Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | Complete

[Momo26]

A 1bdrm or 2bdrm?

[tomh009]

Not listed any more but at 700 sqft I'm quite sure it was a 1BR unit.

[Momo26]

I wouldn't be so certain about that. Most of the units being finished in DTK (the area not the specific condo) which are North of 600sqft are 2 beds...

[jeremyroman]

I wouldn't be so certain about that. Most of the units being finished in DTK (the area not the specific condo) which are North of 600sqft are 2 beds...

The Charlie West floor plans show that the smallest 2br unit is 833 sq ft interior.

[Momo26]

Yah Charlie West was the last condo that had very practical floor plan sizes I could say, in the non-Luxury market of condos.

[tomh009]

At the moment no one is building bigger units (apart from an occasional overpriced penthouse unit). As I recall, Avenue M topped out at 1250 sqft, and no one else is close at the moment.

However, the wave of new rental units (Drewlo, Market Flats, Ophelia, Arrow 2, The Scott, 66 Civic -- plus others in planning stages) in DTK should ease the demand for investor condo units, which are often small 1BR ones. Will that change the mix of unit sizes for the next set of DTK condo buildings, that remains to be seen.

[Spokes]

There is an 8F unit listed for sale, for June occupancy. Asking $500K for a little of 700 sqft.

Anyone know what the original pre construction price was?

[taylortbb]

There is an 8F unit listed for sale, for June occupancy. Asking $500K for a little of 700 sqft.

Anyone know what the original pre construction price was?

It really depends on the exact unit, as some of the 8th floor units have terraces. Looking at my price list, unit 810A was a 1 bedroom unit with 726 sq ft interior + 871 sq ft terrace, and it was listed at $379k. Plus $40k for parking and $5k for storage locker, if the purchaser went for either of those.

By the time I got my price list all the non-terrace units were sold on the 8th floor. Unit 1110A (so the same 726 sq ft interior, but with a 66 sq ft balcony) was listed for $304k.

So for a little over 700 sq ft, you're looking at a $300k price point, unless it was a terrace unit, then $379k. Given the list price I'm guessing it was the terrace unit. Add a parking spot and you're at $420k initial purchase price, which makes $500k not totally crazy appreciation.

[tomh009]

A tower in the mist.

   

[tomh009]

And the view from Young Street.

   

[catarctica]

Thank you for all the photos!

[jeffster]

Here is a picture I took the other night:

   

[tomh009]

Very nice!

P.S. Photos tend to have much larger file sizes when stored as PNG (rather than JPG). PNG is great for line drawings etc but not very efficient for photos (though it is a non-lossy compression which is good if you need maximum image fidelity).

[jeffster]

Very nice!

P.S. Photos tend to have much larger file sizes when stored as PNG (rather than JPG). PNG is great for line drawings etc but not very efficient for photos (though it is a non-lossy compression which is good if you need maximum image fidelity).

Trying to find the easiest way to do that. It's from an iPhone that was sent to my MacBook, and an HEIC file, so I screenshot it to a PNG. I'll try to get a different solution.

[tomh009]

Understood! This might help?
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/heic-t...-on-a-mac/

Or you can switch your phone to use JPEG (which is what I do), using the camera settings.