Cool Cheap Office Space Downtown West Toronto

Back to the Downtown West today.  Here are some options to think about while you make your new years resolutions about starting up your new company.

Here’s your options of less than 4,000 sf.
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And these are the options over 4,000 sf.
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Please note the attached office space is not listed with OfficeSearchToronto.com but call us first at 416-992-9869 or E-mail Me for floor plans and additional information. If you want to sort out only the available office space listings on this blog, click the link “Available Office Space Toronto” in the Catories section on the bottom right.

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Space Saving At Work: Bringing Organization & Style To Your Office Space

Written by our partner – CsnStores.com

It’s not easy being organized. Super organized people are typically pegged as obsessive compulsive, which may or may not be true in most cases. While there is a certain amount of compulsion required to be organized, you don’t have to get carried away. Organization does not mean alphabetizing and color coding every single file folder in your possession. No, that would just be crazy! Who has time for that? All you need is a few space saving pieces of office furniture and some storage containers of some kind. Here are some helpful tips on organizing your office space or cubicle in a non-obsessive way. Sit back in your office chair and learn how you can become more productive with a few less things on your desk!

Reduce, Reuse & Recycle

When it comes to organizing your work space, it’s a good idea to discard anything and everything that you’re not using. Papers have the tendency to stack up on your desk…papers that you have no intention of ever referencing again. You should sift through your notes and other pamphlets, reports and miscellaneous papers at least once a month, once a week would be even better. Anything you don’t need anymore – recycle it! Recycling not only helps to eliminate senseless clutter from your desktop, it lends to an overall good feeling, knowing that you are helping the environment! Remember to remove any staples or paper clips as these cannot be recycled.

File It Away

Now that you’ve recycled all of the unimportant papers on that formerly lived on your desk; it’s time to file them away in your drawer. Don’t just throw them in, though. While it’s great if your desktop looks neat and pristine, but if your drawers are messy and disorganized then you lose! If your desk drawers aren’t equipped to accommodate hanging file folders, purchase an in drawer hanging file folder rack of some sort. Hanging file folders are great for keeping organized. They come with tabs and labels so you can keep your files straight. If you don’t want to go for the hanging file folder option then buy one of those open top A – Z expanding file folders and slip it into your big desk drawer. There are tons of desk drawer organization options for you to consider. If you have a bit more space to work with you could invest in a portable filing cabinet.

Compartmentalize

Everything should have its space. Now, I know this sounds like we’re inching closer into “OCD” territory, but all I’m saying is the more things you have lying around on your desk, the more unorganized and cluttered it looks! At the very least, get a pen & pencil holder of some kind to house all of your writing utensils and a couple of horizontal, stackable filing trays to use for papers that you are currently using or reference on a daily basis. If you’re lucky enough to have a desk with built in desktop storage, definitely take advantage of it! Don’t go overboard with the compartmentalization though. If your desktop is loaded with organizers and containers, it’s bound to look cluttered!

Sitting Pretty

If you’ve spent any amount of time in an office, then you know how uncomfortable the office chairs tend to be. Unless you are an executive, you’re most likely sitting in a very basic office chair. Even if you don’t plan on staying at your current place of employment indefinitely, purchasing your own, ergonomically-designed office chair is a wise idea and a good investment. The Herman Miller Aeron Chair is the cream of the crop when it comes to comfortable, stylish office chairs. Designed with mostly recycled materials and available with a variety of fabric options, the Aeron supports your lower back and helps to improve posture! There’s also an Aeron drafting chair perfect for artists and architects! No doubt, Aeron chairs are pretty expensive. At the very least, consider getting some sort of a back support cushion or pillow to make sitting down all day long a little more comfortable.

Remember

When it comes to saving space in a stylish way, you don’t have to get too elaborate or too crazy. As long as you implement and maintain some sort of basic organization your life will become immediately less stressful and your productivity will most likely increase.

Website Tools and Gadgets

This one seems like a lot of work but if you’re dedicated it could be a good tool.
Evernote

Do you print out your Outlook schedule?  I just keep it on my Blackberry / Desktop but check this out.

This Winsize program is a huge time saver.

New Years Brings Top 10

Here are the top 10 top 10 from 2008 for one of my favorite website – lifehacker.com
Lifehacker

Some of the best music of 2008!

Best Firefox addons for 2008.

And here’s some inspiration for the new year!

Blackberry Storm and other cool stuff

Click on the picture to open the full story.

They say return rates are as high as 50%… so far I’m happy I got the Blackberry Bold.

3-4 Monitors, I can’t wait as thereafter will come 3D TV’s!

Blue Ray + DVD all in one.  Things seem to be coming together…

The next 2 are just for fun.  A Leather wrapped Dell Laptop and one of my favorite arcade games now for the home!

Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays from OfficeSearchToronto!

Midtown Toronto – Some of the BIGGER Office space

Cool Technology for the Environment

Click on any of the pictures for the full article.

It’s an alarmingly simple concept that claims to be the world’s first application: Netherlands-based company Natuurcafé La Port installed a power generator into a revolving door. Fantastic, but it took us this long?

Feeling the hurt of endlessly dying batteries on your BlackBerry (or iPhone, if that’s what you’re into)? Atif Shamim, a PhD student at Canada’s Carleton University might have the medicine for that pain of yours. He’s cleverly hacked such devices, removing all the wires that connect the electrical circuits to the antenna, and developed a module for the connection to operate wirelessly. The result, he estimates, is that his modified devices use almost 12 times less power than they normally do — which of course means longer battery life. A paper about the device has won an award at the European Wireless Technology Conference, and Shamin has filed for a patent in both the US and Canada. There’s no indication of when we might start to see tech like this on actual commercial devices, but we’re pretty sure plenty of companies are going to want to get a hold of this technology like, yesterday.

Energizer’s Solar Recharger looks, at first glance, like a confused device. Is it an iPod battery extender? AA charger? Solar adapter? Well, it’s all of these things, which is why it’s awesome.

Windows are so boring. All you can do is look through them. In this age of convergence, where devices do more than one thing, windows are so old school, right? Wrong! RSi Solar has introduced “the world’s first, transparent, photovoltaic-glass window which generates 80 to 250 watts of electricity”. It offers “an enclosed super-tempered glass window system, with a patent pending, fully integrated, multi-tier PV and heat insulation technology. Up to 9’ x 9’ size”.

Expect to see these photovoltaic windows in “signature projects” in Hollywood and Las Vegas. Both seem like fine locations to use this technology, if you ask me.

Midtown Toronto Office Space

Trying something new with Issuu.com to post some of the available space in the Midtown Toronto market.  Check them out.

Small Office Space Midtown Toronto

Please note the attached office space is not listed with OfficeSearchToronto.com but call us first at 416-992-9869 or E-mail Me for floor plans and additional information. If you want to sort out only the available office space listings on this blog, click the link “Available Office Space Toronto” in the Catories section on the bottom right.

The Big Bad Landlord Lists

Reflecting back on the last month.  Here are some of the broker and landlord availability lists.

Bentall – Landlord

CREIT – Landlord

GWL Office Space

Humbold Properties

OfficeSearchToronto.com tracks available office space across the GTA. Want a survey or availability report somewhere else in Toronto? Are these space too big? Call us at 416-992-9869 or E-mail Me!.

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