ADDRESS: 1 Macklem Avenue
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Little Portugal
AGENT: Lease from owner (Mariana Grezova)
PRICE: $750 per month
OFFICE SPACE: A small studio on a quiet side street near Dufferin Grove, the office is shared with Collectivity, a communications firm. The open-concept space on the main floor of a three-storey building features exposed brick walls, polished concrete floors and plenty of natural light (all four walls are lined with windows). The current owners plan to inject a little more green in the property by putting in a yard at the side of the building this fall.
WATER COOLER GOSSIP: Built in 1900s, the building’s first industrial incarnation was a spice factory. Later, Macklem’s Baby Carriage and Toys, which is still in business on Dundas Street West (near Roncesvalles), used it for manufacturing toys.
IDEAL TENANT: Given the location, what you do really doesn’t matter—it’s all about the uniform you wear while you’re doing it. We suggest raw denim (cuffed, of course), desert boots, a chambray shirt, colourful socks, poorly kept facial hair, a vintage rucksack and, if you really want to go all out, a bowtie.
THE DETAILS:
• $750/month
• 850 square feet
• 25 windows
• 10-foot-high ceilings
• 1 boardroom
• 1 kitchen
• 1 bathroom with shower
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Exterior
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Model airplane
94353 The floors feature in-floor radiant heating, which means there’s less dust 1 Macklem Avenue https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/oct7macklemoffice_6-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/oct7macklemoffice_6.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/oct7macklemoffice_6.jpg 624 400 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/office-space-1-macklem-avenue/slide/oct7macklemoffice_6/ oct7macklemoffice_6 0 0
The floors feature in-floor radiant heating, which means there’s less dust
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Bathroom with shower
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Kitchen (with stainless steel appliances)
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A makeshift boardroom
94349 A relic of the building’s past: a piece of a poster from a sausage casing company still adorns the wall 1 Macklem Avenue https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/oct7macklemoffice_2-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/oct7macklemoffice_2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/oct7macklemoffice_2.jpg 624 400 [] https://torontolife.com/real-estate/office-space-1-macklem-avenue/slide/oct7macklemoffice_2/ oct7macklemoffice_2 0 0
A relic of the building’s past: a piece of a poster from a sausage casing company still adorns the wall
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Reception
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Hi, I am interested in seeing this space but the link to Ms. Grezova’s email does not seem to work. Is there any other way to contact her?
Many thanks,
Angela