Golden Square Mile | $895,000 (1.295 million Canadian dollars)
A duplex in an 1899 building that once housed Germany’s consulate
This three-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment sprawls across two floors in Benjamin Tooke House, a converted mansion named for the shirt maker who built it in 1899. The building housed the consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1960s and was converted to condominiums in 1984.
The apartment is in downtown Montreal’s Golden Square Mile, once the city’s wealthiest enclave, now a busy district that includes McGill University and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Gare Centrale, Montreal’s main train station, is about a mile south. Sainte-Catherine Street, a commercial hub, is less than a mile south. Mount Royal Park, with a 295-acre green space designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, is just north. Montreal-Trudeau International Airport is 11 miles west.
Montreal’s status as a census metropolitan area (CMA) means homes are subject Canada’s ban on foreign buyers, which has been extended until 2027. Exceptions include work permit holders, spouses of Canadian citizens, and refugees.
Size: 2,095 square feet
Price per square foot: $427
Indoors: The main floor features 11-foot ceilings and pristine original details including a fireplace with a mantel mirror, ornate woodwork and stained-glass windows. The kitchen has hardwood floors and an island. There are two bedrooms on this level, one with its own marble fireplace. The bathroom has marble fixtures and floors.
The apartment’s lower floor has two more bedrooms and a family room with original brick and stone walls. There is one bathroom on this floor.
Outdoor space: There is no outdoor space, but two-acre Percy Walters Park is across the street. The sale includes a deeded parking spot, one of two in a converted coach house attached to the mansion.
