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6 Nassau Street - KENSINGTON MARKET

Last January, I posted a building at 43 Laing Street in Leslieville

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It was a studio that was home to some Canadian recordings for bands such as

Helix

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And

Glass Tiger

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It was on a 45 x 120 foot lot and it

sold for $1,530,000 in May.

This listing at 6 Nassau Street is (or was?) also home to a recording studio, but this studio was called 

6 Nassau Studio.

It is

the studio where

 Canadian artist such as

Danko Jones

worked on songs such as 'Play the Blues'...

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And where the

Constantines

 worked on songs such as Trans Canada from their final album called Kensington Heights...

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And my favourite,

Bruce Cockburn

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Who did not work on this song here...

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Or this song...

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Or this song...

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But this song was worked on at 6 Nassua Studio...

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And according to this list of the

Top 10 Recording Studios in Toronto from blogTO

where 6 Nassau Studio was not in the top 10 but was a 'studio worthy of note'...

Duran Duran

was also a client...

(but probably more recently than when that photo was taken)

Here is co-owner of the studio, Jeff McMurrich, talking about his love of music, and the studio and the neighbourhood...

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The studio sits on a 35.33 x 126.58 foot lot that includes a 9 or 10 car parking lot.  Combined with the studio, it brings in a monthly income of $6,069.61.

But this lot is being marketed to builders as a 'redevelopment opportunity'.

The asking price is $2,300,000.

Considering it's been listed since at least November, it might be a little high.

But if it does sell soon to a builder, I wonder if they will incorporate this into the new building...

listing

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