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Downtown Toronto Investment Property for Sale

Addy Saeed — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:40:53 +0000

Here is another great property we have listed… The property is a Residential and Commercial Property with MCR zoning. There are four residential properties and one commercial unit. The property is listed with a cap rate of 5.8% which includes the vacancy. This is a cash cow. The property...

Rob Ford Asks Realtors to Support Land Transfer Tax Reductions

Addy Saeed — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:35:52 +0000

According to Mayor Rob Ford, our city councillors are addicted to the money Toronto’s land transfer tax generates. During the course of a 17-minute speech, Ford requested the help of Toronto realtors in reducing the city’s land transfer tax by 10%. This first step towards eliminating...

June in Toronto: Recreation, Parks, and Bike Month 2013

Addy Saeed — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:01:38 +0000

Summer is less than a week away, and Toronto has already begun celebrating the season’s impending change. Although June’s weather has not been the most favourable so far, residents of Toronto have not been deterred from getting active outdoors. As it is both Recreation and Parks Month...

Revitalizing One Spadina Crescent

Addy Saeed — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:34:53 +0000

One Spadina Crescent, a prominent Gothic Revival structure first built by the Presbyterian Church in 1875, is about to undergo a $50-million transformation to become the University of Toronto‘s new John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. In charge of this...

Property Prices Rise in April 2013

Addy Saeed — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:34:28 +0000

Statistics Canada has released their monthly market update, reporting that the New Housing Price Index (NHPI) rose 0.2% in the month of April, continuing a streak of similar increases over the past year. Of all the Canadian cities, St. John’s experienced the largest property price growth at...

Toronto Real Estate Board’s Market Watch – May 2013

Addy Saeed — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:02:32 +0000

Greater Toronto Area (GTA) REALTORS® reported 10,182 sales through the TorontoMLS system in May 2013, representing a dip of 3.4 per cent compared to May 2012. Sales of single-detached homes in the GTA were up by almost one per cent compared to the same period last year, including a three per cent...

The Toronto Food Terminal — Behind Closed Doors

Addy Saeed — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:34:37 +0000

On Saturday May 25th, the Toronto Food Terminal, Canada’s only fresh produce wholesale market, opened it’s doors for their Taste of the Food Terminal event. Although the Food Terminal never closes–as it is opened 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year–it is very rare for the...

Weird Zoological Buildings from Around the World

Addy Saeed — Thu, 30 May 2013 16:06:07 +0000

Architecture can come in many forms – everyone knows this. In prior weeks, we’ve covered some unusual designs found throughout the world. This week, a different style of architecture demands our attention — buildings that look like animals. Upon first discovering the giant fish complex in...

Zaha Hadid’s Metro Station Design (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

Addy Saeed — Thu, 30 May 2013 14:40:51 +0000

In Toronto, we have the Beaux-Arts styled Union Station: a major inner-city transportation facility, deemed a Canadian National Historic Site since 1975. While this structure has many alluring architectural features, one may feel as if Toronto needs more flare in comparison to Zaha Hadid’s Metro...

Vote for Addy Saeed – Toronto Real Estate Board Commercial Division Councillor

Addy Saeed — Thu, 30 May 2013 03:03:26 +0000

I’m Addy Saeed with Re/max Active Realty in Mississauga and I’m pleased to announce that I’ve been nominated to run as Councilor for Toronto Real Estate Board’s Commercial Division for the year 2013/2014. Let me tell you a bit about myself. I have an educational background...