Condo of the Week: $3.9 million for a downtown condo with picturesque skyline views

By Jonathan Forani | Photography By SilverHouse | March 2, 2020

By Jonathan Forani | Photography By SilverHouse | 03/02/2020

Address: 77 Charles Street West, unit Lp1602
Neighbourhood: University
Agent: Kate Carcone, Keller Williams Realty Centres Luxury Portfolio
Price: $3,900,000

The place

A 2,000-square-foot condo near the University of Toronto. The two-bed, three-bath unit has chic interior finishes and unobstructed skyline views.

The history

In 2012, developer Aspen Ridge completed this 16-storey building near Yorkville, but left most of the units unfinished so that buyers could customize their living space. In 2014, a business owner bought this lower penthouse unit for $2,150,000. He then enlisted Roy Banse of Fluid Living Studio, who designed Boehmer on Ossington, to transform the space into a modern bachelor pad with snazzy lighting fixtures and oak and marble finishes.

The tour

The designer installed a translucent onyx carving in the foyer:

In the living room, there’s a gas fireplace with a marble mantel:

The open-concept 800-square-foot living space has oak floors and 10-foot ceilings:

There are quartz countertops in the kitchen:

The 10-foot concrete columns are covered in mosaic tile:

In the powder room, there’s a black marble countertop and vinyl wallpaper from Élitis:

The designer had this back-lit wall unit installed to display art and memorabilia:

There’s an oak-panelled wall in the bedroom:

The master bathroom has marble floors:

And quartz countertops:

There’s even more marble in the shower:

The seller used the second bedroom as an office:

It has an ensuite bathroom with a marble-tile shower:

Here’s the 300-square-foot south-facing balcony:

Big selling point

The master suite, which has big south-facing windows, oak walls and marble floors. That skyline view is unlikely to change, since U of T and Queen’s Park, both located to the south, have protected green space and heritage buildings that will prevent the construction of monstrous condo towers.