Elise In The Sky With Diamonds
OBJEKT South Africa|January/February/March 2020
Ellis Kalles also known as the grand lady of the high luxury real estate world in the Canadian town of Toronto and far beyond. “In this métier it is all about reputation: not just making a deal. When someone is happy they tell people, when they are unhappy they tell the world.” OBJEKT©International has been invited to her sky-high apartment in the Four Seasons Residences in Toronto where she lives with her husband Harvey and tells us about how her reputation is built on involvement with her clients and the love for her job.
Elise In The Sky With Diamonds

The Four Seasons Hotel and Residences Toronto is a complex consisting of a 55-story residential condominium tower next to a 30-storey hotel tower in the Yorkville district of Toronto. The two glass towers were designed by Peter Clewes of architects Alliance and developed by Bay-Yorkville Developments.

Four Seasons Hotels chairman and founder Isadore Sharp proclaimed at the opening in 2012 the location as being “In a category by itself, a true Four Seasons flagship hotel and a landmark development for the city of Toronto”.

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