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Forest Glen, Estate of the Day

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Filed under: Estates


A little birdie tells us that this charming estate tucked into a lovely area of Toronto belongs to Isadore Sharp. Who is Sharp? Isadore Sharp is the founder and CEO of the Four Seasons hotel group. The four-bedroom home is on around 2.7 acres adjacent to the Rosedale Golf Club. It ia accessed down a long stonewalled drive and has a tennis court and verdant rolling grounds. Take the virtual tour and peer at the all the exquisite collectibles (Sharp appears to collect a variety of precious things). Several corner cabinets hold what appear to be whole sets of fine china, ample enough for the dining room which large enough to host a very big dinner party. This home is listed at $9.8 million Canadian.

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Gallery: Forest Glen



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Fine French Restaurant In Toronto Shutting Down

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Another luxury restaurant has become a victim of the economic downturn, the Four Seasons Toronto will be shutting down its 37-year-old restaurant, Truffles, as of September 5. Fine French fare seems particularly vulnerable in this economy. Truffles, which was consistently rated as one of the city's top restaurants, served creative but formal fare rich in its namesake ingredient. The restaurant's signature dish was spaghettini with served with a a sauce of reduced chicken stock, cream and truffle oil with a foamed truffle sauce covered in black truffle shavings. The Four Seasons is building a new hotel in a different location and that hotel will feature a more casual restaurant.

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The Hazelton, Toronto's Luxury Hotel

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The Hazelton in Toronto is part of a new trend in the area towards ultraluxury travel accommodations. Boasting 62 rooms and 15 suites the Hazelton is 7200 sq feet of pure decadence and glamor, complete with a dash of 1940s Hollywood glitz tossed into the decor. Room features include 300 thread count Italian sheets on the beds, granite slab walls and heated floors in the bathrooms, motorized drapes (that can be controlled from the bed), and 50 sq ft private foyers. The best room in the house, the Presidential Suite, also features a terrace overlooking Yorkville, a wine cellar, 11 flat screen TVs, and a grand piano. The price? $7,500 a night.

Gallery: The Hazelton Hotel


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Canadians Camp Out For Condos, Again

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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What is going on in Canada, the condo market is sizzling hot! Here in the States we are watching condo projects hit the auction block because they won't sell. In Canada they are lining up in the cold to get their paws on fresh new condo projects. We saw it in Vancouver and now we are seeing it in Toronto at 1 Bloor St. East, a $450 million 80-story slice of a skyscraper we first talked about in April. Back then various analysts were expressing fears that the condos might be too ritzy for Toronto. It doesn't seem like that will be a problem as people are camping out for a whole week just to get their first pick of the condos. Real estate agents have recruited hardy souls to hold their places in line because each person is able to secure three condos. The luxury suites start at $300,000 and run up to $18 million for the penthouse suite.

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The Hazelton Hotel

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At the recent Toronto International Film Festival once of the hot places to go was the newly opened Hazelton Hotel. The stylish hotel has a hot restaurant called One, a posh screening with leather seating and a health club that boasts a mosaic lap pool and a fitness area as well as a spa with four private treatment rooms. The hotel will also be home to a retail store called Hazel that will carry fashion lines from international designers.

Oh yes, and there are rooms too, 77 of them including suites. The rooms have an average size of over 600 square feet and each one has a plasma TV, iPod docking station, granite-lined bathroom with a soaking tub and a rain shower, heated floors and Bulgari amenities. Weekend packages at The Hazelton Hotel including a one-night stay, bottle of champagne, in-room breakfast and welcome gift start at $650.

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Trump's Toronto Tower Gets A Trim

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A few months ago, I mentioned that Donald Trump's 70-storyToronto tower was a go. Seems those reports were premature, the tower will go up but not quite as high as planned. The Toronto Star reports that the tower is getting a bit of a shave, down to 57 stories. The new plans lop off 11 residential floors and two hotels floors but the overall number of units has gone up (with a decrease in unit size).

The Toronto tower has been a slow seller by Trump standards although now it looks to be 80% sold in the pre-construction stage. Concerns over the elevators and the HVAC system were also cited as reasons for the downsizing. The building will still be lavish with massive penthouses spanning up to 7,719 square feet and a wide variety of multi-million dollar properties for sale.

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Spirit of Toronto Whisky Gala

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I cover plenty of wine festivals but not as many whisky galas. The Spirit of Toronto event on May 12 is a whisky-lovers dream. It includes sampling of more than 100 single malt whiskies, masterclasses with distillers, a whisky cocktail bar,live jazz and an outdoor cigar bar. The event will also include Canada's first rare whisky auction, which will offer a rare whisky which was distilled at the Glenury Royal distillery in northeast Scotland. The distillery shut down in 1985 and only 498 bottles of this 50 Year Old were produced in 2003. Proceeds from the gala go to the Parkinson Society Canada as a tribute to Michael Jackson author of the "Malt Whisky Companion" and a person living with Parkinson's disease. Tickets are $105.

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Another Major Skyscraper Set To Rise In Toronto

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Another big condo/hotel comes to Toronto (joining Trump and a whole host of other projects). This one involves a developer from Kazakhstan. The Toronto Star reports that the building at the corner of Yonge and Bloor will be known as 1 Bloor and the developer, Bazis International, has permission to start work on the $450 million project. The 80-story residential tower will include three floors of retail space followed by a hotel and then condos on top of that, the classic three-layer combo we have seen in buildings around the world. Toronto architect Roy Varacalli has created a multi-part tower, one part, curved, faces west and the other, straight-edged and square, faces east. The idea is to mirror the two facets of the city, its buttoned-up side and its playful side. Bazis International also created the Crystal Blu condos in Toronto. One Bloor is scheduled to be completed by 2011. Christopher Hume of the Toronto Star thinks the building may be bit too glitzy for Toronto but it is restrained compared to other designs we've seen for the area.

[Thanks, Duarte]

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Trump Tower Set To Go Up In Toronto

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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We first heard rumblings about Trump's Toronto efforts two years ago, now it looks like it is an official go. The Toronto Star reports that a Toronto developer has secured the funding to begin construction on the 70-story Trump International Hotel and Tower in downtown Toronto. Talon International Development Inc. have arranged $310 million in financing with an Austrian bank and the construction of Canada's first Trump Tower should begin later this year. Condo-hotel suites in the hotel tower start at $800,000 and larger residential suites start at $1.8 million.

[Thanks, Duarte]



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Teddington Park, Estate of the Day

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Today's estate comes from a tipster who informs us that this stone manor in Toronto was the home of the late Steve Stavro, the former owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team. The 49-room home on Teddington Park Avenue has eight bedrooms and two kitchens. The property includes a swimming pool and formal gardens. inside, it's exactly what you might expect from a stone home that looks like an English manor. Grand and grandiose, the home has carved wood details, chandeliers, and stained glass windows. It is listed at $22 million, CAD. After the jump, just what you need a few suits of armor.

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Toronto Gets an Opera House

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This year marks a great moment for the citizens of Toronto and all of Canada as the Canadian Opera Company moves into Canda's first purpose built opera house, Four Seasons Centre. Situated in the heart of Toronto, this opera house is a modern showplace that cost $181 million to build and received its name from the Four Seasons Hotel Group, who ponied up $20 million for the project. The season begins with Wagner's Der Ring Des Nibelungen in September.

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The Millcroft Organic Dinner Experience

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The Millcroft Inn and Spa in the Caledon Hills region of Toronto is a scenic retreat in what was once a knitting mill. The Millcroft is a four-diamond resort that offers unique culinary experiences including a  Winemaker's Dining event taking place on June 16 in the timbered dining room in the Main Mill. The event includes a  five-course organic meal paired with organic wines. The Millcroft also boasts a 9,000-square-foot spa with17 separate treatment areas and treatments from manicures and pedicures to body wraps and hydrotherapy. Other activities at the spa include fly fishing, golf and hot-air ballooning.  Rates for the organic dinner event start at $237 Canadian per night.

[via Caledon Citizen]

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Edgemere Estate, Canada's Most Expensive House

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A reader tipped us to this house a while back and now a Toronto Star article gives us a few more details on Canada's most expensive house. Edgemere Estate in Oakville is selling for $45 million Canadian (around $40,643,055 US).  The home on Lake Ontario offers 32,000 square feet of space.  The nine bedroom house was originally built in 1907 and also has a two-story guest cottage. Details include a spa area with sauna and therapy rooms, a 20-seat home theater, a children's playroom and 17 bathrooms.

How much will it really sell for? The article points out that last year former Microsoft Canada president Frank Clegg sold his waterfront house for around $25 million (he was asking $29 million) and prices in the millions are getting common in  the area. Still at $45 million this might be sitting on the market for a while. After all, Ballymema, which we profiled last year, is still on the market as is another Oakville estate we highlighted which was originally listed at $13.9 million and now sits listed at $12 million.

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Forest Hill Mansion, Estate of the Day

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This beautiful Toronto mansion was built by  steel tycoon Sigmund Samuel in 1929. It is located in Forest Hill; like The Bridle Path it is one of the most wealthiest areas of Toronto. The Neo-Classic limestone home has seven bedrooms, a library, dining room, gourmet kitchen and a vaulted gallery entrance hall. The grounds include a pool and parking for 12 cars.  It is listed at $12 million Canadian (around $10.7 million US). Interior shots of this classic home after the jump.

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One St. Thomas, Toronto

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Toronto is ever the hot real estate market with new condos and residences coming online left and right. The newest one to hit the lot is One St. Thomas. This fantastic building is designed by the great Robert A.M. Stern in an Art Deco style that is very glamorous and functional. Many units enjoy terraces due to the ziggurat-style tapering of the upper floors. Residents will enjoy luxury amenities such as an indoor swimming pool with men's and women's locker and steam rooms, a paneled private dining room for large dinner parties, and a concierge, security, valet, and doorman to make your life all the more luxurious. The residences themselves feature fixtures by Waterworks, hardwood and marble flooring, and lovely fireplaces. This 29-story structure is in the heart of the most upscale area of Toronto, with shops like Hermes and Vuitton just around the corner.

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