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[Doctor Detroit]

Just checked the available listings at the Devon Properties site:

 

• 352 square feet, 5th floor, $1,700/mo
• 392 sq ft, 3rd, $1,900
• 392 sq ft, 4th, $1,950

All those are 1 bed, 1 bath.

A 2 bed, 2 bath, 702 sq ft unit on the second floor is $2,775.

 

They have a parkade but I can't find anything in the listings to say if parking is included. I have my doubts.

 

[Mike K.]

I would imagine parking to be an extra fee.

[Doctor Detroit]

I would imagine parking to be an extra fee.

It doesn't take that much imagination.  ;-)

A minor question: now that the building has a name, could the title of this thread be updated to include it? 

[Mike K.]

Yup, done.

[Barrister]

Almost 2000 a month to rent something the size of my entrance hall. No wonder young people are pissed. We have failed them badly.

[scotto203]

Almost 2000 a month to rent something the size of my entrance hall. No wonder young people are pissed. We have failed them badly.

 

Indeed, what a joke. I pay a bit more than that for my 600 sq ft. apartment in the brand-new Hudson House (which is still crazy but that's where we're at). But hey you get a free stay in a tent in Tofino for 2 nights, so well worth it right??

[victoriahomefan]

It's so frustrating to look at these tiny, basic apartments, and see them positioned as "thoughtfully designed for luxury living". There in nothing luxurious about not having a front hall closet, a bed wedged against a wall, and your couch right beside your fridge. What makes these homes luxurious??

[Victoria Watcher]

You can reach into the fridge without getting off that couch. That’s luxury.

[Barrister]

Gee, are you saying that developers might be lying to you? 

[aastra]

Next you'll say the politicians were also lying when they were resisting every new development for all those decades by claiming such luxurious apartment living was a social scourge.

 

The year 2026 is a few months away. I can count on one hand the number of people I know who have clued in. We deserve every bit of it.

[Mike K.]

Every gain and efficiency the housing sector made over the last two decades, the government stepped in to exploit it.

What did everyone think would happen, if residents in new buildings have to pay for:
- housing affordability funds
- subsidies for below-market units
- complex Step Code designs and materials
- accessibility mandates
- complex demolition
- public amenity contributions
- long, drawn out approvals processes
- in-building amenity packages
- street repairs and public realm upgrades
- unit type requirements
- restricted rental increases (leadings to big jumps in between tenants)
- restricted condo sales (investors have been pushed out of the condo market; some buyers heavily taxed)
- parking maximums
- expensive studies
- expensive reports
- rapidly and routinely changing municipal demands
- CRD water levy
- high direct construction taxation
- high indirect construction taxation
- …and on, and on.

That’s why a 375 square foot unit now costs $2,800 a month to rent.

[aastra]

Pic:

 

[Vin]

Love the old school feel of this mid-rise, although the corner portion could be done so much better, eg. with a clock turret of some type.