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The site of 621 King West, formerly the Travellodge, has now been revealed as Freed’s latest project, the Thompson Residences. The Thompson Residences will be a luxury address on King St. W right next to the newly completed 550 Wellington Condos (also known as 55 Stewart), with gorgeous features and finishes developed by FREED, builder of 75 Portland, 66 Portland, and Fashion House Condos. Part spectacular residential, part cutting edge hotel, 100% luxury -Thompson Residences defines stylish, urban Toronto living.
In terms of the advantages homeowners will enjoy, Thompson Residences will be no ordinary apartment block: In addition to the usual condo amenities -- a health club and so on -- residents will have access to the hotel’s (Thompson Hotel -the uber-chic hotelier from New York) room service, cleaning staff and valet parking. Mr. Freed intends to install a 140-foot pool atop the building. Some of the penthouses will have private poolside cabanas. Suites will range in size from 400 square feet to 2,500 square feet, with prices starting at $200,500 and going up to $2-million.
It's the architecture, however, that makes Thompson Residences stand out with special brightness, not only among Mr. Freed's earlier, more routine projects in the area, but also among most other condominium buildings that have gone up in Toronto over the past several years.
Designed by the distinguished Montreal office of Saucier + Perrotte, this 12-storey structure is composed of two long parallel buildings, one facing King Street West, the other fronting on little Stewart Street. The King Street façade rises in two phases. At the bottom is a platform, featuring restaurants and shops, that stands two storeys high and is set forward hard against the sidewalk, thus keeping to the two- and three-storey stature and tough feel of retail establishments in the neighbourhood. Toronto architects of tall buildings seem to have problems making their towers hit the ground with clarity and authority, but not Saucier + Perrotte: Their podium is strong, resolute and very urbane.
This boutique style condo located on King West will be a great place for those who enjoy nightlife with restaurants, bars and shopping.
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