Fronting on Dufferin and Mowat
The York Liberty Buildings, originally built in 1910, are renovated brick and beam buildings with a multi-storey atrium lobby in Liberty Village, Toronto’s most wired community. They also feature extremely secure and economical connectivity. The buildings’ high ceilings, operable windows with open, airy floor plans appeal to those looking to reflect a new corporate culture. Companies in the York Liberty Buildings maintain that the nature and quality of the office accommodation have enhanced their ability to recruit and retain employees.
To find out more information about the York Liberty Buildings or to set up an appointment to view, please contact Sander Cruickshank (416) 484-1250.
If you are interested in other Liberty Village area properties, you can also see the Toronto Carpet Factory or 2 Atlantic Avenue.
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Building Location
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Building Features
To find out more information about York Liberty Buildings or to set up an appointment to view, please contact Sander Cruickshank (416) 484-1250 x290.
Built
Built in about 1910, and fully restored in 2002.
Ceiling Height
13’ 6” to 20’
Bay Size
From 20’x 10’
Elevators
1 passenger and 2 freight elevators.
Window Details
Operable industrial sash and casement windows.
Heat
Perimeter hot water/gas (5 to 6 zones per floor).
Air Conditioning
VAV (3 to 9 zones per floor) and split systems.
Electrical
100 amps per 2,500 square feet.
Ample Parking
Time-consuming and sometimes unnerving multi-level parking problems are not a concern of our tenants and visitors. At York Liberty Buildings, parking is provided mere steps from the door at current market rates.
Public Transit
The building is readily accessible from the Gardiner Expressway and Lakeshore Boulevard, and is a ten-minute ride from the financial core on the King streetcar that stops a block away. The Dufferin bus line is right outside the door and it is a five minute walk to the Exhibition GO station.
Lobby Details
3 storey atria.
Exterior
Toronto red brick and stucco facade with large metal industrial sash windows.
Interior
Hardwood floors, sandblasted brick feature walls, heavy timber construction with many suites featuring timber trusses.
Common Area Gross Up
Most of the building has no gross-up. Some smaller suites between 5 and 7%.
Well-Located
York Liberty Buildings are located in the heart of Liberty Village near the Dufferin Gates to the Exhibition Grounds; steps from the King streetcar and the Exhibition GO train stop. Plus, the Gardiner Expressway and Lakeshore Boulevard to the south provide immediate vehicular access.
Located on the south-east quadrant of King and Dufferin, the Liberty Village area is a remarkable campus style community where new media, IT companies, designers, architects, film and video producers, animation houses, boutique law firms and software developers are the core of a highly creative community.
Technology
Liberty Village is Toronto’s most wired community with extremely secure and economical connectivity.
Environmentally Correct
Operable windows. Constant attention to air quality. All York Heritage buildings have air quality routinely assessed and compared to Canadian and international air quality regulations.
Natural Light
Natural light illuminates the offices on all four sides of the building atria.
High Ceilings Provide Flexibility
With high ceilings ranging from 13’6” to as high as 20’, you have a choice of dignified and welcoming common areas or intimate private offices. An atmosphere that reflects your unique corporate culture is easily achieved.
Security a Priority
With only three floors to serve and no underground parking garage, we are able to expedite the job with maximum efficiency. Our Building Manager actually lives within one block of the building and is on call 24 hours a day. A fully integrated sprinkler, smoke detection and building access system connects to a 24-hour/7-day control centre.
The building’s front door and elevator lock automatically at the close of each business day. Entry is restricted to authorized personnel with access cards. The elevator system is backed by a fully monitored telephone system. Visitor access, after hours, is enabled by a tele-entry system. Additional security is provided after-hours by Nexus Security.
Property Management
We are responsible for the quality of maintenance and repair of our lobbies, corridors, windows and other public areas...and we care very much. If anything is not working properly, we respond to the call. Chances are, we'll not just send a repairperson, we'll accompany them.
Landlord Reputation
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, our tenants recommend us. If you have not had the opportunity to compare their responses with responses from tenants in competing buildings, we urge you to do so now. The approval of our tenants is your best assurance that in choosing the York Liberty Buildings, you have made the right decision.
Building History
Tenant Directory
Lyn Leather Co. Ltd.
159 Dufferin St., Suite 101, Toronto, Ontario M6K 1Y9
T: (416) 535-8143
Property: York Liberty Buildings | Categories: Clothing and Accessories
Mejuri
18C Mowat Ave., Toronto, Ontario M6K 3E8
Web Site: www.mejuri.com
Property: York Liberty Buildings | Categories: Jewellery and Accessories
Softchoice Corporation
173 Dufferin St., Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario M6K 3H7
T: (416) 588-9000
Email Address: cacentral@softchoice.com
Web Site: www.softchoice.com
Property: York Liberty Buildings | Categories: Software Development Distribution and Licensing
Founded in 1989, SoftChoice is North America's fastest growing software reseller with 35 branches coast to coast. They are e-commerce pioneers and have been using web-enabled tools since 1994. SoftChoice not only advises on, but also manages all software volume licensing programs, resulting in increased value and savings for their customers. Customers can do all their software researching, ordering and reporting online, by fax, or face to face on over 147,000 products from more than 4,000 publishers and manufacturers. SoftChoice...simply the best way to buy software.
There are 3 Companies at York Liberty Buildings
Building Feature Sheet
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Building Technology
Beanfield & York Heritage Properties
York Heritage Properties understands that information technology and digital communications are mission critical to its customers and, that in today’s wired world, network security, broadband capacity and Internet connectivity can mean the difference between success and irrelevance.
According to the many businesses in Liberty Village that use its services, Beanfield Technologies Inc., a Toronto Carpet Factory business, is providing unprecedented IT savings and security to its customers.
Located on the 5th floor of the historic Toronto Carpet Factory, Beanfield Technologies serves as a high capacity, building-centric Internet Service Provider and co-location center with a fibre optic network running throughout the Liberty Village community.
For Carpet Factory and York Liberty-based businesses, Beanfield’s co-location centre boasts uninterruptible power, multiple pathways to the Internet, enormous bandwidth and a secure environment to house their servers.
More than just enhanced IT performance, Beanfield’s Carpet Factory and York Liberty customers also report tremendous cost savings. For many companies information technology and communications-related expenses exceed occupancy costs. Beanfield customers in Liberty Village face no setup fee, and the monthly service charges are said to be one-tenth to one-half the rate of traditional buildings in Toronto.
This saves the average customer thousands of dollars annually and is due to the fibre optic ring Beanfield established around Liberty Village with support from York Heritage Properties.
The ring connects independent fibre cable to Beanfield’s own network which includes its Carpet Factory-based co-location centre. Beanfield’s proprietary fibre network is augmented by separate OC3, OC12 and Gigabit Ethernet connections into upstream carriers such as MCI, Bell Nexxia, Group Telecom, and a Gigabit Ethernet link into the Toronto Internet Exchange with direct links to Q9, Peer 1, Shaw/Bigpipe, Primus, Rogers, Cogeco, Videotron and others.
Beanfield’s co-location centre provides significant security, significant savings and a significant edge to its customers in the Toronto Carpet Factory and York Liberty Buildings.
Beanfield Internet Access
- Entry level product is $79/month.
- Delivered over Ethernet system; same speed up and down.
- Hosting services provided in a secure location.
- Multiple physical fibre entrances into the building.
- No charge office-to-server connection for Beanfield Co-location Centre customers
- Beanfield offers pipeline sizes in increments of 10 Mb, 100 Mb, 155Mb, 622Mb, and Gigabit
- Access to the complex wide secure wireless network is free for all Beanfield customers.
Beanfield Co-Location Services
- Incremental cabinet space charges in Co-location Centre based on need ($75 / quarter cabinet)
- Power charge per amp service: 1 amp = 1 server ($20/month)
- Beanfield Co-location Centre users benefit from the critical back-up support of a 65KVA UPS and diesel generator
- Flexible packages and rates for small to mid-sized businesses
- Example: A 10 person office in the Toronto Carpet Factory can be hooked up to the net, operate their business with secured hosting, have multiple email addresses, and home office VPN lines for less than $200/month
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