http://www.tridelfilms.com/

It will be at Wellesley East of Jarvis. Adding to The Toronto skyline east of Yonge.

Isn't this the 43 storey condo for the new Wellesley Hospital development site?

It's actually more like Sherbourne, but I can see why they would want to make it seem not connected with that area.

Excellent web site...don't know about the building though...they talk about being hip, unique, "never done before"...but it looks like your basic Tridel building to me...not crap...but hardly the tour de force they are advertising.




KGB

KGB - I think it is. I'm not really too fond of the website... actually I hate it! But if it sells, so be it.

Could it be 40 ish stories?
Sort of 1BE ish, in a way.

It might be a hard sell. Who wants to pay top dollar to live right across from St. James town?

I'm sure it can be done. I'm glad it's Tridel which took this first step. Other developers will watch and follow.

This can only mean good things for St. Jamestown.

"Who wants to pay top dollar to live right across from St. James town?"

Rosedale and Cabbagetown seem to not mind.






KGB

Tridel is unique in a way that they often pick "B" sites and make a go of it.

st.jamestown is goimg to be redeveloped totally in the next ten years so who
wouldnt want to live there!

"Who wants to pay top dollar to live right across from St. James town?"

Rosedale and Cabbagetown seem to not mind.

KGB


... and north of Regent Park... location location location. Can watch all the crack dealers go to work each night.

"st.jamestown is goimg to be redeveloped totally in the next ten years so who
wouldnt want to live there!"

your dreaming buddy

Either that or s/he's confused it with the Regent Park Redevelopment.

I think St. Jamestown is no where near as bad as the rep a lot of people seem to think it has. I find it not to be all THAT unsafe, and with its close proximity to the downtown core, it will eventually mature to a safer place to live, compared to how it is now. People think its oh so scarry, but has anyone actually lived there? I haven't but I do feel sceptical about some of the thoughts that it is soo bad to live there, and I think tridel might recognize this too. (hope) Anyway, compared to virtually any American city neighbourhood that is sub par, Jamestown is a world above. I lived in Brooklyn in Sheepshead Bay, and we took trains around certain areas to avoid them even if it took a lot longer to do so. Jamestown I certainly would not feel concerned about entering. It's like new Harlem in New York, which is not as bad as people think safety wise.

thanks,

Karizma

St Jamestown is not a very dangerous area at all...there were quite a few problems "inside" some of the buildings a while back, but I don't know about now....just walking around there doesn't seem out of the ordinary. But you have to take into consideration that this is an area of only 32 acres, and has a population over 15,000 low-income people....with that many people, you have to expect some crime.





KGB

If St Jamestown is safe, why do cab drivers refuse to go there or drop you off there after midnight? So if you buy at the Verve, and you don't have a car and it is past midnight and the TTC has stop running, you better have a plan to get home.

This would not be very attractive to single women who makes a large proportion of buyers of condos.

"why do cab drivers refuse to go there or drop you off there after midnight? "

I just don't believe you

"This would not be very attractive to single women who makes a large proportion of buyers of condos."

Single women tend to gravitate towards freehold and lowrise condominiums (townhomes, etc.)

why do cab drivers refuse to go there or drop you off there after midnight?

That is a blatent lie or one bad experience.

I've been picked up and dropped off plenty of times at all hours of the night around St. Jamestown.

If St Jamestown is safe, why do cab drivers refuse to go there or drop you off there after midnight?

I'm calling BS on this from personal experience.

Well, it just wouldn't make any sense...it's not like Sherbourne St or Parliament has any street crime....pulling up to the buildings themselves is no different. It's not like somebody is going to run out while someone is getting in or out of a cab and rob you.

Cabbies will sometimes not stop to pick up certain people on the street they might find "iffy", but refuse to go to an address because they think it would be too dangerous???? Never heard of it.






KGB

i've only had that experience once... i was with my friend in washington and the cabbie dropped us off a couple blocks away from the neighbourhood... washington has neighbourhoods much grittier and more dangerous in toronto though.... i don't believe the bit about the cabbie not dropping someone off in st.jamestown

Me neither, since they sit and idle there waiting for a gig... jeeeez. If you don't live there and you've never been there, don't comment.

The question here is not whether or not you feel safe walking through the area - heck, I do my grocery shopping there - the question is would you be willing to fork over $250K for a condo next to St. Jamestown when there are other options all over the city? It's not like we're in the middle of a housing crisis! Considering that shovels don't usually hit the dirt until 70% of the units are sold, and considering the impressions of the surrounding city blocks, I'm not optimistic about Verve.

Perhaps if there was a deep discount? "Downtown, luxury living, for less!"

That might sell.

It might be a hard sell. Who wants to pay top dollar to live right across from St. James town?

this is Toronto. People will pay top-dollar for a 475sqft closet that overlooks the slow lane of the Gardiner....

Tridel has a long history of successfully buying what most would consider to be "B" locations nad then marketing them and selling them.

I too don't think it's a great location, but these are the typical types of locations Tridel goes after and they often have great success with these types of locations.

Ok, I can confirm that Verve will be 43 storeys.

I think people buy Tridel condos not for how the exterior of the buildings (just look at the crappy buildings that they built in Scarborough) but for their history of building for 70 years and for the interior quality.
This building is alright but nothing special just a precast tower with a cylindrical? top.

Ok, I can confirm that Verve will be 43 storeys.

Actually there are 39 floors. I just bought a 2bdrm 2bth+den. I've lived in the neighbourhood for 10 years and prices just keep rising!

St. Jamestown is far nicer than Regent Park, and having worked @ Regent Park I can assure you that it's quite fine. In terms of crime, I wouldn't worry... all its criminals seem to keep a low profile, for the most part.

Living in a condo anywhere in the vicinity is even less to worry about than actually living there. I know someone who lives @ St. Jamestown and they're getting about just fine, after the initial intimidation.

I agree that St.James Town is not the swankiest neighbourhood, but i'v lived there for 8years and never felt usafe. During this time I worked at North York for 6 years and took a cab home at the end of my shift at midnight and never had a cabbie refuse to go there. Granted there are some shady caharectors around, but they are present in other areas of DT as well.
Actually there are 39 floors. I just bought a 2bdrm 2bth+den. I've lived in the neighbourhood for 10 years and prices just keep rising!
Kmorrow. I'm considering signing up for a 2bed as well. Did you get any 'special' preconstruction price? or was it just the price off the website + the calculation per floor?

If St Jamestown is safe, why do cab drivers refuse to go there or drop you off there after midnight? So if you buy at the Verve, and you don't have a car and it is past midnight and the TTC has stop running, you better have a plan to get home.
.

Who told you that? I cannot believe a cabbie would not go to Jamestown!!
I live a few blocks away and think you must have been told a load of rubbish.
Verve will do wonders for Jamestown and make it feel even safer.
(I know it is just one of my little crusades that will never come to fruition, but
why the hell doesn't the subway run 24 hours a day? Why on EARTH does
it not start til something like 9am on Sunday? Have you ever had to ride the
jam packed Yonge St bus on a Sunday morning at 8am? Grotesque experience.
TO is becoming a 24 hour a day city and the subway should reflect this :2cents: ).

Who told you that? I cannot believe a cabbie would not go to Jamestown!!
I live a few blocks away and think you must have been told a load of rubbish.
Verve will do wonders for Jamestown and make it feel even safer.
(I know it is just one of my little crusades that will never come to fruition, but
why the hell doesn't the subway run 24 hours a day? Why on EARTH does
it not start til something like 9am on Sunday? Have you ever had to ride the
jam packed Yonge St bus on a Sunday morning at 8am? Grotesque experience.
TO is becoming a 24 hour a day city and the subway should reflect this :2cents: ).

Im pretty sure that only systems with express lines can run 24 hours a day, as crews need time to inspect and maintain the tracks, but I dont see why they can't have the same hours for weekends that they have for weekdays...

^^ How do they do it in New York? Maybe only some of the lines run all
night. Anyhow, the Sunday thing came off the ark and I am sure the union
wants to keep the very cushy 9am opening hour exactly the way it is.

"How do they do it in New York? "

Quad rail lines





KGB

I have walked around bloor and sherbourne many times late at night during the summer and never felt any more unsafe than most places in downtown. The only place that I worry about is Regent park and lets face it, there is really no reason for someone to be there unless they live there.

I doubt that this will affect sales.


^^ How do they do it in New York? Maybe only some of the lines run all
night. Anyhow, the Sunday thing came off the ark and I am sure the union
wants to keep the very cushy 9am opening hour exactly the way it is.

KGB beat me to it. Subway rails need maintence every 24hrs to maintain safety because they take such a continuos pounding. Quad rails allow for some portion of the system to be offline while the other picks up the slack. In hindsight, it would have been swell if the TTC did build our subway as a quad system. This would have allowed for trains to skip stations and reduce delays on the lines.

ahhhh..... so it is physically not possible! What a shame....

^I wouldn't say it is physically impossible. Scientists could develope a way to bend the fabric of space to make it possible for a larger volume to fit in a smaller volume.

JK

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