Baywood Homes has officially launched sales of its Bohemian Embassy condominium on Queen Street West. The project brings great new neighbours to a great old neighbourhood, says Natascha Pieper, Baywood’s Sales and Marketing Manager.

“The Bohemian Embassy is certain to lend a new dimension to this much loved neighbourhood,” Pieper told the gathered guests. “The area has long been a great place to visit, club hop and shop. Now we are helping make it a great place to live as well.

“With neighbours like the Drake Hotel, our Bohemian Embassy will help make the community that much more vibrant, that much more exciting.”

The project is indeed an eye-catcher. Baywood has created a form of art, a sort of triptych, a 19-storey tower at the rear of the property, an eight-storey mid-rise fronting on Queen Street and binding them together, an exquisite central courtyard, lushly landscaped and accessible through a welcoming arched gateway. The project has managed to combine enormous value for residents with special, elegant grace notes for the entire community.

That concern for the rich tableau that exists in the area is evident in the presentation centre itself. Baywood recruited local artists and artisans to help with the design and decoration of the pavilion. Prospective purchasers can browse the displays and get to know the community as they work out details of their new homes.

The Bohemian Embassy offers 345 suites, including a number of flats and two-storey lofts. Every unit has a patio, balcony or terrace, some as large as 20 ft. long by 5 ft. deep. They range in size from 475-sq.- ft., one-bedroom units to expansive two-bedroom plus den two-storey lofts.

Prices start at an affordable $159,900.

“We are creating something quite out of the ordinary,” says Pieper. ”The aim is to capture a sense of the neighborhood, the feeling of living surrounded by what have become icons in the life of downtown Toronto.”

That lifestyle begins within the precincts of the Bohemian Embassy. Residents can enjoy the workout facilities, barbecue on the roof-top garden, relax in the courtyard and then venture out onto Queen Street West.

The look and lines of The Bohemian Embassy manage to bridge the industrial and Victorian – the predominant styles that give this stretch of Queen West its kinky charm.

“Bottom line, it is a great place to live and work,” says Pieper. “As neighbours you have both the Drake Hotel and dozens of boutiques, cafés and nightspots in the area.

“The Queen Street streetcar puts the subway and the rest of downtown just minutes from your doorstep. The Bohemian Embassy, like its celebrated namesake, is a celebration of life in the city.”

Best of all, The Bohemian Embassy is affordable, priced to attract the mix of residents that has made Queen West a sought-after neighbourhood. It promises to prove the perfect answer for young people making their first move downtown, those working along Bay Street who want to be close to the downtown beat or for empty-nesters wanting to leave behind large family homes in favour of a more carefree urban lifestyle.

To learn more about the Bohemian Embassy, call 416-516-1212 or register online at www.bohemianembassy.ca.