ADDRESS: 1 Macklem Avenue
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Little Portugal
AGENT: Lease from owner (Mariana Grezova)
PRICE: $750 per month
OFFICE SPACE: A small studio on a quiet side street near Dufferin Grove, the office is shared with Collectivity, a communications firm. The open-concept space on the main floor of a three-storey building features exposed brick walls, polished concrete floors and plenty of natural light (all four walls are lined with windows). The current owners plan to inject a little more green in the property by putting in a yard at the side of the building this fall.
WATER COOLER GOSSIP: Built in 1900s, the building’s first industrial incarnation was a spice factory. Later, Macklem’s Baby Carriage and Toys, which is still in business on Dundas Street West (near Roncesvalles), used it for manufacturing toys.
IDEAL TENANT: Given the location, what you do really doesn’t matter—it’s all about the uniform you wear while you’re doing it. We suggest raw denim (cuffed, of course), desert boots, a chambray shirt, colourful socks, poorly kept facial hair, a vintage rucksack and, if you really want to go all out, a bowtie.
THE DETAILS:
• $750/month
• 850 square feet
• 25 windows
• 10-foot-high ceilings
• 1 boardroom
• 1 kitchen
• 1 bathroom with shower
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- Reception
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- A relic of the building’s past: a piece of a poster from a sausage casing company still adorns the wall
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- A makeshift boardroom
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- Kitchen (with stainless steel appliances)
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- Bathroom with shower
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- The floors feature in-floor radiant heating, which means there’s less dust
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- Model airplane
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- Exterior
Hi, I am interested in seeing this space but the link to Ms. Grezova’s email does not seem to work. Is there any other way to contact her?
Many thanks,
Angela
October 10, 2011 at 8:03 pm | by Angela DeMontigny