The 620
Urban
This boutique mixed-use condominium is located at 620 King Street West, is in the highly sought-after King West neighbourhood, just west of the downtown core. The street is lined with handsome turn of the century brick industrial buildings, upscale restaurants, cafes, retail stores and design-oriented offices and studios.
Innovative
The building is comprised of 14 luxury residential lofts rising above the façade of the historical industrial warehouse building and will include many innovative "green" design features, targeting a LEED Gold rating. The 50,000 sf building will consist of a historical brick base of 2 stories, a third storey set back with a generous green terrace facing King Street and a modern tower of seven stories that seem to float over the original brick base. The ground floor retail space will add vitality and street presence to the King Street, the second floor will be suited to office or residential use and the upper floors will feature two suites per floor, thus providing large open concept lofts with generous daylight and double or triple aspect orientation to achieve cross ventilation. The glass facades facing south and west will be designed with integral sun-shading to provide reduced glare added comfort and energy savings throughout the year. Innovative triple parking stackers provide parking for 15 vehicles in the space of 5.
Green
The project will feature luxury finishes with environmental sustainability built in to all aspects of the integrated design to provide a high level of comfort, health and energy savings. South and west facing windows will have integral shading devices, suites will have cross-ventilation to provide cooling and air flow in summer months, in-floor radiant heating will provide superior comfort and efficiency, air exchangers will provide enhanced air quality, solar collectors will provide domestic hot water and low flow fixtures will provide water conservation.
Design
Typical units (two per floor) are 2,100 sf have direct elevator access and generous outdoor spaces. The two penthouse units are 4,000 sf over 3 floors and have large roof top terraces and cantilevered glazed swimming pools.