Work began the first week of July on a new mid-rise condo tower aimed at young professionals that could seal the increasingly popular real estate notion that King East is the new King West.
The King East, designed by
Core Architects, developed by Brad Lamb's
Lamb Development Corp. and managed by
59 Project Management, will be a modern, glass and pre-cast concrete construction, which Philip Marsland, head of 59, calls "very sleek."
"The whole area has really improved a lot over the past couple of years," he says of the once downscale neighbourhood, caught between the business district and
Corktown, home to furniture and design shops but with little residential development of note.
The 14-storey, 215-unit building at 330 King East will also have two floors of retail totalling about 20,000 square feet.
The building is slated for a February, 2012 completion.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Philip Marsland
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