaz on Charles, in any direction, are some of the finest restaurants in the city. but even in this company Pangaea at Bay and Bloor is something special. With its kitchen in the hands of chef (and co-owner) Martin Kouprie, Pangaea has been winning plaudits for its exceptional cooking ever since it opened, including the 2009 OHI Award for best restauranteurs of the year from the Ontario Hospitality Association. And Kouprie’s culinary brilliance has not been lost on many of the city’s bold face names who regularly troop into the joint for his signature calamari, or mushroom risotto.
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A CHEF FOR ALL SEASONS
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Ask Kouprie the qualities that distinguish his cooking and he quickly cites two critical factors: first, whatever he serves, has to be within the season; second, he has to know the story behind the ingredients, i.e., he literally knows, and is in regular communication with, the people who supply the restaurant, whether it’s the farmer, the fisherman, forager, etc.
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CAN A STREET HAVE A HIGH IQ? IF IT’S CALLED CHARLES, IT CAN From Northrop Frye wannabes at Old Vic, to McKinsey wunderkinds, to scribes at Macleans, the length and breadth of Charles Street is chock-a-block with creative types and the pads they call home.
Though the recently refurbished Bloor Street, with its local outposts of Gucci, Prada and Vuitton, gets all the press, Charles Street, potentially your new address, is a rather extraordinary artery itself, and could likely make a compelling case that it is the “main drag” of the creative class that the U of T’s famed prof, Richard Florida, believes creates most of the wealth and wit, glamour and pizzazz of this city.
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Think about it: at the Mount Pleasant end of the street stands the fortress-like HQ of the Rogers communications and media empire. There, minions who manufacture everything from Macleans to Breakfast Television to your local cable guy toil away. At the Queen’s Park Crescent end of the street is Victoria College, at the University of Toronto, where the late literary scholar Northrop Frye (thought by many to be the smartest Canadian who ever lived) once hung his hat.
Next door to Vic is the Canadian branch of McKinsey, the international consultants who tell global CEOs how to run their businesses. The average age of a McKinseyite? Maybe, twenty-nine, thirty, tops. To these brainiacs there are only three great organizations in the world: the Jesuits, the US Marines—and McKinsey. You get the picture!
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Between these two polarities of brilliance— Rogers and Old Vic/McKinsey—are a fist-full of new condominium residences that many of these super nova types call home. Near Rogers, a homage to the great Mies van der Rohe; across from McKinsey, 77 Charles has broken ground. Casa, next door to Chaz, is up and running. So let the global brands have Bloor, the creative crowd “owns” Charles.
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THE CHAZ.YORKVILLE DEVELOPMENT TEAM Chaz.Yorkville, the area’s newest premium condominium, is the creation of 45 Charles Ltd. with Edenshaw Homes Limited. These two real estate powerhouse developers are each spearheaded by seasoned professionals who have combined their skills and expertise to develop one of the finest residential condominiums in the Yonge-Bloor neighbourhood.
45 Charles Ltd. is headed by Jason Fane, the international real estate
developer and landlord. He has over 40 years of successful projects in
Jason H.F. Fane
Canada and the U.S with dozens of apartment and commercial buildings
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in Toronto and New York State. He has a keen eye for selecting excellent locations that will increase in value, including blocks of Park Avenue, New York. He has been active in central Toronto real estate for well over 30 years. The visionary acumen that sets this company apart is the result of extensive experience and careful study of long-term market trends, cycles and ventures and the detailed design of apartment residences with the special features their occupants crave.
With a commitment to delivering top-quality homes in urban
communities, Edenshaw Homes delivers expertise in all aspects of residential design, development, marketing, sales, construction and customer service. Its founder and CEO, David McComb, has over 30 years of real estate development experience, 10 years of which was spent with the Concord Pacific Group, where he oversaw their Toronto operations including the downtown $3 billion CityPlace, Toronto’s largest urban master-planned community with over 20 high-rise towers, and the $2 billion ParkPlace development in North York.
Together, 45 Charles Ltd. and Edenshaw Homes encompass sensibilities
to everything from design functionality and aesthetics to quality construction and exemplary customer service. The blending of these prestigious firms is creating a whole at CHAZ that is greater than the sum of its parts.
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WHAT IS CHAZ? WHO IS CHAZ? CHAZ IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT; A SENSUAL FUSION OF CHIC STYLE AND UNIQUE AMENITIES AT THE CENTRE OF TORONTO’S TRENDIEST NEIGHBOURHOOD. CHAZ IS FUN. CHAZ IS NOW. CHAZ IS HAPPENING. CHAZ IS YOU!
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Prices and specifications are subject to change without notice. Illustrations are artist concept. e.&o.e.
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Developer Jason Fane of 45 Charles Ltd.
Co-Developer David McComb of Edenshaw
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