Four Seasons, Yorkville

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The new Four Seasons Private Residences will be located in the heart of Toronto’s upscale Yorkville, at the corner of Yorkville Avenue and Bay Street where residences will have full access to the services of one of the world’s premiere five star hotels. Designed by prestigious Architect, Peter Clewes of the Canadian architecture firm Architects Alliance. Located in Yorkville, residents can easily stroll within walking distance to the luxury shops, fine restaurants, cafes as well as the city’s best cultural venues including the Royal Ontario Museum, the Royal Conservatory of Music, the Bata Shoe Museum and the Gardiner Museum. In addition, residents will also be able to take full advantage of the impressive 28,000 sq. feet Four Seasons Spa, Bar, and other luxurious amenities provided by the hotel. One of the most exclusive private residences in Yorkville, the ultra-luxurious development will consist of two towers. The West Residence tower will rise fifty storeys with the Four Seasons Hotel on the first levels comprised of 253 guest suites, with the top twenty floors containing 100 private residences. The East Residence will be a 25 storey structure with an additional 100 private residences. From the intimate Yabu Pushelberg-designed lobby, the high speed elevators transport residences to their personal haven of luxury. Both towers share striking exterior designs with frames of glass, stones, and steel, rise above the city, bringing a contemporary and sophisticated presence to the Bloor-Yorkville neighbourhood. Interiors will have 10 to 12 feet ceilings, floor to ceiling windows, gourmet inspired kitchens complete with the finest appliances and fixtures. Suites size range from 1,000 sq. feet to over 8,000 sq. feet. Prices start at $1.2 million to $18 million. The development proposal is for a mixed-use development consisting of two buildings, a 205 metre (55-storey) hotel-residential tower at the northeast corner of Bay Street and Yorkville Avenue and a 125 metre (30-storey) residential tower on the south side of Scollard Street east of Bay Street. The floor plate for the hotel portion is 1,225 square metres and above that, the residential portion of the tower has a step back of 4.6 m along the east and west walls and a floor plate of approximately 955 square metres. The floor plate for the 30-storey building is approximately 735 square metres up to the 8th storey, stepping back to 665 square metres above that height. The 55-storey tower would sit atop a terraced 6-storey podium building, which would occupy the entire Bay Street frontage on the site. The two towers would be linked together with a central access courtyard at grade, as well as by a pedestrian bridge at the 6th storey level. The 55-storey tower would comprise of a 23-storey, 265-room hotel and the remaining 32-stories above the hotel floors consist of 150-unit residential tower. The second to the fifth floors would accommodate ballrooms, banquet rooms and meeting rooms for the hotel. At the sixth floor level, there would be a fitness facility and a swimming pool on a rooftop terrace overlooking Scollard Street. The 30-storey tower would contain 180 units. Vehicular access would be provided from both Yorkville Avenue and Scollard Street. The internal courtyard would provide access to drop-off areas for the hotel lobby and the two residential towers. Ramp access to a four level underground garage would be located in the northwest corner of the courtyard. The 1st level of parking will contain the limousine/taxi waiting area. Loading would be located within the podium building facing Scollard Street. A planned condominium building in Yorkville will feature the city’s most expensive penthouse –a $16-million unit. The creation of a 9,000- square-foot space atop the soonto- be built Four Seasons Hotel marks a coming of age for Toronto, co-designer Brian Gluckstein said in a recent interview. The 55-storey tower at Bay Street and Yorkville Avenue will house 103 private residences above a 253-room hotel, while a second 25-storey tower will include 101 private residences. The hotel-condo combination is not new, but the eye-popping asking price signals a change in the appetites of Toronto buyers. “Before, [Torontonians with money] did not value communal living,” Mr. Gluckstein said. “Now people with affluence want this type of lifestyle.” The lifestyle of which he speaks will allow residents to travel freely without worrying about property maintenance; to cater dinner parties from the condo’s adjoining restaurant; or to go down a hallway to receive a manicure, pedicure or massage at the 28,000-square-foot spa. “It’s a level of service few people in houses can afford,” he said. The penthouse will provide room enough for large family dinners, storage of designer clothes, a live-in housekeeper or nurse and a grand piano, Mr. Gluckstein suggested. Such trappings have traditionally kept the wealthy in their homes, he said. Stone floors and counters, nickel plumbing fixtures, natural wood and state of the art mechanical systems will be available in each suite, he said, adding that purchasers are free to hire interior designers of their choosing. Mr. Gluckstein, the designer behind the product line Gluckstein Design Interiors and a fixture on the Toronto talk show CityLine with Marilyn Denis, and architect Peter Clewes admit to occasionally driving past the spaces they have created, but say they only do so for reassurance that the people inside are enjoying themselves. Mr. Clewes, who designed the recently constructed 18 Yorkville, the condo towers directly east of the new building, said the Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences will illuminate the block with an exterior that “celebrates glass.” The deliberately transparent building will have a taut and slick glass “skin,” held together by a cladding that cannot easily be seen, he said. Mr. Clewes, the Montreal-native, who has also been commissioned to overhaul the Bloor Street shopping district, believes those buying into the Toronto real estate market are ready for unapologetic opulence. Cost for the project has previously been estimated at $500-million. fourseasonsyorkville Register With Condominiums.com for 2% CashBack! fourseasons four seasons