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Condomonium: $1 million for a suite in a King West clock tower (round windows included)

ADDRESS: 700 King St. W., Unit 612

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Niagara

AGENTS: George, Frank and John Filntissis, Coldwell Banker Terrequity Realty

PRICE: $999,000

THE PLACE: A three-bedroom condo in the clock tower of a former King West office building. Converted into the Westside Lofts in 2001, the building is equipped with a gym, a sauna and a rooftop patio.

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House of the Week: $8 million for a deluxe Arts and Crafts home steps from Lake Ontario

ADDRESS: 412 Lake Front

NEIGHBOURHOOD: The Beach

AGENTS: Thomas D. Neal, Royal LePage Estate Realty and Sam Mcdadi, ReMax Performance Realty

PRICE: $8,000,000

THE PLACE: This massive house on the water boasts a 270-degree panoramic view of the lake, making its vibe more island than urban. Built in the 1920s, the Arts and Crafts-style home underwent two years and $4 million worth of renovations to turn a rundown hodgepodge of small apartments into a single-family dwelling.

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Cottage of the Week: $7,500 a week for a Muskoka lakefront estate, complete with boathouse

ADDRESS: Hemlock Point Side Road South, Port Sandfield

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Lake Joseph, Muskoka

AGENT: Available through CottagePortal.com

PRICE: $7,500 a week

THE PLACE: An expansive estate on the waterfront boasting sleeping quarters for eight, a sunny terrace, a furnished boathouse and a dock.

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Condomonium: $1.3 million for the elegant top floor of a former duplex in Moore Park

ADDRESS: 118 Rosedale Heights Drive

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Rosedale–Moore Park

AGENT: Sheila Gallagher and Tiffany Sly, Chestnut Park Real Estate

PRICE: $1,275,000

THE PLACE: A traditionally decorated three-bedroom suite on the top floor of a former duplex. The building dates back to the 1930s but was renovated into three separate condos in 2008.

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House of the Week: $1.7 million for Toronto’s first luxury prefab home (designed by Ray Kappe, no less)

ADDRESS: 20A Senlac Road

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Lansing-Westgate

AGENT: Russell Pearsall, Forest Hill Real Estate

PRICE: $1,689,000

THE PLACE: Toronto’s first upscale prefabricated home (though the concept has been popular elsewhere for years) sits just north of Sheppard, overlooking a ravine. Famed Californian architect Ray Kappe designed the four-bedroom house, which boasts 2,132 square feet of interior space—plus another 1,000 square feet in the basement.

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Condomonium: $3.2 million for a Queen Street East penthouse loft with its very own (very private) courtyard

ADDRESS: 43 Britain Street, Unit 200

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Moss Park

AGENT: Carl Langschmidt, Royal LePage

PRICE: $3,200,000

THE PLACE: The massive two-story penthouse in the Stonecutters Lofts, a century-old warehouse whose conversion into five luxury living spaces netted the Ontario Association of Architects design award in 2011.

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House of the Week: $1.6 million for a Scarborough home with hints of Frank Lloyd Wright

ADDRESS: 9 Annis Road

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Guildwood

AGENTS: Caroline Ilaqua and Ron Baldwin, Royal LePage Estate Realty

PRICE: $1,650,000

THE PLACE: Architect Wayne Olson transformed a once boring ranch-style bungalow on a hill overlooking the Scarborough Bluffs into a roomy modern home.

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Condomonium: $1.3 million for Charles Khabouth’s Casa Loma suite

ADDRESS: 1 Benvenuto Place, Unit 503

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Casa Loma

AGENT: Corinne Pencer, Slavens & Associates

PRICE: $1,345,000

THE PLACE: A two-bedroom suite in The Benvenuto, a modernist apartment building designed in the 1950s by Peter Dickinson (the architect behind the Sony Centre and Park Plaza Hotel) that recently went condo.

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House of the Week: $1.75 million for a hip family home in the heart of downtown

ADDRESS: 50 Sullivan Street

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Kensington-Chinatown

AGENT: Julie Han-Emery, Re/Max Realtron Realty

PRICE: $1,749,000

THE PLACE: A modern renovation on a sleepy side street in the heart of the downtown core. With four bedrooms and five baths, it could be a great family home or, for the rich and adventurous, perhaps the nicest shared accommodation in the city.

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Condomonium: $1.8 million for a King West penthouse with an envy-inspiring terrace

ADDRESS: 75 Portland St., Unit 1101

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Waterfront Communities—The Island

AGENT: Craig Emond, RE/MAX Hallmark Realty

PRICE: $1,799,000

THE PLACE: A two-bedroom penthouse in the Seventy5 Portland building, which is the first Canadian project by über-designer Philippe Starck (and which we first looked at back in November).

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House of the Week: $3 million for a Romanesque-revival heritage home in the Annex

ADDRESS: 111 Bedford Road

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Annex

AGENTS: Christian Vermast, Paul Maranger and Fran Bennett, Sotheby’s International Realty

PRICE: $2,995,000

THE PLACE: An expertly restored heritage house in the Romanesque style of iconic Toronto buildings like Old City Hall and Queen’s Park.

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Condomonium: $1.3 million for a fully upgraded suite across the street from the Royal Ontario Museum

ADDRESS: 175 Cumberland Street, Unit 1110

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Yorkville

AGENT: Irena Elina, Royal LePage

PRICE: $1,275,000

THE PLACE: A two-bedroom suite in the Renaissance Plaza. One of the earlier Yorkville condos, the building was built in the early 1980s, but the owner recently overhauled this unit to bring it into a more modern (and glassy) era.

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House of the Week: $7.8 million for a souped-up stone manor in the Humber Valley

ADDRESS: 164 Edenbridge Drive

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Edenbridge–Humber Valley

AGENT: Michael Raso, Homelife/Realty One

PRICE: $7,800,000

THE PLACE: A four-bedroom stone manor on a wooded ravine lot (complete with a private creek) near Royal York Road.

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Condomonium: $1.4 million for an expansive penthouse in the Tip Top Lofts

ADDRESS: 637 Lake Shore Boulevard West, Unit 1007

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Niagara

AGENT: Graham Connaughton, Sotheby’s International Realty

PRICE: $1,399,000

THE PLACE: A two-level penthouse in the Tip Top Lofts. Easily one of Toronto’s most recognizable condos, the U-shaped, Art Deco–style structure has stood by the lake since 1929. When adding six extra storeys in 2006, the developer kept the original rooftop sign but adjusted it to its jaunty new angle.

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House of the Week: $1.7 million for an Arts and Crafts home with a first-rate reno in Rosedale

ADDRESS: 16 Inglewood Drive

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Rosedale–Moore Park

AGENT: Kara Reed, Chestnut Park Real Estate

PRICE: $1,679,000

THE PLACE: Alan Tregebov of AJT Architects overhauled this large house, which was originally built in an Arts and Crafts style. Tregebov usually works on corporate projects, but the persistent homeowners persuaded him to take on this residential challenge.

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