Paradigm Grand Makes the Choice Easy
Harry Mancini is excited about the new condo he and his wife have purchased at Paradigm Grand in Midtown Burlington. The location, the luxury features, and the lifestyle Paradigm Grand offers made the choice easy.
Broker Reception 2024
With Paradigm Grand now fully under construction, it was time for another edition of our Broker Reception events with the Davies Condos Team. Held at the Paradigm Grand Presentation Centre at 761 Brant St. in Burlington, we welcomed an eager group of interested brokers and buyers, and shared important updates about the development.
Getting More for Your Condo Dollars
Investing in Paradigm Grand Condominium makes good financial sense now and for the future.During both good and bad financial times, real estate is one of the safest places to invest. After all, you can’t live in a GIC or a stock. Real estate also can earn ongoing income and serve as a long-term investment (or become your eventual home). That’s why it makes solid financial sense to purchase a unit at the Paradigm Grand, as a longer-term investment.
All Systems are GO for Paradigm Grand
The genius of locating Burlington’s landmark condominium community next to the GO Transit station is placed in ever sharper relief with the passage of time. Politicians have only recently caught up to the Molinaro Group’s vision and created a blueprint to formally adopt the proven concept of “transit-oriented communities.”
Illumina: Canada’s first residential high rise to achieve EnergyStar™ certification. -VIDEO-
Illumina: Canada’s first residential high rise to achieve EnergyStar™ certification. With Illumina nearing completion, Molinaro President Vince Molinaro, shares exciting news about why this luxurious condo is Burlington Downtown West neighbourhood stands head and shoulders above many other projects, across Canada.
Why Investing in a Condo Is Still a Good Idea
Why Investing in a Condo Is Still a Good Idea The headlines continue to remind everyone the real estate market has shifted. Prices are under pressure, lending rates have risen, and a general sense of caution has gripped the marketplace. Wise investors, with a more confident view to the future, recognize that momentary changes in the market don’t alter the fundamentals. More people are moving to the GTA, many of whom will be looking to rent quality accommodations in highly desirable locations. Condos offer an attractive opportunity for smart investors and their potential tenants, who are looking for a quality location and an equally valuable residence. Burlington is a Great Place to Live and Invest A core tenet of real estate investment is location. Many experts agree that Burlington is a great place to invest in real estate. Money Sense Magazine has repeatedly named Burlington as one of Canada’s best mid-sized cities. The city is located close to Toronto, Niagara, and Waterloo, as well as the United States, and is home to several industrial sectors, making it an excellent place to live and work. It also borders Lake Ontario and is just minutes from the Niagara Escarpment, which both offer abundant lifestyle opportunities for touring and fitness activities. Burlington has a vibrant downtown and waterfront. There are many beautifully designed condos located in this area, giving residents access to great amenities and spectacular views. For example, Bunton’s Wharf from Molinaro Group is located on the waterfront, and within walking distance of the downtown, shopping, dining, and more. In addition to its downtown proximity, Paradigm is located just steps from the Burlington GO Station, enabling tenants to easily access public transit. Burlington’s Condos Are Affordable and Desirable Even with the recent change in housing prices, home buyers still find it difficult to afford a single-family home, particularly in the Greater Toronto Area. Condos are an ideal alternative. And Burlington offers more bang for your investment buck, as condos cost less per square foot than equivalent properties in Toronto. And with Burlington’s median household income just over $93,000, condos are affordable to renters, as well. Condos include a host of amenities not often found in purpose-built rentals, which makes them more attractive to potential tenants. For example, 360 on Pearl offers an entertainment lounge, theatre room, rooftop terrace, 24/7 security staff, and concierge services. Many condos come equipped with pools, gyms, and spas. Molinaro Group goes a step further: Strata offers a meditation garden, Illumina has a ground floor fitness studio, and Paradigm (Phase One) provides an outdoor fitness circuit and entertainment space. The Molinaro Group’s latest project, Paradigm Grand, has an equally impressive amenity package. Additional Benefits for Condo Investors There are many other benefits to investing in quality condos. You’re not responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the building since you pay condo fees to cover these expenses. And because you share building maintenance costs with other unit owners, you can rent your condo at a more competitive rate. When it’s time to sell, you can realize a better return on your investment, as resale demand for quality condos, like those created by the Molinaro Group, is always high. You can also structure the investment into your legacy planning, using the rental income to fund an inheritance for your children or grandchildren while helping them acquire their first home. Today, there are very few opportunities in Burlington for real estate investors. Fortunately, the Molinaro Group’s Paradigm Grand development, under construction in Midtown, is now available. Like all Molinaro developments, the Group’s owners are personally involved in every part of the project from initial design to final sale and after-sales customer service. Best of all, buyers deal directly with the builder through Davies Condos, which is the exclusive broker for the Molinaro Group. This means you’ll get access to the best selection of available units, as well as the best prices. Despite the current market conditions, smart investors continue to pursue quality opportunities. And a Molinaro condo in Burlington is certainly a worthy consideration.
5 Condo Friendly Valentine’s Day Ideas
We’re only a few days from the season of love. Meaning Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. And we’ve got some timely reminders for five condo friendly Valentine’s Day ideas. Movie Marathon Sometimes, traditional date nights are the best kind! Turn your living room into a home theatre with a few simple steps. First, collect all your favourite movies, whether they’re romantic comedies, dramas, or thrillers. Next, dim the lights and close the curtains to avoid a glare on your television. Finally, gather all the snacks you and your partner love, and get comfortable on the couch. It’s time for your Valentine’s Day movie marathon! Game Night Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a few fun games! Board games have come back in style, so dig up your collection and set up a tournament for the day. If you have younger children, enjoy some bonding time, and play group games such as Twister, Monopoly and Pictionary to get the whole family involved. If it’s just the two of you, you’ll want to increase the difficulty level and go with games like Dutch Blitz, Sushi Go and Code Names. Game night is such a fun and unique way to celebrate Valentine’s Day, and there’s options for everyone! Charcuterie Board Create a fun charcuterie board using all your favourite foods! Get creative and incorporate all your preferred cheeses, nuts, fruits and meats to create a beautiful board. You and your partner can spend time making this board together in lieu of a big dinner, leave it on the kitchen island, and snack on it throughout the day. If you don’t want to make the charcuterie board, but still want to enjoy one, place an order at The Block Co. They work with your budget to create a custom charcuterie board for you to enjoy at home, and are available for curbside pickup. Pair the finished charcuterie board with a bottle of red wine and have yourself a lovely Valentine’s evening. Make Dinner Together Head over to your local grocery store and pick out all the ingredients for your favourite meal. You can even order your groceries online to save time! Check out this post on 5 Reasons to Shop For Groceries Online. If you’re cooking a special Valentine’s Day meal for you and your partner, add a few special touches to create a romantic ambiance in your condo. Dim the lights, set the table with your fancy dinnerware, and light a few candles to set the mood. Celebrating with your family? Cook a meal the entire family can enjoy and involve everyone in the process. Have one family member cook the main dish, another person can be responsible for setting the table, and someone else can make dessert. If you’ve been longing to try a new recipe, here’s your chance! Virtual Double Date Night If you’re used to gathering with other couples for Valentine’s Day, you can still plan for a virtual double date. Seeing friends and family virtually is a wonderful way spend quality time with one another. Plan a time to meet over Zoom or Facetime and enjoy catching up with other couples. Turn it into a group date by inviting other couples to join in virtually! What are your Valentine’s Day plans?
Ditch the Monthly Dues and Join the Paradigm Grand Club
So how’s your Peloton doing these days? As a current TV ad cheekily suggests, most likely sitting idle in a dark corner under a shroud of laundry. An enduring meme from the depth of the pandemic shutdown was the near-hysterical rush to buy these ultra-expensive home workout machines, followed by the stampede to sell (or repurpose them as clothes racks) when the frenzy subsided. The real point here is about the advantages of living in a condominium that recognizes the importance of health and physical activity. It’s a key consideration for prospective customers, given the youthful demographic of the target audience, and essential to any project blueprint hoping to attract them. The Molinaro Group made fitness facilities a centrepiece of Paradigm Grand including the Grand Finale. “Couples and young professionals prize fitness as a core priority,” says Group President Vince Molinaro. “Investors want to see these amenities, too, even if they don’t intend to use them,” he says. “Our vision of a lifestyle condominium community is really anchored by the first-class fitness amenities we built into the project from Day One.” Let us quickly review the advantages of moving into a building with its own, on-site gym, pool and workout facilities: CONVENIENCE – year-round access to workout equipment at any time during the day, evenings or weekends while never having to leave the building. Feel like breaking a sweat? Do it; ECONOMY – an on-site fitness club means never having to sign another outside gym membership, thus avoiding the fees, commitment and travel costs; TIME-SAVINGS – fit your workout into your schedule, not one dependent upon someone else. You also save the time you might have spent traveling to a public or private gym perhaps blocks away from your residence; PRIVACY & COMMUNITY– you might simply feel more at ease performing your workout in a place you consider home, amongst other residents with whom you can build relationships; PEACE OF MIND – the people cleaning and maintaining your condo fitness facilities care about you personally, as a property investor and community member. That makes a difference; SPACE-SAVINGS – gym equipment belongs in a gym. There is no need to have a workout machine occupying precious floor space or disrupting your home decor if on-site facilities have everything you need. Those are the boilerplate advantages. Let’s talk about how the Molinaro Group put its distinctive stamp on the fitness and health floor plan at Paradigm Grand. Hint: it has to do with more than just providing barbells and exercise bikes. As Vince tells it, the location of the fitness centre became a critical focal point. “We knew we would have great vistas at Paradigm Grand and had to take full advantage of them. The fitness centre had to be positioned high enough (fourth floor) to see the surrounding area while you’re working out. It also had to have floor-to-ceiling windows to provide the maximum amount of natural light, especially during the winter when people need it the most.” The fitness centre at Paradigm Grand is configured for outdoor views looking east toward the central courtyard/Lake Ontario) and the outdoor fitness terrace on the same level to the west. Either direction offers views of trees, greenery, sky and clouds through the story-high windows. Tell us if that doesn’t improve your state of mind compared to the dingy confines of a typical windowless, big box gym. Motivation comes easy when you’re inspired by your surroundings. The genius of the design is that light flows through organically from east to west, tracing the path of the sun. The integration of features is total, too. An indoor basketball court sits adjacent to the workout area, swimming pool, yoga studio, sauna and steam room. Everything fitness-related is right there, on the same floor. The main takeaway: trendy exercise machines that claim to coach you to success and charge you for the favour eery month may work (And may not… see this inspired parody), but a properly workout centre right in the place you call home is unsurpassed. Sure, you could still go out and get a stationary bike, but living at Paradigm Grand, why would you?
Get the Lifestyle Benefits You’ll Enjoy
Get the Lifestyle Benefits You’ll Enjoy “People truly enjoy living in our properties because, in many ways, they offer the features of a high-quality house but in a setting that makes those luxurious amenities affordable,” said Vince Molinaro, President, Molinaro Group. A key feature of a Molinaro Group development is its amenities. The Group pays great attention to providing customers with everything they could want in a premium lifestyle residence. All Molinaro buildings have access to outdoor space, such as balconies and terraces for individual units. And every building has features that cannot be found in most single-family homes. For example, 360 on Pearl is equipped with an entertainment lounge, theatre room, rooftop terrace, 24/7 security staff, and concierge services. At The Baxter, catering to families was a key design consideration so the condo offered bigger units, some of which exceeded 2,500 square feet. And the Molinaro Team enabled buyers to put their own personal touches on their units before moving in. Take Advantage of the Location Molinaro Group also has long believed in the value of building properties in downtown Burlington as a way to revitalize what was once an unattractive part of town. Bunton’s Wharf and The Baxter are located just steps from Spencer Smith Park, which fronts onto Lake Ontario. And both condos are right in the midst of numerous shopping, dining, and entertainment venues that sprung up in the wake of Molinaro’s investment in the area. Many Molinaro properties are located to encourage the use of public transit and reduce the use of private vehicles. For example, multiple award winner Paradigm, in Midtown Burlington, is within steps of the Burlington GO Station, following the European style of incorporating public transit into where people live. It also features covered storage facilities in its underground parkade for convenient bicycle parking. “Back in 2007, we knew transit would be extremely important, as it is in Europe,” said Sam DiSanto, Managing Director, Molinaro Group. “We were ahead of our time, and the success of Paradigm is the proof of that vision.” Live a Healthier Lifestyle Molinaro Group understands that people want amenities that contribute to a healthier lifestyle. For that reason, many properties include pools, gyms, workout rooms, and more, enabling residents to stay active and energized. In addition to an indoor rooftop pool, Strata offers a meditation garden. Meanwhile at Illumina, there’s a conveniently located, ground floor fitness studio, while Paradigm offers a one-of-a-kind outdoor fitness circuit and entertainment space. The company cares about the health of the community as well. For the past couple of years, Molinaro Group has donated land and materials to support an urban farm. This year alone, the garden produced over 1,000 pounds of fresh vegetables and herbs for the Burlington Food Bank. Reduce Utility Expenses Molinaro Group has been ahead of the curve when it comes to its properties’ energy efficiency and sustainability. The company knows energy costs will continue to rise and have taken steps to reduce their properties’ carbon footprint. This has the added benefit of lowering owners’ utility bills. For example, suites and common areas in Paradigm are equipped with energy-efficient lighting and energy recovery ventilators. The building is LEED® Silver Certified, in part due to design features that reduce its water usage. Every unit in Illumina, which is the first ENERGY STAR® certified building in Canada, is equipped with energy-efficient appliances. The building exceeds building code requirements by ten per cent, which means measurable savings for every owner. And Strata is equipped with a state-of-the-art geothermal heating and cooling system, which reduces energy usage by one-third versus most natural gas systems. “Being environmentally friendly is not new to us,” said Robert Molinaro, Executive Vice President, Molinaro Group. “We’re committed to it because it’s good for the planet, it’s good business, and it benefits our purchasers.”
Paradigm Grand Takes the Pain Out of the Great Commute
Paradigm Grand Takes the Pain Out of the Great Commute For many of us, The Great Commute could be back in full swing. And it’s not great for all of us. How can you make it easier on yourself? Thankfully, after many months of pandemic-induced isolation at home, many of us are finally (if reluctantly) ditching remote work (if only partially) and returning to the familiar routine of making the daily trip to the office or job site. Reconnecting in person with co-workers is the upside; the downside for many is the toll of the journey and hours spent in transit. Driving is more costly than ever. And enduring the traffic delays while navigating the to-and-fro in the GTA at peak hours can be a test of one’s sanity, regardless of the means of travel. While we’re all glad to back in circulation, we also have our limits. How Paradigm Grand Reduces Makes the Grueling Commute, Easier It goes something like this: spend your home and leisure hours enjoying the restorative small-city charms of Burlington while saving time, money and stress hormones via a swift and seamless GO train ride to the big city next door. What’s the clincher? Your GO ride is only a short walk away. At the Molinaro Group we can’t say we saw the pandemic coming when selecting the Paradigm site; it only looks like a stroke of genius in hindsight. Please forgive us for patting ourselves on the back but it’s also true that we envisioned Paradigm this way as part of our master plan for building a better Burlington. Breaking ground next to a GO station way back in 2007 simply made a ton of sense even if, at the time, it wasn’t common practice in North America. “Building by the GO station was unheard of many years ago,” says company president, Vince Molinaro. “Paradigm being right adjacent to a major GO station made a lot of sense to us even though the city probably didn’t have the planning in place for it. Even though purchasers were probably thinking about places. But we saw the benefits to buyers before everyone else did.” Managing Director Sam DiSanto concedes that the plan came with obstacles but the Molinaro Group surmounted any and all objections because the development made so much sense. “We had this inkling that transit very soon is going to be extremely important, so we pursued the deal. We needed the land to be re-zoned for mixed use and residential, which we knew would work here. Take a look at all the great cities in Europe and everything is built around transit stations.” “As they say, the rest is history,” he says with a smile. A New Chapter Launches Paradigm’s Grand Finale Paradigm Grand Takes the Pain Out of the Great Commute Another window of opportunity for commuters is about to open with the pending launch of Paradigm Grand’s two front towers, right on Fairview. This is the Grand Finale of the five-building, community originally envisioned by the Molinaro group. Anyone who missed out on the first phases of the development will have another chance to take advantage of this unparalleled access to fast and affordable transit. Imagine your workday starting with a short walk to the station, followed by a scenic ride along the lake. Relaxed, rested and ready to go is a much better mindset to begin your workday than arriving frustrated and even angry after gripping the steering wheel in stop-and-go traffic. The Paradigm Grand way is to live in a growing mid-sized city and work in the big city, without the mental and physical toll that makes highway commuting such a soul-sapping burden. City-dwellers in North America are gradually coming around to the benefits of the car-optional European lifestyle . This includes more intimate living spaces, proximity to neighbourhoods, transportation, parks and recreation. For the Molinaro Group it is all of a piece. “We’re not just building condos we’re building lifestyles,” Vince says. “We’re creating a better Burlington for people who live here and for people who want to live here. And Paradigm Grand is the full expression of our vision for how to do that, right here in Burlington.” Paradigm Grand Takes the Pain Out of the Great Commute
