Vinegar Company Lofts (19 River Street) | U/C | 5 st | ??? m | Downtown

[Jaye101]

Vinegar Company Lofts
19 River Street

DOWNTOWN

Price range: $211,900 to $359,900

Location: Queen Street East and River Street

Queen City Vinegar Company Lofts is a new conversion building by Streetcar Developments. Built as a warehouse for Queen City Vinegar in 1908, the three-storey building will house live/work lofts. Two new storeys are being added above to create a new-construction glass addition. It is scheduled to open for sale Sept. 30.

BUILDER/DEVELOPER Streetcar Developments Inc.

BUILDING Five storeys, with three floors of conversion and two of new construction

SUITES Live/work loft units

SIZE 625 to 1,050 square feet

OCCUPANCY July, 2007

TARGET MARKET Largely first-time buyers looking to live in a loft environment

FEATURES Suites -- depending on the plan -- have exposed wood beams and ceilings, sandblasted brick walls, stone kitchen countertops, stainless steel appliances and ceiling heights of 10 to 14 feet.

AMENITIES There are several parks nearby, with the amenities of downtown easily accessible, the Don Valley Parkway close by and the Distillery District also near.

STANDOUTS The site features a choice between loft conversion spaces and new construction units, surrounded by mature neighbourhoods like Riverdale and Corktown.

SALES OFFICE The project is currently in preview. Call 416-690-2988 or visit vinegarlofts.com.

[Taller, Better]

Thanks for starting this thread, Jaye.. this is a very cool old warehouse and I am happy it is being saved. I used to live in that area and I think it is a great neighbourhood. A bit dodgy, but close to downtown, and on the way up.

[phunky]

I really think this area will improve over time.

[xfogus]

Here's a rendering: http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/7973/vinegarloftskt8.jpg

[Taller, Better]

Maybe because it is the first nabe I had in Toronto I have a fondness for it! ;)

[ggaleazz]

very very nice looking building

[Marcanadian]

Very cool idea.

[Mollywood]

This building is right beside Regent Park, so the first people moving in are taking a bit of a risk but I'm sure it will pay off after Regent Park is re-developed. It will be a great place to live. I like the building, it's nice to see these old buildings being renovated and put to good use. I would have no quams about buying a condo here.

[valantino]

beside Regent Park is pushing it a bit don't y'think?

[Mollywood]

Isn't it just across River St. at Dundas? I thought Regent Park was on the other side of the street. I wonder if they will change the name of the neighbourhood once it's redeveloped? Regent Park has such a stigma, it will be hard to change the image associated with that name. ( although it is a rather classy sounding name)

[citycentre]

It's beside the humane society and right across from the beer store.:cheers:

[Taller, Better]

I used to live on Sumach... that little sidestreet with the beerstore at the end.
Every day people would schlepp up and down the street with their noisy little Granny Carts laden with Labatt's Blue, or empties!

[InTheBeach]

Isn't it just across River St. at Dundas? I thought Regent Park was on the other side of the street. I wonder if they will change the name of the neighbourhood once it's redeveloped? Regent Park has such a stigma, it will be hard to change the image associated with that name. ( although it is a rather classy sounding name)

Congratulations Molly! You have 69 posts!

Let's keep the name.

[noob(but not really)]

Congratulations Molly! You have 69 posts!

hmmm...



Let's keep the name.

I agree. It would be stupid to change the name. Stigmas change over time, especially after areas are redevloped and/or gentrified. Examples are Queen West, Yorkville, and Cabbagetown.

Changing the name would be a detriment to the community, implying they couldn't change the stigma for themselves and needed to be "helped out" of it. Give the area the chance, and it will have that much more character.

Plus, I don't think it could be that easily changed to begin with. There would be too much opposition from the public, especially since the name has been used for so long. It would be akin to throwing away the area's history.

[Taller, Better]

No, you can't change the name of the neighbourhood. Regent Park is a fine name, and the stigma will disappear fast enough.

[Mollywood]

I'm keeping my name "Mollywood" which refers to Toronto's gay village and the popular gay channel I had on Youtube (MollywoodTO) before the homophobes at Youtube killed it, along with my 2000 subscribers. Damn them! I like the name, I live on Church St. and I'm a big Molly, so the name lives on. I still have MollywoodTV and Torontovibe as Youtube Channels, if anybody wants to see gay themed videos or Toronto centric stuff.
Now for some urban talk, I was thinking of the wrong loft building last time. I know these ones too. They are in a strange location, beside the Humane Society. I think people in Toronto will buy condo almost anywhere. Have you guys seen all the crack whorse on River St? That's right near Corktown, so after all that new development (including 4 new loft buildings) the street might turn around.
I have 69 posts? And still not a whole lot of important things to say. lol Damn, I wish I has some hot insider news but all I have are opinions and we all know how that joke goes. I wanna start contributing pics (at least be of some use here) or maybe make videos of new construction, since I am basically surrounded by it. If I could just figure out how to post a video on here. (I'm useless with stuff like that) Can I post it on my torontovibe channel on Youtube and link it here?