The Residences of Maple Leaf Square Toronto

This Toronto real estate property is not just another condominium project to grace the City of Toronto skyline. The Residences of Maple Leaf Square are an integral part of an urban architectural landmark that will prove to be one of the most exciting destinations in downtown Toronto according to their real estate marketing.

Welcome to Maple Leaf Square Toronto Residences, a unique condo tower development that includes two soaring glass towers on top of a nine storey podium that will change the downtown Toronto skyline forever. The urban Residences at Maple Leaf Square will not only contain some of the most spectacular residences, but also destination retail centres, a boutique hotel and a daycare centre for children. In addition, the Maple Leaf Square Toronto residences will also have approximately one hundred and fifty square feet of office space to top it all of. With the distinct advantage of providing soaring views of the Lake Ontario waterfront as well as the skyline, the Residences at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Square is the design work of two of the most experienced and well known architectural firms called KPMB and Page + Steele. Together, this urban real estate development team in Toronto will put together two high-rise residential glass towers soaring fifty stories and will contain over nine hundred luxurious condominium residences with over thirty five thousand square feet of residential amenity spaces with resident swimming pools, fitness facilities, recreational rooms, sate of the art home theatre and a business centre of course.

The North Tower Floorplans at the Maple Leaf Square Toronto Residences

With nine hundred condo residences available for purchase at this Toronto real estate development, it signifies one of the largest urban residential capital development projects in recent memory in this growing urban city. The Toronto Residences at Maple Leaf Square Condominiums will include floorplans in the North Tower in Bachelor layouts called the Miami and at four hundred square feet in addition to one bedroom condos in the Tampa Bay (four hundred and eighty four square feet), Orlando at 476 sq ft and Florida at approximately four hundred and ninety sq footage. The one bedroom and study (or den) include the Minnesota at five hundred and fifty four square feet as well as the Phoenix which has a large outdoor balcony and an indoor living space of six hundred and one square feet. The urban Residences at Maple Leaf Square Toronto condo homes includes two bedroom floor plans in the North Tower that come in the Boston layout at 736 sq footage and the Atlanta at over one thousand two hundred and sixty two square feet. The urban Two bedroom mand study condominium suite at the Maple Leaf Square real estate development has the Vancouver at seven hundred and eighty eight square feet and the Toronto at 1016 sq ft. Lastly, the two bedroom and den layouts for the Maple Leaf Square Toronto condominium residences includes Washington, Chicago, Montral, New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles between the sizes of seven hundred and eighty four to two thousand one hundred and twenty four square ft.

The South Tower Condos

The Residences in the south residential tower of the Maple Leaf Square Toronto properties are just as spectacular and also have layouts between one bedroom (plus study or den) up to two bed (in addition to a den or study). With different names and layouts, it is preferable that you contact a sales agent today to get all the latest urban floorplan layouts, details, sizes and finishes for your specified unit at this Toronto real estate project. For more information about the A list features at the Maple Leaf Square residences in the midst of the downtown skyline, please read below for further details.

The A List Features at urban Maple Leaf Square Residences

This Toronto real estate development provides the utmost in urban living lifestyle and finishes. The building features at the Residences at Maple Leaf Square include a graceful urban entry lobby on the ground floor, two high speed shuttle elevators servicing the lobby and the sky lobby, a fashionable SkyLobby with lounge and hotel style amenities, elegant multi-purpose part room with kitchen, management office, business centre with boardroom, luxurious indoor pool and hot tub, well equipped fitness centre, home theatre, stylish outdoor pool, landscaped lounge and individual storage and bike lockers. In addition, the Toronto Maple Leaf Square residences and condominium suites will have nine foot ceilings, exterior glass sliding doors, solid core entry doors, veneer hardwood, laundry, gourmet kitchens, luxurious master ensuites bathrooms, incredible upgrade packages for the kitchen design, stainless steel appliances and hood fans and various electrical and security features that are unique to the Maple Leaf Square Toronto Residences and Condos. Other incredible features on the A List of the urban Maple Leaf Square Condominiums includes LEED certification, a green roof, district heating and cooling, intelligent building technology and RFID door locks.

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Across Canada, real estate markets pause for a breather | Slowest in the West - BC Real Estate Snapshot

Housing: Bank of Canada seen as welcoming price moderation. Originally published in The Province newspaper and written by business reporter Jim Jamieson.

New house prices for real estate in Canada stayed the same from November to December – the first time in 6 ½ years that month-to-month prices didn’t rise, Statistics Canada said yesterday. They were also flat in Greater Vancouver, but real estate industry insiders don’t see the lull as a sign that the bubble in the real estate market is about to burst in the region’s red-hot market.

“We’re just taking a breather right now,” said Peter Simpson of the Greater Vancouver Home Builders Association. “It’s going to be more of a minor correction and a return to a more balanced real estate market.”

Simpson said his association is forecasting price increases of between seven and nine per cent in the Lower Mainland this year for new homes, from single-detached to multi-family real estate.

He said high land prices and real estate development costs combined with a possible interest-rate reduction may fuel more real estate activity. “A builder is like any other manufacturer,” he said. “Any extra costs they incur have to be passed along to the real estate buyer.”

StatsCan said Vancouver was one of six metropolitan areas that registered no monthly change. The others included Halifax, Charlottetown, Quebec, Montreal and Ottawa-Gatineau. Among those showing decreases were Victoria, which saw prices of real estate fall 0.4 per cent, and Calgary, where they dropped half a percentage point.

Vancouver last had a zero price increase for new houses in March 2006, but the last time it occurred for Canada as a whole was in June 2000.

With real estate prices of single-family detached homes straining affordability, buyers have increasingly migrated to multi-family property developments – whose real estate market segment has now doubled to about 80 per cent of new home sales.

Jason Craik of Mac Marketing Solutions, which markets multi-family projects in Vancouver, said he sees a levelling off in that segment, although circumstances can vary.

“Demand will be good, but I just don’t think you’ll see buildings selling out on weekends anymore,” he said. “I don’t think we’re going to see any crazy increases. “It’ll be four or five per cent. We’re into more of a normalized market situation in Vancouver real estate.”

Craik said affordability will be more of an issue, “which is why the government needs to be more creative in terms of density.”

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported that housing starts in the Vancouver area were up 22 per cent in January to 1,327 units, compared to the same month last year – including a 51- per cent increase in multi-family unit construction real estate and a 36 per cent decline in single-detached units.

Year over year, Vancouver prices were up 8.2 per cent – well below Calgary (up 42.2 per cent), followed by Edmonton (41.5) and Saskatoon (16.1). The moderation in new real estate housing prices should put less upward pressure on inflation in the coming months, analysts said.

That would be welcomed by the Bank of Canada, which has warned that soaring real estate housing prices, especially in Western Canada, are one of the major inflation threats.

jjamieson@png.canwest.com

Slowest in the West – BC Real Estate Snapshot

The average selling price for a home in B.C. went up a whopping 17.7 per cent in 2006, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association. The CREA says that rate will slow to 9.4 per cent this year and even further in 2008, when the rate of price increases in real estate will be lowest in Western Canada.

Average residential real estate selling price, forecast % change 2007-2008.

B.C. +6.1%
Alberta +7.2%
Saskatchewan +6.5%
Manitoba +7.7%
Ontario +3.1%
Quebec +3.3%
New Brunswick +2.7%
Nova Scotia +4.3%
P.E.I. +3.1%
Newfoundland +2.0%
Canada +4.8%

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