As Barbara Lawlor gets set for the spring sales season, Baker Real Estate Inc.’s CEO has good reason to feel optimistic about what lies ahead.
Her firm is coming off its most successful year ever, having sold more than 900 units at Dundas Square Gardens, the top-performing high-rise launch of 2014. It was only one of the projects blown out by Baker last year—there was also Core Condos at Jarvis and Shuter Sts.; Yorkdale Condos at Lawrence Ave. and Allen Rd.; The Code Condos in Forest Hill; and The Taylor on Dundas Street East.
“We’ve been in the business since 1993,” Lawlor says. “So the fact 2014 was our biggest year ever is really saying something.”
And there’s no indication things will be slowing down this spring. “We’re going to be working 24-7 in the second quarter,” she says. “There’s a lot we’re bringing to the marketplace.”
First up is Vida Condos, a mid-rise project by Castle Group Developments on Sheppard Ave., across from Bayview Village Shopping Centre. The 200-unit building, with suites ranging from studios to penthouses with large terraces, will offer an “affordable alternative to what’s been coming out at Bayview and Sheppard,” says Baker vice-president Harley Nakelsky, noting the project will have three-bedroom suites for families, and smaller product for investors.
