The west side of Toronto, anything west of Yonge St, is the most common part of Toronto that people consider when they think about condo developments in Toronto. There are hundreds of different condo projects that you can find with some major development in the Liberty Village being one of the most popular developments. This former industrial area of Toronto is a great example of how many urban centers are developing former industrial areas.

One of the most unique buildings on the west side of Toronto is the redone GE industrial buildings on Lansdowne Ave at the intersection of Dupont. The buildings called the Foundry Lofts building which was an active industrial building that started operating in the 1930's. Tne building has a huge interior shared space that is unique among condo buildings in Toronto.

Demand is still high for condos in the west part of Toronto with the recent development by Minto at 775 King St west selling out all of its units. One of the bigger developments now being released to the market is the new SQ2 condo near the corner of Spadina and Queen St. This area is one of Toronto's most popular shopping areas and the area has a certain image which should allow the units to sell quickly.

The units are in preview stage on the Tridel website and the pricing should be a test of the marketplace for something slightly higher priced than other parts of the west side.

The Toronto developer Context.ca brought to market of the nicest and oldest developments on the west side. The Tip Top Factory Lofts were contructed in an old factory that used to house Tip Top clothing. This development near the foot of Bathurst helped show the potential for beautiful construct in older factory building. The other old factory development that is well known on the west side is the Candy Factory condos located on Queen St West. Both these units have brand name recognition in the Toronto resale market and an real estate agent knows about the buildings. Demand is high for resale in these units and the prices for the units has increased since they were released to the public. The Candy Factory unit does have slightly lower maintenance even though the unit is older than other developments. The lower maintenance fees does make the Candy Factory more attractive to buyers.

The development at Tip Top helped open the area to other developments. All the new Fort York condos were put on the market after the success of the Tip Top condos. The close location to downtown when compared to development farther west in Mississauga has proved attractive to younger buyers.

Stronghold York National Historic Site houses Canada's biggest gathering of unique War of 1812 period structures. The fortification, worked as a historical center of the City of Toronto, offers easygoing guests and booked gatherings various energizing administrations year round. Amid the mid year months, the site wakes up with the shading and the pomp of the Fort York Guard and is complimented with visits by expert chronicled translators. In the off-season months, the fortification is caught up with giving instructive projects to booked visit gatherings including school, scout, aide, and day consideration bunches.

In the 1950s Fort York was practically torn down to clear a path for the Gardiner Expressway, however Highway organizers inevitably rerouted the raised parkway toward the south of the grounds.

The recovered grounds toward the south of the fortification are currently being produced, with new apartment suite towers in the long run constraining any conceivable reconnection with Lake Ontario. The cemetery for the fortress was found west of the battalion and congested with grass and thorns, no exertion was made to keep it in great condition. By the late nineteenth century twenty eight stones or wooden crosses stamped graves, yet there were many hills. The cemetery kept on falling into decay and is not some piece of the present Fort York.

The Fort York Condo development is very close to the Liberty Village area. The Liberty Village name was presented as a positive "brand" by the property proprietors and designers in the range in conjunction with the City of Toronto. The area means to separate itself from Parkdale, which now starts west of Dufferin Street. Its area is viewed as one of its finest resources being a 15-moment stroll to the Lakeshore, a short streetcar ride to the money related center and a twenty minute stroll from the stimulation/style/exhibition locale of King St. West.

Incompletely in light of this, Liberty Village has encountered amazing development from 2004 to the present as far as new apartment suites/lofts, office space, another park, and a huge number of new shops and eateries.

The continuous gentrification of downtown Toronto has been pushing more remote outwards from downtown (see Queen Street West, Niagara, Distillery District), empowering fast improvement. It has turned into an in vogue neighborhood for youthful experts and craftsmen pushing more remote west for less settled zones, while as yet remaining a short walk or streetcar ride from the center. Numerous old production lines have been repurposed as lofts while others have gotten to be eateries, exercise centers, furniture stores and displays, as this range was essentially a previous overwhelming modern region.

Sign at the convergence of King Street West and Atlantic Avenue

The modern building that used to house a paper organization and up until 2003, the Irwin Toy Factory, was changed over into mechanical private lofts and blended business utilization spaces. The Toronto Carpet Factory Building on Mowat Avenue and its encompassing grounds of mechanical structures is a case of 1900s' turn of the century modern construction modeling and as of now houses a blend of outline, innovation, media and promoting organizations. Old stockpiling and manufacturing plant spaces at Liberty Street and Hanna Avenue were changed over into business spaces in the 1980s and 1990s, and they contain Liberty Market. The Market houses outline firms and groups, media, innovation and showcasing firms, and a diverse blend of retail locations. Structures from the old Inglis Factory and the previous Massey Ferguson Head Office encompass the heart of Liberty Village, further vouching for the modern history of the area.

Artscape, a non-benefit urban advancement association that revitalizes structures, neighborhoods, and urban areas through expressions of the human experience has an in number vicinity in Liberty Village, giving blended live/work spaces for nearby craftsmen. Its impact can be seen all through the area and keeps up the esteemed convention of an area that was once ruled by specialists scanning for reasonable living and studio spaces.

Liberty Village is known for its effective Art and Design studios, yet media and innovation organizations likewise have an in number vicinity in the group. Numerous Canadian and US outline and innovation firms have situated to Liberty Village, making numerous occupations for the expanding number of natives that have moved into the developing neighbourhood.

Workplaces are generally packed in the west end of Liberty Village. New private improvements are right now centered around East Liberty Street, which starts east of Hanna Avenue. More than over thirty new eateries have opened in the previous five years, giving the inhabitants and specialists in the group with numerous diverse spots to eat and make the most of their creating neighborhood.