YONGE AND COLLEGE KARMA CONDOS

Living. in good, 'charitable Karma

Builders! developers: Centre-Court Developments and LifetimeDevelopments

Size: 277 to 819square feet

Price: $200,000s to low$600,000s

Sales Centre: By appointmentonly

Contact: Toregister, phone 416,551-2744or visit karmacondos-.com.

Keeping up to date on the pro-gress of the latest high-rise

development by CentreCourt De-velopments and Lifetime Devel-opments won't cost potentialbuyers a penny. But their actionswill buy a great deal of good for-tune for others in the populardowntown community. .

For each person who registersfor updates on Karma Condos, thedevelopers donate $5 towardslocal causes. More than $10,000was raised in just two weeks lastmonth. "Webelieve everythingwe do has a strong impact on theneighbourhood where we build,

. and it's our responsibility as de-velopers to work with the corn-munity to design something that

I will positively affect the neigh- ,bourhood and positively affectchange in the neighbourhood,"says Brian Brown, vice-presidentwith Lifetime Developments.

"It's a condo that cares." .Registered buyers call even

chose to allocate their donationtowards either Ronald McDonaldHouse, which provides lodgingnear hospitals for families withsick children; Wellsprings, whichis a network of community-basedcancer support centres; or Sketch,which engages youth at riskthrough art.. "We came up with three chari-ties ... we felt had very strongcauses and very strong benefits tothe neighbourhood," says Mr.Brown, who adds that his staffalso volunteers for these organiz-ation's special events. "So we'redoing different things to build onthis good karma notion."

For many buyers, the area is themain selling feature for the 50-.storey glass tower, which will beconveniently located at 21Gren-ville Street, near restaurants andshops along Yonge and Collegestreets, a 24-hour supermarket atCollege Park and both Ryersonand the University ofTorontocampuses. .

"As far as the Yonge and College

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area, this is one of the hottestneighbourhoods and most desir-able to live in," says Mr.Brown,"But also, given how close thissite is to the subway, it's a locationthat can provide access to everysingle amenity, resource and loca-tion that anybody wants.". This building, which was 'designe.d by archliectsalliajrce,will also become a destination ofits own with new. shops facingGrenville Street and an adjacentlaneway that many pedestrianscurrently utilize.

Private recreational amenitieswill consist of a large party roomwith a projection screen and din-ing room, a pub-like bar withpoker, billiards and tennis tables,and-a rooftop terrace with seatingand barbecue facilities. In addi-tion, there Willbe rooms forscreenings, gaming and music.and a fitness centre with weights,cardio equipment, yoga area andsaunas.

The rest of the tower will con-tain 495 suites, ranging from stud-ios to two bedroom plus denplans, including 50 units on thetop five floors that were releasedthis week.

Units facing north and south .will have balconies, however,

. each suite will have floor-to-ceil-ingwindows, nine-foot ceilings

• and engineered wood-floors, plusEnergy Star appliances and ener-m efficient heating and coolingsystems. .

Kitchens and bathrooms willfeature contemporary, customCecconi Simone cabinetry andstone or quartz counters.-Monthly fees will be 53cents per

square foot. .Parking will be purchased with •

select suites for $50,000. How-ever-there will be auto share ve-hicles on site. . ,., Occupancy is slated for Septem-ber,2015 ..

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