Edmonton’s Best Lofts

by Sara MacLennan on October 15, 201215. Oct, 2012 in Edmonton Neighbourhoods

Edmonton may not have as many historic buildings as some other Canadian cities, but there are still some pretty cool loft/condo spaces downtown. We’ve put together a list of some of our favourite lofts in Edmonton. 

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Phillips Lofts Edmonton

A lot of buildings call themselves lofts, and believe it or not, there are a lot of different definitions for “loft.” The lofts we’re talking about have character, and are located in the heart of the city or close to it. Many of them are old warehouses or commercial buildings that have been converted into lofts. Some have exposed plumbing and heating, some have re-purposed and re-used materials, some have more than one floor, some have more potential than style at the moment and almost all have high ceilings and open spaces. Whatever your definition, this collection of Edmonton lofts is the real deal, not just fancy condos with “loft” in the name.

  • Seventh Street Lofts
  • Phillips Lofts
  • Avalon Lofts
  • Beatty Lofts
  • Cobogo Lofts
  • Churchill Exchange
  • Ellis Lofts
  • Excelsior Loft
  • Fifth Street Lofts
  • Liberty On Jasper
  • Hecla Lofts
  • The Garneau
  • Morris Lofts
  • Mcleod Building
  • M-Trac Lofts
  • Maccosham Lofts

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About

Sara MacLennan is the Director of Marketing at Liv Real Estate and a licensed Real Estate Associate. The bulk of Sara’s experience and wealth of expertise lies in on-line technology and marketing both for agents and consumers. Sara is the former National Director for Interactive Marketing for Coldwell Banker Canada where she was responsible for an extensive training program traveling to offices across the country training agents and brokers on marketing and technology. Find Sara on Twitter @edmontonblogger.

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3 Responses to “Edmonton’s Best Lofts”

  1. wsnNo Gravatar 17. Oct, 2012 at 11:49 am #

    Before I owned my first SFH, I have been checking out apartments, including “lofts” such as the Garneau. What I found was that these lofts had extremely bad floor plan, since they are not designed for modern residential to begin with.

    1) Most notably, they don’t have enough windows. Say, you have a 1500 sf area with only 4 windows on one side and all brick walls on the other three sides. That will give you like a master bed and a living room with windows and a window-less den or something.

    2) Most of them have exceedingly high monthly fee. All I can say is that either the condo boards are very corrupt, or that the buildings are broken beyond repair.

    As a result, I skipped the condo phase, and went to buy a SFH as my first property.

  2. KenNo Gravatar 18. Oct, 2012 at 1:26 pm #

    The problem I have with most lofts is the terrible sound proofing between units. Gene Dub is an excellent architect, however sound proofing is not his area of expertise. Music, conversation, and almost any audible sound transfers very easily between units in this pricey building.

  3. WadeNo Gravatar 26. Oct, 2012 at 6:34 pm #

    I have to entirely agree with you Ken. Love the space but the sound between units leaves a lot to be desired! 7th st lofts – very disappointed – don’t know how long before I resell. : (