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Work progresses on a new mixed-use building at 299 Campbell Ave. in Toronto.

A major, 5-acre master-planned community is proposed in Toronto’s Niagara neighbourhood, just west of the city’s downtown core.

The former site of Toronto’s malodorous slaughterhouse may soon become the site of five new towers.

More details have emerged regarding an ongoing purpose-built rental on Dundas Street West from Toronto-based developer TAS.

A new website has launched for a major master-planned community proposed in Toronto’s Niagara neighbourhood, just west of the city’s downtown core.

New details about a purpose-built rental project in the city’s west end are now available on developer TAS’ recently revamped company website.

On Dupont west of Lansdowne in Toronto’s Junction Triangle neighbourhood, construction has passed an important milestone for a new mixed-use project from developers TAS and BentallGreenOak, along with the Toronto Public Library.

Just over two years after TAS, BentallGreenOak, and the Toronto Public Library celebrated a ground breaking for a new mixed-use development at 299 Campbell Avenue, construction is making headway on the 14-storey rental apartment, retail, and library complex on Dupont west of Lansdowne in The Junction Triangle.

I went over to see 888 Dupont Street earlier this month. “I hope you haven’t come to criticize me,” said the old building, aware of the rough face it presents a gentrifying neighbourhood.

A revised application submitted to the City brings changes to a proposed residential tower at 7 Labatt Avenue near Queen and River streets on the east side of Downtown Toronto. Developers TAS and Tricon resubmitted plans for the project in late 2019 with a new design by HOK, which has evolved in the months since.

Affordability is the single greatest housing challenge facing Canada today.

TAS developers promise to make the proposed project at 888 Dupont St. – at the northeast corner of Dupont and trendy Ossington Avenue – an artist hub, reflective of the creative community in which it sits.

A development proposed for the site at 888 Dupont St. in Toronto will bring a whole new meaning to the term “mixed-use,” with residential units, retail space, a rooftop restaurant and a “vertical farm” all in one building.

What if a new development could be weird? That’s the promise of a proposed project at 888 Dupont St. in Toronto. Imagine a 13-storey tower with a restaurant on the roof. Then add shops on the first floor – and in the basement. In between, add 99 live-work apartments, 13 of them affordable rentals. And tack a “vertical farm” to the back of the tower.

385 The West Mall Condos is a new condo development by TAS currently in preconstruction at 385 The West Mall, Toronto. 385 The West Mall Condos has a total of 665 units.

Proposed by developer TAS, the plan for 888 Dupont features a design by Suulin Architects that would rise to a height of 55 metres and bring new affordable housing options to this regenerating stretch of Dupont

There’s a mutual understanding between the 50 artists working out of 7 Labatt Ave. and their landlords.

Nuit Blanche Toronto is set to transform the city on October 5, filling the streets with almost 90 contemporary art projects created by more than 300 artists.

If snooping around an abandoned slaughterhouse in the wee hours of the morning sounds like your idea of a good time, this year’s Nuit Blanche is for you.

The 14th annual Nuit Blanche Toronto will fill the city’s streets with nearly 90 contemporary art projects created by more than 300 local, national and international artists starting at 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 5.

Plans for the complex five-acre site adjacent to Fort York on the north side of the rail lines – the old city abattoir site, which envelops the Destructor – are assuming their final form.

Near Downsview Park, The Keeley midrise is part of a massive revitalization in the area.

Roughly 125 members of the community, future homeowners, and TAS team members attended the ground breaking, which featured an afternoon of live music and food.

The updated plan introduces significant changes to the KPMB Architects-designed development which surrounds the heritage Wellington Destructor, a disused City incinerator.

TAS is planning a half-million-square-foot, mixed-used development in downtown Toronto’s east side at the corner of Labatt Avenue and River Street.

TAS has partnered with Tricon and an institutional investor to support revitalization efforts in downtown Toronto’s east side with a project at the corner of 7 Labatt Avenue and 77 River Street.

Tricon Capital Group Inc., an investment manager focused on residential real estate, today announced an expansion of its Toronto multi-family development program to over 3,000 units with the addition of its seventh project in downtown Toronto.

The votes are in! For our fifth annual Year-End Readers’ Poll, we invited you to select your favourite projects completed in 2018 in five categories, from a combined total of 35 mid- and high-rise projects that wrapped up construction over the last twelves months.

Dupont gentrification forcing studios to relocate, while others are finding ways to hold on.

“I didn’t want to own two lawnmowers,” said Dean Martin, a trim, fiftysomething advertising executive, as a siren drifted up and into the eighth-storey windows, which were also providing a lovely cross-breeze.

Toronto is in a rush. Over 2,750,000 people live in a 630 square kilometre area, and many thousands more want to move here every year. With less than 4,400 people per square kilometre we are still spread thinly compared to European standards (London has over three times the population in a similar area), and not all of our new housing stock can or should be built in our central area.

TAS and Fiera Properties’ OMB-approved plan for a condominium development across from Downsview Park in northwestern Toronto could get a bit taller as a result of recent applications to the Committee of Adjustment and for Site Plan Approval, submitted to the City this month.

Toronto builder TAS is filling two community needs with its first foray into the apartment sector at 299 Campbell Ave.

TAS and Fiera Properties’ new condominium development, The Keeley, is set to rise 12 storeys above Toronto’s Downsview Park on Keele Street near Sheppard.

This past weekend, TAS, Bentall Kennedy, and the Toronto Public Library celebrated a ground breaking for their new mixed-use development at 299 Campbell Avenue. The start of construction for the new 14-storey residential rental-library hybrid building was marked with an event attended by Deputy Mayor and Local Councillor Ana Bailão, author/musician Dave Bidini, and residents of the surrounding Junction Triangle neighbourhood.

A few weeks following the launch by TAS and Fiera Properties of their new mid-rise condominium development in Toronto’s Downsview Park area, the continued rollout of marketing material is bringing new details about The Keeley.

Some of Toronto’s most covetable addresses belong to old, industrial-era factories that have been converted into lofts.

Dupont Street in the Junction Triangle is full of history and charm.  Back in the day it’s proximity to the CPR tracks made it an important manufacturing corridor. Today, Dupont Street is slowly transforming.

On Kingston Road, just east of Victoria Park Avenue in Scarborough, construction is in full swing on a new mid-rise condominium development, set to add 145 residential units area.

Last month Curated Properties and Windmill launched a “residential agri-tecture” project on Toronto’s Queen West called The Plant.

This edition of our Growth to Watch For series continues westward from our recent Central Scarborough instalment, exploring all of the development happening in the neighbourhoods east of the Don Valley.

This instalment of Growth To Watch For restarts our journey through Toronto a bit northeast of Bathurst and Bloor, where we left off in the last instalment.

Development can deliver a host of benefits for surrounding neighbourhoods, despite what NIMBYs might suggest.

In an area of Toronto that is rapidly transforming with new construction and development, the West Don Lands and surroundings look nearly unrecognizable from what it used to be just five years ago.

Kingston&Co suite sales have soared to 70 per cent as buyers snatch up units at the modern mid-rise condo development at 1100 Kingston Road in Toronto’s east end.

Much work has been done in the West End Toronto neighbourhood of The Junction where TAS‘ DUKE Condos has been coming together.

Following a late-2015 ground breaking celebration and a swift excavation, below grade levels are now taking shape at the Scarborough site of Kingston&Co. Condominiums.

Kingston&Co., the Teeple Architect–designed midrise, is ideal for first-time buyers who aren’t keen on shovelling, but are romanced by the perks of traditional homeownership like garage tinkering (there’s a tool room).

An early construction milestone has been reached at Kingston&Co Condos, a 10-storey Upper Beach condo development from TAS and Main and Main Developments — and the Toronto-based developers have a high-flying drone video to prove it.

Construction is now well underway at Kingston&Co. Condominiums, following a tremendously successful 2015 resulting in over 60% of the unique suites being sold. Brought to you by TAS and Main & Main Developments, Kingston&Co. is the premiere place to live in the Upper Beach, while offering an alternative to low-rise housing, with prices starting in the $200,000s.

After breaking ground in October, construction at Kingston&Co Condominiums by TAS and Main and Main Developments is now in full swing.

Innovative design and construction practices across the GTA are pushing builders to raise the bar on environmental performance and sustainability of new homes and businesses.

Cloudy skies and gusty winds didn’t stop the TAS and Main and Main Developments teams from breaking ground on their much-anticipated Kingston&Co Condominiums project last weekend in Toronto’s Kingston Road Village.

A long anticipated addition to the up-and-coming Kingston Road Village by TAS, in partnership with Main and Main Developments, is set for ground breaking next weekend as Kingston&Co. Condominiums prepares to take its place in Toronto’s east end.

Named for its locale near the corner of Dundas and Keele Streets, Duke moves condo density westward.

Beyond Toronto’s rapidly densifying Downtown core of assertively tall skyscrapers and iconic high-rises, the surrounding urban landscape is gradually becoming peppered with mid-rise construction, bringing substantial yet measured density to many of Toronto’s diverse, urban neighborhoods.

Over the next few years, the once sleepy stretch of Kingston Road of the Upper Beaches neighbourhood in east Toronto will breathe new life as a host of new condo development projects are set to reinvigorate the area.

From now until July 31st, buyers of Kingston&Co Condos will receive up to $20,000 cash back on their purchase before construction begins this summer.

Brick by brick, the site of Kingston&Co Condos in Scarborough is being cleared — demolition began in early April and construction will get underway this summer. The mid-rise TAS and Main and Main development is now over 50 per cent sold and yet, a wide array of suite designs are still available.

Today, we will take a look at some of the amenity spaces that residents of the development will enjoy once the project is complete, currently slated for November 2016.

Oscar buzz is in the air and to celebrate this year’s Academy Awards, Kingston&Co Condos by TAS and Main and Main Developments, is hosting a viewing of the classic, and award winning Bond film, Thunderball

Thinking of downsizing to a condominium? These days, it’s not just empty-nesters who are considering smaller homes. Many young families are also moving into cities, lured by job opportunities and cultural amenities. Making a major move requires a great deal of preparation — and you’re likely to have a lot of questions.

Several models of floor plans are being offered, and every two weeks, a new floor plan is being featured as ‘Suite of the Week’. The limited time promotion offers a free gas hook-up and a $3000 upgrade package complimentary with the purchase of the floor plan currently being featured.

In Toronto’s historic and now trendy Junction neighbourhood DUKE Condos, developed by TAS, will start to rise mid-next year now that excavation is underway. Since our last story featuring the ground breaking ceremony in late October, the digging operations have started to make their way below the street level.

Looking for the perfect gift your Secret Santa? Stop by the Upper Beach Holiday Market this Saturday, December 6th, from 11am to 4pm. Local vendors and artists will be selling knitwear, jewelry, beauty products, pet accessories, holiday treats and more.

As the Holiday season draws nearer, a number of Holiday Markets are popping up around the city, adding some much needed warmth to counterbalance the growing cold of Winter. A couple of weeks ago, we reported on three of these Holiday Markets, and today we return with two more Holiday Markets planned for this weekend, both being presented by developer TAS.

This week, we chatted with Mazyar Mortazavi, President and CEO of TAS, the developer behind the recently built M5V development at King and Spadina, as well as new projects like Duke in The Junction and Kingston&Co in Scarborough. TAS has been on the development scene since 1983, when they got their start as a custom home builder, and in the time since, the developer has gone on to launch a real estate fund, and has been recognized with multiple industry awards, including a Green Home Builder of the Year win at the 34th Annual BILD Awards.

With such a large volume of new housing coming onto the market, it can be difficult if not overwhelming to make an informed condominium purchase for both investors and end-users. To help educate prospective buyers on various topics like making a smart purchase, investing or even downsizing, a seminar is being held tomorrow evening at the site of Kingston&Co Condominiums, a new condominium development in Scarborough by TAS, Main and Main Developments and First Capital Reality.

Unsurprisingly, Toronto’s fall market continued to show off its strength in October will new product hitting the market and our real estate events calendar stacked with parties and grand openings every weekend.

Ranked as the most resilient real estate city in the world, Toronto is experiencing unprecedented growth. What is the long-term impact of the breakneck condo boom on the economy, community and environment?

It was a typically fun and family-oriented affair in The Junction on Saturday morning as a crowd gathered on the construction site to celebrate the groundbreaking of DUKE Condos.

For Toronto’s historic Junction neighbourhood, a new mid-rise condominium will grace Dundas Street West. The seven-storey DUKE Condos by TAS had its groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday to officially begin construction. Named for the nearby intersection of Dundas (DU) and Keele (KE), the Quadrangle-designed building includes several stepbacks and indentations that highlight its contrasting white and black brick facade.

The public was invited to celebrate the launch of Kingston Road Village’s newest addition: Kingston&Co Condominiums, where city living meets village soul.

TAS has unveiled its new Upper Beaches Collection at Kingston&Co condos, including 18 distinct layouts that offer spacious open-area living with a 1:3 ratio of outdoor to indoor area in a lush and scenic neighbourhood.

It has been a few months since TAS, Main and Main Developments and First Capital Realityintroduced Kingston&Co Condominiums. Now, a new collection of suites has been released for the upper floors of the 10-storey development, which will add 140 condominium units, ranging from studios to three-bedroom + den, to the heart of the Kingston Road commercial strip, just east of Victoria Park Avenue in Scarborough.

Upper Beaches: New release: This week Kingston&Co announces the Upper Beaches Collection in Kingston Road Village. 18 layouts to choose from.

This just in: there’s a new set of condo suites on the block in The Beaches.

TAS has unveiled its new Upper Beaches Collection at Kingston&Co condos, including 18 distinct layouts that offer spacious open-area living with a 1:3 ratio of outdoor to indoor area in a lush and scenic neighbourhood.

Mazyar Mortazavi, President and CEO, TAS. For the past 30 years, TAS has built high quality homes and award winning condominiums projects.

As predicted, things are getting pretty wild in September, with our weekend real estate events calendar consistently packed with grand openings and sales events.

It’s definitely one of the most exciting months to look at our internal analytics and see which new developments came out as the champions of the busy season.

There are plenty of neighbourhoods in Toronto that, while off the beaten path, are among the most interesting and lively communities in the GTA. One of these neighbourhoods is The Junction, centred around the meeting place of major rail lines near the intersection of Dundas and Keele Streets. The Junction is home to an eclectic mix of shops, studios, restaurants, and cafes which occupy a mix of often well-preserved heritage building stock. The tree-lined side streets offer a mix of apartments and houses, most older and character-filled, with newer residential developments mixed in.

Beach East
A mid-rise building by Teeple Architects, Kingston&Co is a short trip from the Scarborough Bluffs and the Beach and Kingston Road shops, cafe’s and public transit.

Developer TAS is gearing up for the launch of their new Kingston&Co Condominiums development this weekend, and the event will reach out to not just potential buyers, but also the surrounding community.

Count on TAS to celebrate the grand opening of the Kingston&Co presentation centre with a giant street festival. The developer is known to go above and beyond with all of their projects, and the events they throw are no exception.

A collaboration between TAS, Fresh City, Berryfresh Fruit Co. and The Detox Market, The Farm Lot, a unique green space in the heart of Toronto’s Entertainment District, aims to remind people about the many places available to grow food in the city.

See the big potential in tiny farms! Join TAS and Fresh City for a FREE documentary screening of the FOOD FIGHTERS. The independent film takes you up close and personal with small businesses like Fresh City and the West End Food Co-op, who are working together to create alternatives to large-scale food production in Toronto.

See the big potential in tiny farms! Join TAS and Fresh City for a FREE documentary screening of the FOOD FIGHTERS on Thursday, September 4th at The Farm Lot, 369 King Street West. The independent film takes you up close and personal with small businesses like Fresh City and the West End Food Co-op, who are working together to create alternatives to large-scale food production in Toronto. Beer by Steam Whistle, fresh fruit from Berryfresh Fruit Co. and snacks will be available for purchase.

FOOD FIGHTERS SCREEN AT THE FARM LOT

See the big potential in tiny farms! Join TAS and Fresh City for a FREE documentary screening of the FOOD FIGHTERS on Thursday, September 4th at The Farm Lot, 369 King Street West. The independent film takes you up close and personal with small businesses like Fresh City and the West End Food Co-op, who are working together to create alternatives to large-scale food production in Toronto. Beer by Steam Whistle, fresh fruit from Berryfresh Fruit Co. and snacks will be available for purchase. 

At just 10-storeys, Kingston & Co will house 140 units built to the high sustainability standards that have been trademarked by TAS – including social, ecological, cultural, and economic. From TAS’s track record with previous community sponsorships of events such as the Junction Flea and Music Festival and the Farm Lot, residents can be sure that TAS takes its sustainability standards seriously.

Scarborough’s reputation as being as remote as Siberia (hence the nickname Scarbiria) is quickly fading. Gentrification is coming in the form of a recent development, Kingston & Co Condominiums by developers TAS, Main and Main Developments, and First Capital Realty. Kingston & Co will reinvent the mid-rise condo with a vibrant architectural structure by Teeple Architects.

TAS’ developments are built to meet their “four pillars of sustainability”, a system which places emphasis on the social, ecological, cultural and economic impacts that a new development can bring to a community. The first of these pillars—social—comes in the form of community activity. TAS sponsors various community activities around its properties such as the Junction Flea and Music Festival and the Farm Lot, and similar community involvement is gearing up for the Kingston&Co development.

While taller and taller skyscrapers will be built Downtown and in major nodes over the coming decades, Toronto is going to be growing in other areas and other ways too. On our Avenues, mid-rise development is the wave of the foreseeable future. These ground-hugging buildings are meant to take advantage of the transit services already provided, while adding vitality to the existing shopping strips.

Kingston & Co, a new condominium coming to Kingston Road Village, has put the neighbourhood on a map – a hand-drawn map showing local shops, cafés, parks and galleries, not to mention the way to the beach.

The 26th annual Beaches Jazz Festival is now officially underway in Toronto and local developer TAS is joining in on the fun.

With a great track record of supporting community and cultural events across the city, TAS will have a booth at the StreetFest along Queen East and Woodbine Park. The StreetFest will be running from Thursday, July 24th to Saturday, July 26th. The 1.5 mile stretch will be lined with 40 live musical acts alongside a collection of eateries, bars and vendors.

Kingston Road Village is one of Toronto’s least known shopping and restaurant strips. This could be because it’s hidden away on the east side of town to the north of The Beach. Kingston Road Village anchors the Upper Beach and features a widening array of shopping and dining options in a newly fashionable yet still family friendly neighbourhood.

The vacant lot at 369 King West, across from Mountain Equipment Co-op, will eventually become yet another downtown condo. Before that happens, though, it’s providing one of Toronto’s most densely populated urban areas with a little slice of countrified heaven. For the second year running, Fresh City Farms has teamed up with developer TAS and natural-cosmetics shop The Detox Market to transform the strip of dirt and asphalt into a temporary agrarian idyll.

Kingston&Co sales centre held a VIP unveiling of their sales centre on May 28th. Kingston&Co Condos is a new condo project by TAS and Main and Main Developments, currently in preconstruction at 1100 Kingston Road. The project is scheduled for completion in 2017.

Bold architecture is coming to Kingston Road in Scarborough thanks to TAS, Main and Main Developments and First Capital Realty‘s Kingston&Co Condominiums. The new 10-storey, Teeple Architects-designed building will be built at on Kingston Rd just east of Victoria Park Avenue. This is the site of the now closed Alpine Hotel, a Birchcliffe neighbourhood fixture for almost 75 years, whose day had certainly come and gone.

Kingston & Co. Condominiums is a new development on Kingston Road just east of Victoria Park. Located above the Beaches, the top floors and roof provide dramatic views of Lake Ontario and the R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant. The area isn’t exactly rich with condos right now, so the arrival of a large development is noteworthy for the degree to which it will inject energy into what is a rather tired stretch of Kingston Road. To be clear, this is actually a very promising location with its proximity to the lake and the vibrant stretch of Kingston Road to the west, and the addition of 20,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor will likely prove a boon to the immediate area.

Drive along the stretch of Kingston Rd., east of Woodbine Ave., and you could be approaching the main street of almost any small town almost anywhere in Ontario.

The homebuilding and land development industry crowned the year’s top builders, projects and marketing campaigns at the 34th annual Building Industry and Land Development (BILD) Awards on April 25.

Too tight or just right? Built to last or built for profit? With the launch of its new mid rise dwelling, Kingston&Co, community-focused developer TAS, in partnership with Main and Main Developments Inc., debunks the myths around condo living in an interview new campaign.

The big-league housing providers routinely pass over downtown sites for the kind that interest Curated’s team – orphaned intervals in the urban grid, for instance, obsolete buildings the city  wants to see preserved, lots tucked away in laneways.

KINGSTON&CO
LOCATION: Kingston Road Village
BUILDER/DEVELOPER TAS and Main & Main Developments Inc.
SIZE 407 to 1,439 square feet
PRICE From $250,000s to over $1-million
SALES CENTRE 1089 Kingston Rd., Unit #8, at Victoria Park Avenue. Open by appointment only.
CONTACT Phone 647-558-5500 or visit kingstonandco.ca

Step into the brand new sales centre for Kingston&Co Condos and you won’t want to leave. The brightly-lit space carries both a modern and traditional aesthetic, with warm accents and rustic-inspired finishes.

From virtual concierge services to staff who function like high-priced executive assistants, the most basic condo amenity is stepping up its game.

Kingston & Co. developer says communication starts before buyers walk into the sales office.

We may be only five months into 2014, but it seems like DUKE Condos has already made headlines more times than we can count.

From a historical perspective, there is nothing groundbreaking about the live-work model. People have been living and working under one roof for centuries; think shopkeepers with their dwellings upstairs! Artists have built on that paradigm, transforming warehouses to accommodate the amenities of a home as well as open studio space to create and store finished artwork securely.

In the high-rise category, TAS received top honours for its commitment to sustainability. The company has made a commitment to designing and building to a LEED Silver standard for all of its future projects.

Less than a month after TAS landed in a spot on the 3rd annual B Corp Best for the World list, the Toronto-based developer took home four awards at the 34th BILD ceremony held on April 25th.

Toronto-based developer TAS was recognized as an industry leader for its green building practices and highly regarded marketing initiatives at the 34th Annual BILD Awards on Apr. 25. TAS took home the prestigious Green Home Builder of the Year Award – a BILD pinnacle award that recognizes the builder who demonstrates outstanding leadership in the implementation of green building practices.

This year’s Green Builder of the Year awards were presented to TAS and Empire Communities. The Green Builder award recognizes the builder who demonstrates outstanding leadership in the implementation of green building practices from the planning stage right through construction. In the high-rise category, TAS received top honours, while Empire Communities received the Green Builder of the Year award in the low-rise category.

For Mr. & Mrs. Fix it.
Designed by Teeple Architects, Kingston&Co is a new east-end Toronto condominium projects. With 150 units in total, including 75 unique floor plans, the site will feature interiors and amenity spaces by Mason Studio.

A new mid-rise condominium project coming soon to Kingston Road Village, the vibrant up-and-coming community that lies just north of the Beaches. Designed by award-winning Teeple Architects with contemporary lines and light-filled spaces.

Staged photos of happy couples enjoying the outdoor amenities and glitzy renderings that greatly overstate certain features of a new condo building are exactly what TAS is looking to avoid in its refreshing campaign for its new mid-rise project, Kingston&Co.

The railroad lines that cut a pie-shaped wedge into a corner of west Toronto are at least partly responsible for the maddening tangle of sudden endings and inexplicable changes in street direction that define The Junction.

Good looking and well-designed midrise housing is being added to the current stock. At the corner of Annette and Medland Sts., there’s a respectfully converted church in which some units contain its original arches. At Keele and Dundas Sts., there’s the seven-storey Duke Condos, slated for occupancy in November 2015.

DUKE Condos are truly one of a kind. The architecture of every unit is unique and incomparable. An excellent addition to The Junction. DUKE Condos were recognized for excellence at the annual BILD awards. The fabulous unique designs such us the live/work lofts really make DUKE Condos stand out from many other projects. DUKE really adds a modern flair to The Junction.

The continued housing boom has brought about tremendous change in Downtown Toronto, but suburban areas in North York, Etobicoke and Scarborough are seeing profound growth as well. In Scarborough, Kingston Road serves as a retail, cultural and pedestrian strip while also acting as a major vehicular artery. These are only some of the reasons why Kingston Road is set to see some major changes over the next few years; changes like Kingston&Co. Condominiums, a 10-storey Teeple Architects-designed condo development from TAS, Main and Main Developments and First Capital Realty. Just launched, Kingston&Co is coming to Kingston Road just east of Victoria Park Avenue.

Developers are an odd breed. In order to succeed, they need to be able to handle the risk and stress that comes with borrowing and investing 8- and 9-figure sums, and conservative enough to ensure that every project caters to the widest possible audience. They have to be able to deal with the artistic sensibilities of architects, and the labour ethic of tradespeople. It’s a rare combination that attracts an odd mix of people, and no two are alike.

Housing Alternatives blazed the trail, but with the first market-value condo in the Junction getting all its permits and meeting its sales targets, TAS is extending the condo core to the west end.

There’s more to TAS than its ambitious mixed-use communities and environmental focus—much more. The Toronto-based developer was recently placed on the “B Corp Best for the World” list, which recognizes influential companies for their impact on society and the business world.

To become an honouree, a company must meet the highest standard of performance, transparency and accountability in the workplace and actively offer a positive business outlook.

As every observer of Toronto’s real estate scene knows, hardly a month goes by without the launch of sales for yet another mid-rise condominium block on one of the city’s important thoroughfares.

“You’re going to see more midrise projects open in family-friendly neighbourhoods that have tight levels of supply but extremely high levels of demand.”

Developer TAS has officially scored 12 nominations for the 34th Annual BILD Awards and DUKE Condos is a finalist in 11 categories. This makes the boutique condo the most nominated project this year. Talk about a well-received development!

DUKE Condos, still in its pre-construction phase and slated for completion in 2015, has been nominated 12 times in 11 different categories for this year’s BILD Awards. The BILD awards recognize excellence and innovation in the GTA’s building and development community. This year’s event will be held on April 25th at Paramount Event Venue in Woodbridge.

The Junction neighbourhood is the scene of many midrise condo developments, with new low-profile buildings sprouting up all the time.

Environmental sustainability has become an increasingly central issue in North America. The trend of “going green” is everywhere we go as solutions for protecting the environment get more and more creative. It’s not just seen in the products we buy, but also in the homes, cities, and neighbourhoods we live in.

Mazyar Mortazavi is the President and CEO of TAS, a Toronto-based condominium development company that’s taking sustainability and quality to a whole new level.

TAS has been trumpeting the lengths they are going to, to create a sustainable condominium building in Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood since launching DUKE Condos last year. It is encouraging to see a developer raise the bar beyond what the building requirements call for.

The principals of TAS are so fond of the community surrounding its latest condominium in the Junction, they not only dine and shop there, but sourced everything they could from local talents and trades to build the infill development.

We approach our projects with a lens on the city, engaging the local community to better understand their needs and their neighbourhood.

Count on the TAS team to pull out all the stops when making a big announcement. The Toronto-based developer has just revealed that their DUKE Condos project in the Junction is already 60 per cent sold and 100 per cent city approved. If that’s not enough to compel you to pack up and purchase, the developer has a little something else up its sleeve.

IDC’s Candice Green speaks to Mason Studio and Quadrangle Architects about DUKE Condos.

The project has proven to be quite popular; TAS has recently announced that DUKE is now 60 percent sold. If you are interested in this development, TAS notes that there is still a good selection of suites available.

DUKE condos wasn’t named for Price William, the Duke of Cambridge. Nor for any other royals, for that matter. Rather, the name comes from the site’s location of Dundas, a bloc east of Keele: The first two letters of each spell our Duke.

It’s very likely that you’ve read more than your fair share of 2013 in review lists by now, so we hope you can handle a few more before you’re done with the year for good.

2013 has been another busy year in the Toronto real estate market. With the ongoing debate over the stability of the condo market raging on, one thing remains true, economically and environmentally viable and sustainable housing must be built for our city to continue to grow and function.

If all goes as planned, the Perth/Dupont library will get a new and much larger home at the corner of Campbell Avenue and Dupont Street.

The Santa Claus Parade is a faint memory and the malls are so crowded, so where’s a good place in Toronto to catch a glimpse of old Saint Nick this holiday season? DUKE Condos has the answer for you. – See more at: http://oldsite.tasdesignbuild.com/news.php#sthash.7UrEQieW.dpuf

“There is a growing number of people who are looking for something closer to the ground, be it newly-built, newly-crafted or newly-converted.

As one of Toronto’s most progressive developers, TAS believes in the important role that developers play in building cities: developers not only build buildings, but they create communities.

DUKE Condos, the Dundas Street West mid-rise project coming to the uber-hot Junction neighbourhood, has attracted attention for its unique design. Mindful of the scale of the predominantly low-rise Victorian-era storefronts and century-old houses close by, the condo has a staggered shape that makes its eight storeys seem far less tall.

At Duke Condos, developed by TAS and designed by Quadrangle, the seven-storey tower is in keeping with the scale of the neighbourhood, and many of the amenities complement the spirit of the industrious, eco-friendly strip.

The Duke’s façade will dodge in and out, as if chunks of material had been randomly sliced from it and lifted away.

The Excellence in Corporate Responsibility Awards program was created to honour and celebrate corporate Canadians for outstanding work and dedication towards creating sustainable and ethical practices within the business framework. TAS received an honourable mention in the ‘Building, Design and Development’ category.

Vignettes at DUKE Condos in the Junction features objets from the hood’s design sources.

But if renderings and plans can be believed, the whole project, not just the stores in its base, will be a shot in the arm for what’s become a grey, run-down streetscape.

It’s one of the first loft developments in the Junction neighbourhood and perhaps we’ll continue to see a boom of future modern buildings.

UrbanToronto’s Stephanie Calvet sat down with Richard Witt, principal at Quadrangle Architects, to discuss the inspiration for DUKE Condo’s design.

From calamari pita at the gourmet food truck to organic spuds at the farmers’ market, milk and bread at the supermarket to tomatoes fresh from the balcony, it’s food, glorious food in Hogtown. It hasn’t always been so.

Despite its growing popularity, the neighbourhood has not seen a lot of development. TAS’s upcoming DUKE project, therefore, is and will be significant beyond its architectural and planning merits.

If you’re in the area, we highly recommend checking out Breathe Easy, a free, outdoor yoga session at the DUKE Condos build site (Dundas Street West and Indian Grove) on Sunday, September 29 at 11:00 am.

A new addition to the Junction neighbourhood, DUKE Condos was named for its Dundas (DU) and Keele (KE) location.

We have to hand it to Mason Studio, the firm tasked with designing the sales centre of DUKE Condos. The space’s warmth and distinctive aesthetic – think terrariums, subdued lighting, and vintage collections – fits the vibe of The Junction neighbourhood. The west Toronto area is known for its salvage shops, cafes, and arts scene and it’s easy to see how these neighbourhood features were integrated into the presentation space.

The buzz keeps building for The Junction, the west end neighbourhood that’s quickly becoming a great destination for eating out, sampling a new brew or just soaking up Toronto history. A new addition to the neighbourhood, DUKE Condos will be built to reflect the scale of the largely low-rise part of Toronto.

Through the SVX platform, TAS will be directly linked to investors who share a belief that they can receive lucrative investment returns while positively affecting social and environmental change.

TAS, a leading developer of innovative, mixed-use projects in emerging urban neighbourhoods, announces a new partnership with the Social Venture Exchange (SVX).

This past spring a rooftop garden was implemented on a building, donated by TAS to help feed those in need in Regent Park. The company’s philosophy is simple: contributing positively to our city.

Urban life is hectic, and often doesn’t leave us the time of the inclination to get to know our neighbourhoods. This series explores nascent moves to a more conscientious way of living, where people are seeking out and creating vibrant communities among the condos.

Meet TAS, a local Toronto property development firm that is working with various local community partners to better our fine city one market at a time. First run in with TAS was at the popular Junction Flea Market and most recently while visiting MEC for some camping gear, an unexpected “Farm The City” farm lot diretly located across the street.

This mini-oasis of flora is planted in a series of crates that look like they were made from reclaimed pallets. In conjunction with TAS — and in keeping with its commitment to the four pillars of sustainability — Fresh City Farms planted the farm lot as an initiative to alert people to the many potential locations for city farming.

If you’ve passed by King and Blue Jays Way recently, you may have noticed some planters sprouting greens in a makeshift garden. The project, recently opened on a development site at 369 King St. W., is a joint initiative from the adjacent Detox Market, local farm Fresh City Farms, and developer TAS.

Named for its location, DUKE Condos ( DU ndas and KE ele) is a new midrise project situated in Toronto’s west-end Junction neighbourhood.

A wide selection of eclectic shops, both traditional and new age, and a cafe on every corner along Dundas Street West.

For the past few years, The Junction — centred around the intersection of Dundas West and Keele Street — has not just been drawing new residents from around the city, but has been changing the very face of its industrial past.

A new project in the west-end’s thriving Junction neighbourhood, DUKE Condos is so integrated into the area that it even takes its name from its home intersection at Dundas Street West (DU) and Keele Street (KE).

It’s no secret that The Junction is one of the most dynamic parts of the city with a thriving commercial strip and a tight-knit community ethos.

Back in January, Main and Main (a First Capital Realty partner), TAS and Teeple Architects announced they were teaming up to redevelop the shuttered Alpine Hotel site at 1092-1118 Kingston Rd, east of Victoria Park Ave in Scarborough. Plans for the project are proceeding, still very much in the early stages, with an application having been recently submitted for site plan approval.

The eyesore that is the old Alpine Hotel will be replaced by a modern mid-rise condominium, on the north side of Kingston Road between Victoria Park Ave. and Blantyre Ave. It will contain 150 – 170 condo units, according to Mazyar Mortazavi principal of the development firm TAS.

Two-hundred guests from the arts and cultural, architecture and development communities came together for an intimate & inspiring evening with Toronto’s cultural luminaries at Artscape Salon: Picnic in the Park, an annual fundraising event in support of the Artscape Foundation.

The vision and leadership of Mazyar Mortazavi has led to efforts that bring focus to both the neighbourhoods that TAS builds in and the communities that live within them.

As a member of ELN, Mazyar is contributing to Toronto Community Housing’s strategic plan and helping identify key actions for civic leaders to take in addressing the Toronto region’s affordable housing crisis.

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This morning Artscape supporters, Board and staff gathered at the historic Shaw Street School to celebrate the official groundbreaking and naming ceremony of Artscape Shaw Street Centre.

Mazyar Mortazavi, principal of TAS DesignBuild sits at a work station with project association Marina Cadilha at M5V Condominiums presentation centre on King Street.

TAS DesignBuild was thrilled to accept 3 BILD award on behalf of Giraffe Condominiums (including best logo, presentation centre and model suite) as well as the coveted ‘Green Builder of the Year BILD’ award for this commitment to new technologies, materials and methods into projects helping advance Green Development and reinforcing their dedication to lead the industry through innovation.

We have a special relationship with our friends at vocado – that being our interior design firm TAS Design Inc., was behind the work done for this impressive clothing store.

By any measure, Mazyar Mortazavi is a most undeveloper-like developer. The principal of family firm TAS DesignBuild liberally sprinkles his conversation with phrases like ‘environmental and cultural responsibility’, and ‘positive social impact.’