Condo of the Week: $700,000 for a Leslieville loft in a former Coca-Cola plant
Condo of the Week: $700,000 for a Leslieville loft in a former Coca-Cola plant
Address: 1159 Dundas St. E., Unit 149
Neighbourhood: Leslieville
Agent: Matt Casselman, Re/Max Hallmark Realty Ltd., Brokerage
Price: $699,900
The place: A two-bedroom hard loft overlooking a quiet Leslieville laneway.
The history: This low-slung brick building started life in 1910 as a cork factory and was soon converted to a Coca-Cola plant with its own underground parking garage (which this unit has a door directly to). The building was converted to condos about 15 years ago, but some of its original features remain in the unit, including concrete floors and double doors off the laneway—which should make moving in a breeze.
Big selling point: The current owners are a couple who own an art gallery, and they’ve left their mark with a fun mezzanine-level room reached by ladder, designer wallpaper, a feature wall built with reclaimed fireplace mantels and an absurdly tall set of drawers built out of lockers from a country club.
Possible deal breaker: Despite all of the aesthetic upgrades, the owners never got around to adding a second bathroom. They did, however, have the foresight to get the plumbing roughed into the master bedroom (and that’s half the battle).
By the numbers:
• $699,900
• 1,650 square feet
• $450 in monthly maintenance fees
• 18-foot ceilings
• 2 bedrooms
• 1 bathroom
• 1 parking space
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- Built in 1910, this building started life as a cork factory (before becoming a Coke factory).
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- This is the bathroom—the only bathroom.
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- The kitchen counters were made using reclaimed wood from the lane of a bowling alley. All of the appliances are brand new, however, and high-end at that.
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- And speaking of reclaimed things, the dining room has a statement wall made of fireplace mantels.
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- Unfortunately, the unique chandelier doesn't come with the condo.
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- Neither do the shutters in the living room. But that floor-to-ceiling set of drawers built from lockers stays. Just try to move it.
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- Looking over the living room is a mezzanine reached only by a ladder. It's kind of like a big bunk bed for grown-ups.
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- What, you don't have a boat hanging from your ceiling?
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- The mezzanine has been set up as a second bedroom, but could be used as an office, too. (Or, as mentioned before, a giant bunk bed for grown-ups.)
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- And here's the master bedroom (reached by stairs, not a ladder).
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. The building was converted to condos about 15 years ago, but some of its original features remain in the unit, including concrete floors and double doors off the laneway—which should make moving in a breeze.
Big selling point: The current owners are a couple who own an art gallery, and they've left their mark with a fun mezzanine-level room reached by ladder, designer wallpaper, a feature wall built with reclaimed fireplace mantels and an absurdly tall set of drawers built out of lockers from a country club.
Possible deal breaker: Despite all of the aesthetic upgrades, the owners never got around to adding a second bathroom. They did, however, have the foresight to get the plumbing roughed into the master bedroom (and that's half the battle).
By the numbers:
• $699,900
• 1,650 square feet
• $450 in monthly maintenance fees
• 18-foot ceilings
• 2 bedrooms
• 1 bathroom
• 1 parking space
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