The long-delayed
Florian condo project, which has been displaying its hoarding at Bay and Davenport for almost two years now, has finally gotten to its third floor.
The high-end development, which offers a couple of suites at the 700 square foot mark but is focusing on much larger units of up to 4,000 square feet, is being developed by
Diamante. To accommodate the larger suite sizes, the 25-storey tower will have only 100 condos.
"It's a very high-end condo," says Diamante spokeswoman and former Toronto Star Real Estate editor Ellen Moorhouse. "It's an extension of Yorkville, drawing Yorkville north. On Davenport there was a bit of a no man's land. Ideally now, Davenport will become a nice street to walk along."
Diamante, which also developed the 1 City Hall project, as well as Domus, hasn't settled on whether there will be retail included in Florian, but Moorhouse says that if there is, it will be "low-key."
The building was designed by
Young and Wright/IBI Group Architects, with interiors by
Brian Gluckstein and landscapes by Church Street firm
Ferris and Associates.
Diamante is estimating that the building will be ready for occupants in the spring of 2012.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Ellen Moorhouse
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