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The units, which range in size from about 800 to 1,200 square feet, originally sold for about $450,000, but prices have since doubled. Most of the 13 units are investor-owned and leased to small businesses, as in the case of Michel’s Bespoke, where Di Palma and Karkar lease for $3,500 a month. He is also responsible for managing and developing the company, which offers Canadian-made suits starting at $2,400. I’m living my fantasy living above the shop,” says Di Palma, 28, who is apprenticing to become a bespoke tailor. With the high cost of housing and commercial space in Toronto, live-work is an appealing option. Others, like Karkar and Di Palma’s, are in relatively new townhouses and condos downtown. Some are units in converted warehouses and factories. Spaces like this are hard to find in the city. And upstairs is co-owner Paul Di Palma’s bedroom.ĭi Palma and partner Michel Karkar, a bespoke tailor, began leasing the 1,000-square-foot live-work townhouse in June 2017.
There’s a fashion mannequin at the front of the store, expensive suits, shirts and ties on racks and in display cases.īut behind the green curtains used by customers for privacy when trying on clothes is a fridge and stove.
You might do a double-take when you walk into Michel’s Bespoke, a business operating on the outer edge of Toronto’s Fashion District.
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