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Open House Dates at Artscape YOUNGplace - Artist Workspace for Sale

May 1, 2012

New Open House Dates in May!
Artist Work Studios for Sale at Artscape YOUNGplace

Only three studios left for purchase

Want to learn more about purchasing below-market price workspace at Artscape YOUNGplace? Professional artists and not-for-profit arts and community organizations are invited to join us at one of the following open houses.

Monday, May 7 from 11am to 12pm

Wednesday, May 9 from 5pm to 6pm

Monday, May 14 from 3pm to 4pm

Wednesday, May 16 from 4pm to 5pm

Wednesday, May 23 from 2pm to 3pm

Monday, May 28 from 3pm to 4pm

Wednesday, May 30 from 6pm to 7pm

For more information, click here.

Please register with Marisa Scarpino, Sales Manager, at marisa@torontoartscape.on.ca or 416-392-1038 x50 to confirm your attendance.

About Artscape YOUNGplace

Artscape YOUNGplace is a multidimensional facility designed to build capacity for creativity and innovation and bring people and ideas together under one roof. It will house a diverse mix of creators working in a variety of disciplines, as well as arts, community and social mission organizations.
Once complete, Artscape YOUNGplace will offer a contemporary art gallery, a theatre training facility, a centre for dance and performance, arts training for youth and adults, music education for amateurs and professionals, family resources to support the local community, openings, performances, exhibitions and events.

Featuring...

Fabulous Workspaces

Each classroom studio has soaring ceilings, abundant natural light and unique schoolroom finishes. Available studios range in size from 500-1000 sq. ft. and may be used for production, exhibition, education, programming and administrative purposes. Owners and tenants will have 24/7 access to the facility.

Artscape YOUNGplace will repurpose the existing historic Shaw Street School through a $12-million restoration project, bringing new life to the century-old heritage building. The finished facility will be fully accessible, have updated wiring, ventilation, plumbing, and new windows, all while retaining many unique Beaux-Arts school features.
 

A Creative Community

By clustering a diverse mix of creators and arts organizations, Artscape YOUNGplace will become an anchor for the arts community in the Parkdale and West Queen West neighbourhoods: already home to the highest concentration of creative and cultural workers in Toronto.

Over 90% of the studios at Artscape YOUNGplace have already been sold or leased to non-profit organizations and artists such as: Centre for Indigenous Theatre, College-Montrose Children’s Place, Inter-Galactic Arts Co-op, Koffler Centre of the Arts, Paperhouse Studio, Red Pepper Spectacle Arts, SKETCH, Small World Music Society, TYPOLOGY Projects, York Wilson Foundation, photographer Barbara Astman, pianist Eve Egoyan, painter Emily Filler, visual artist and theatre designer Gerard Gauci, visual artist Shabnam K. Ghazi, painter Sybil Goldstein, textile artist Miriam Grenville, visual artist Andrew Horne, painter Gillian Iles, photographer Vid Ingelevics, musician Elyssa Lefurgey-Smith, and visual artist Matthew Schofield.

For full tenant and owner profiles, click here>
 

Location, Location, Location.

Located at 180 Shaw Street, Artscape YOUNGplace lies in the heart of the West Queen West alternative arts district, just steps from Trinity-Bellwoods Park and the galleries and restaurants of the lively Ossington Avenue strip. This neighbourhood has the largest concentration of art galleries in Toronto and is home to cultural hubs like The Theatre Centre, Gladstone Hotel, Drake Hotel, and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MoCCA).
 

Below-Market Real Estate

Below-market rates at Artscape YOUNGplace are achieved through an innovative financing program that will allow the space to stay dedicated to the arts community forever.

Artscape will provide a 25% no-interest, payment-free second mortgage on each work studio, which will bring the purchase price below-market. With only 10% deposit required over 3 months, purchasers need no further financing until closing.

To view the sales package, click here>
 

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