The men behind
The Social and
Parts & Labour are opening an event space tonight at King and Bathurst.
The 8,000 square foot Hoxton will be a general entertainment space, the first of which will be a DJ show on Sept 3.
The building itself, once a printing factory, according to Hoxton principal Jesse Girard, was most recently the State Theatre night club.
"We completely gutted it," Girard says., "We changed the entranceway, we built a stage at the end of it. It used to be a very dark, cluttered space. We moved all the washrooms."
The design was conceived by
Castor, the same people behind Parts & Labour. The renovation cost $750,000.
Girard and his partner, Richard Lambert, handled the contracting themselves on the project, which they started in February. "That's something I'll never do again," Girard says. "It's too much hands-on work. We tried to save some money. But it was an interesting experience."
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Jesse Girard
Photos courtesy of Notable.ca, Canada's digital publication for young professionals.
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