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Tip Top Tailors Building

Name: Tip Top Tailors Building
Address: Toronto, Canada

Imported, unreviewedReinhabitedRetrofit builtToronto, Canada

Reinhabited 1920s industrial building now condo lofts (Context Development), near Queen's Quay Terminal (1.8km) and Yonge Street Arcade (2.6km). · summary, model-written

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Place

3+ other atlas sites within 10 km

This site: 7 within 10 km computed · all sites with this

Strategy

Reinhabited

This site: …condominium lofts record · all sites with this

New use

Housing

This site: …new_use field newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

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Now

Status	Retrofit builtWikipedia no source
Strategy	ReinhabitedWikipedia no source
New uses	housingWikipedia no source
What is there now	condominium loftsnewtypes-extraction reported
Redeveloper	Context Developmentnewtypes-extraction reported

Site context

Other atlas sites nearby	7 within 10 km, 14 within 25 km: Queen's Quay Terminal (1.8 km); Former golf course (Woodbine Gardens) (2.5 km); Yonge Street Arcade (2.6 km); Honest Ed's (3.4 km); Galleria Shopping Centre (4.8 km)computed

Summary, model-written

Former Tip Top Tailors manufacturing/retail building (original use) converted to condominium lofts (new use) by Context Development. Status: built.

Why. Strategy: reinhabit. Located near Queen's Quay Terminal (1.8km) and Yonge Street Arcade (2.6km), both also reinhabited. Peer projects include similar reinhabited industrial conversions.

Where it stands. Address: 637 Lake Shore Boulevard West, Toronto. Current use: condominium lofts (per after_notes).

For a planner

Original use: manufacturing/retail/office (Tip Top Tailors Ltd.)
No construction year specified
Peer projects: Queen's Quay Terminal, Yonge Street Arcade (reinhabit strategy, within 3km)

For a developer

Developer: Context Development
New use: housing (condo lofts)
No conversion year or cost data in record
Verified status: draft

What we do not know yet

Original construction year unknown
Conversion timeline unknown
No financial or occupancy data provided

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Furniture Store, Norcross, GA · Other · same strategy: reinhabit
Yonge Street Arcade, Toronto · Other · same strategy: reinhabit; 3 km away

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History and original facts

Anchors	Tip Top Tailors Ltd.
Notes	Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: The Tip Top Tailors Building, a former 1920s industrial building housing manufacturing, warehousing, retail and office operations, was converted to condominium lofts in 2002.

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Background

The Tip Top Tailors Building, now known as the Tip Top Lofts, is a former 1920s industrial building that was converted to condominium lofts in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 637 Lake Shore Boulevard West, just west of Bathurst Street, near the waterfront.

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Tip Top Tailors Building · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Tip Top Tailors Building

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Tip Top Tailors Building, Toronto, Canada." Record n-ddafb9f7a7, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/other/canada/toronto-tip-top-tailors-building/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_torontotiptoptailorsbuilding,
  title = {Tip Top Tailors Building, Toronto, Canada},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/other/canada/toronto-tip-top-tailors-building/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-ddafb9f7a7, release 2026-10-20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

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