Koret Lofts

Sure, they are beautiful lofts in a great building but don’t be fooled by the façade. The walls are paper thin and you will always hear your neighbour using the washroom, walking around, listening to tv, and if you’re extremely unlucky like me, blasting their music to the point where you can Shazam their entire playlist. I lived here for three months and had to move because of the noise issues. The strata does nothing for renters and refuses to enforce their fines. The developer did not put any money into sound proofing the suites. If you can handle all these things, then you will love it here. After three months of constant noise issues from an inconsiderate neighbour, the strata continued to drag their feet forcing me to move else where. Really disappointing.
You will notice there are many suites that come available in the building every month on Craigslist. There is a reason why this happens.
I would not recommend moving to this building. Oh, and Michael Green Architecture below looooves to host parties, so god forbid you live above him (like myself) since you will likely be kept awake until 3 or 4 in the morning with the loud chatter of his party guests, bass radiating through the floor, or worse: a hired band which he did on a number of occasions… and this sometimes happens on week nights when normal people want to sleep and have to be up early for work.
There are so many other great Gastown lofts available and likely they are all cheaper and built to a better standard! Do not go through the headache of moving here.

I own and lived in the Koret for around 2 years and I absolutely love it! It’s a very unique 100 year old historic building turned into lofts. It’s a nice spacious unit with beautiful brick wall and concrete floor. Great for artistic people. The building manager is very good too. Once in a while I hear some people saying the location is very sketchy, but it really isn’t. I’ve never had a trouble in the neighborhood and I found homeless people around here are even nicer than some other areas. There are great restaurants to dine out. Pretty much everything you need is within walk-​able distance. Can’t complain at all.

I love these lofts. The spacious condo/​office and retail building has some of the most unique stores downstairs, like Farfalla and some more design studios. The building is located in the edge of Gastown where let’s say interesting characters hang out. Okay, it’s a bit scary at times — but the building is worth a check-​out and I’ve seen the units. They are large, secure and monitored 24-​hours a day. The parking is available either on the street or by underground and gated outside parking.