Are You a Picky Purchaser?

Sometimes being a picky purchaser is a good
thing especially if you're in the market for
$2million dollar+ penthouses - who wouldn't be?

Aura's virtual gaming technology at the
Presentation Centre uses a gaming joystick
that easily allows you to literally walk through
million dollar penthouses yourself - this is as
close to reality as you can get.

Detail oriented? go ahead, get an up close and
personal look at everything - view every
single detail you can imagine - you can even
walk right up to the windows and look down
and gaze at Toronto from 75 storeys high,
with 360 degree views of course.

Read Bill Taylor's article: "People can be so picky"
Toronto Star, May 21 2011

Winter 2011 Highlights

Get caught up on what's happening now at the
Aura construction site at Yonge and Gerrard in
downtown Toronto, Canada.

Find out how the construction progress is coming
along and what's planned for the next couple of'
months.

Construction photo above is of the East side
of the Aura site showing parking level 1, 2 and
ground floor on March 18, 2011.


Read more: Aura Highlights Winter 2011

True Residential Feel with Modern Conveniences

Discerning penthouse buyers often look for a strong residential feel when it comes to downtown condominium living.

Aura's penthouse kitchen vignette at the sales centre rivals a low-rise home's kitchen size packed with modern conveniences complete with oversized kitchen island, spacious breakfast area and elegant cabinetry fit for the everyday and exclusive cullinary entertaining.

Read more of The Model: The Aura penthouse, where conveniences rival the low-rise home, National Post March 11, 2011 by Lisa Van de Ven

2010 Record Year for New Condo Sales

Did you know that in the last quarter of 2010, there were a total of 6,280 new condominiums sold in the Toronto CMA making the year's total a record high since 2007. What will 2011 bring?

Urbanation, the leading source of information and analysis on the Toronto condo market, recently released its fourth quarter market review for 2010.

For the second consecutive year, the Toronto new condominiums market finished quite strong. With a flurry of sales activity, the fourth quarter resulted in 6,280 new condominums units sold, which is a 2,474 more units then the 2010 third quarter.

“The Q4-2010 new unit sales were much higher than expected, spurred by tremendous results at a number of new project openings in the City of Toronto. In the end, 2010’s total annual new and resale condominium sales of 37,041 units were just three per cent shy of the historic 2007 record of 38,306 units sold.”Said Urbanation Executive Vice President and Editor Ben Myers.

Read more on Urbanation's 2010 new condo sales results here.

February Marks Milestone

The enormous task of excavating this Yonge
and Gerrard site was completed earlier this
year in January. Daily construction at the
Aura site is advancing as planned.













East side of Aura site at Yonge & Gerrard Sts.












East side of Aura Site, forming last parking level

The last parking level on the East side is
being formed and we anticipate being at
grade that is, street level this month.












West side of Aura site along Gerrard St.

The steel braces under the permanent ramp
that splits the Aura site in two have been
removed as forming of the parking levels on
the West side advances.