Over the last few weeks it has been difficult to find quality office space for lease in the Downtown West Brick and Beam market.  The attached space are the best options I have toured through the month of April.  If you are interested in receiving more information on any of these listings, call me at 416-643-3713 or E-mail Us Here!

30 Duncan Street – more info

317 Adelaide Avenue West – more info

165 John Street – more info

540 Richmond Avenue West – more info

We are tracking some great space out there! For floor plans or a survey of available office space in Toronto provide your contact info here and I will be in touch with a custom survey of office space tailored to your needs. It can’t get any easier that that!

Please note the attached office space is not listed with OfficeSearchToronto.com but call us first at 416-643-3713 or email us here!

Other Downtown West listings from OfficeZilla.ca!

New Office Listings -
130 Spadina Avenue
119 Spadina Avenue
191 John Street
171 John Street
171 East Liberty
333 Adelaide Street West
257 Adelaide Street West
30 Duncan Street
20 Maud Street

Please note the attached office space is not listed with OfficeSearchToronto.com but call us first at 416-643-3713 or email us here!

One of the pillars of coworking is collaboration, and the Coworking Toronto collective is tossing away notions of competition and working together.

The first tool to facilitate this is the Coworking Toronto Passport Program which helps freelancers and digital nomads to try out many spaces and through their discovery they just might find somewhere they want to call home.

The passport gets the buyer into seven spaces for one trial day each. Trial days at participating spaces usually range from $20 to $40, with an average of $25. The purchase price is $75 and is valid from Mar 1 to Nov 30, 2012. Passports can be purchased at participating spaces or online at http://coworkingtoronto.ca/passport.

Rachel Young, Co-founder of Camaraderie Coworking Inc said, “This is an incredible way to discover some of the coworking spaces in Toronto and see how different each one can be. We want to offer visitors a way to explore without worrying about commitment, and we’re confident that through this discovery process some will be able to find a space they want to take up a resident membership, grow their business, and interact with some great existing members.”

The spaces participating in this inaugural program are:
• Camaraderie (Adelaide and Church)
• Centre for Social Innovation – Annex (Bloor and Bathurst)
• Centre for Social Innovation – Spadina (Queen and Spadina)
• Coworkative (Stoufville and Yonge)
• Foundery (Dundas and Bathurst)
• Hackernest (Bloor and Lansdowne)
• Park & Co (King and Dufferin)

The number of coworking spaces has been doubling worldwide since 2003, according to Deskmag’s Global Coworking Survey, reaching 1,300 last month. Toronto had just four spaces that self-identified as coworking at the beginning of 2011 and now has 13 just a year later.

Funds from this program go directly to the marketing budget for Coworking Toronto. Participating spaces are not receiving any compensation from the program. Future marketing efforts may include community outreach, participation in key tradeshows, sponsoring events, and other initiatives.

This is the first program of its kind for the coworking industry, and Coworking Toronto will be monitoring the program closely throughout the year to be able to provide metrics for future projects and other regional collectives.

PASSPORT

ADDRESS: 686 Richmond Street West

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Niagara

AGENT: Lee Taylor and Donald Mulholland, Bosley Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage

PRICE: $2,095,000

THE PLACE: Unlike many of the boldly emblazoned buildings scattered throughout the city, this off-the-beaten-track freehold would go unnoticed were it not for the large countryside mural adorning the north wall. Divided into three storeys, the “Sunflower Building” consists of a lower-level workshop with a large storage area, his-and-hers bathrooms and a kitchen, while a 1,500-square-foot main floor office includes a reception area, a boardroom and workstations for eight. Upstairs is a lofty three-bedroom, two-bath apartment with a rooftop deck.

THE STORY: Mystery seems to surround the namesake mural on this otherwise ordinary building. Originally a mannequin warehouse, the building has also served as an art gallery and most recently a woodwork shop, where the construction of a 17-foot mahogany boat forced renovations that included installing a trap door in the main floor boardroom and widening the doorway on the side of the building to get the bloody thing out. Though the mural is signed, not much else is known about the idyllic scene (perhaps it’s an ode to the sunflower woman).

THE IDEAL TENANT: The combined workshop and workspace would be ideal for architects, designers, craftsmen or artists in need of a sizable studio.

THE DETAILS:
• $2,095,000
• $15,640 in combined commercial and residential taxes (2011)
• 4,500 square feet
• 1,500-square-foot lower level (with workshop, two bathrooms, storage and kitchen)
• 1,500-square-foot commercial space (with reception, boardroom, two offices and five built-in workstations)
• 1,500-square-foot three-bedroom, two-bath apartment
• 4-car tandem parking
• 3 storeys
• 1 rooftop patio
• 1 original hand-painted mural

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 416-643-3713 or E-mail Me!

Please note the attached office space is not listed with OfficeSearchToronto.com but call us first at 416-643-3713 or email us here!

Please note the attached office space is not listed with OfficeSearchToronto.com but call us first at 416-643-3713 or email us here!

I was out touring a few spaces in Liberty Village this week and took some video / pictures of the suites we saw at the Dufferin Liberty Centre, the Carpet Factory and 171 East Liberty buildings. Here is a video walk through of the spaces we saw.

For floor plans or a survey of available office space in Toronto provide your contact info here and I will be in touch with a custom survey of office space tailored to your needs. It can’t get any easier that that!