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Introducing Akin Queen East - our newest East End studio!
Akin is proud to present our newest studio offering for our beloved East End artists! Located at 429 Queen Street East, Akin Queen East is near the intersection of Queen St E and Sackville Street.
Located near Cabbagetown, Regent Park, Riverdale Park and the Distillery District, this new studio is the ideal spot for East End artists!
AKIN QUEEN EAST
29 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M5A 1T5
As the studio is right on Queen street, the closest TTC stops are the 501 Queen Streetcar at Sackville St, both east and westbound.
Inhabiting all three floors of the building, the studio includes 39 dedicated studios (i.e your own studio) ranging from 25 sqft for $187/month to 130 sqft for $590/month and 20 shared memberships available for $78/month. There are both private and semi private dedicated studios at Akin Queen East. Monthly prices include taxes, insurance, wifi, utilities, 24/7 access as well as use of shared shelving units, washrooms, communal working areas and kitchen. The studio features two gender-neutral bathrooms. There are steps leading to the entrance, second floor, and basement where the bathrooms and kitchen are located, with no ramps or elevator available.
The studio itself is architecturally interesting, a long skylight stretches the length of the building, with light reaching down to all three floors thanks to the open concept layout. The studio is in a lively neighborhood, with close proximity to delicious food and local cafes and the camera store Vistek, is just across the street.
Akin Queen East is expected to reach capacity quickly, so please reach out soon to secure your spot. Priority will be given to current Akin members and individuals on our waiting lists. However, we'll strive to accommodate anyone interested in this new location.
If you’re interested in a membership please email
info@akincollective.com and let us know what you are looking for!
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Introducing Akin Niagara - our newest West End studio!!
Our newest studio location is here! Introducing Akin Niagara, located at 289 Niagara Street, just south of Queen Street West.
Steps away from the south end of Trinity Bellwoods Park, Type Books and the White Squirrel Cafe, Akin Niagara is a prime location for West End artists!
AKIN NIAGARA
289 Niagara St., Toronto, ON M6J 3P3
Situated in the lower level of an apartment building, Akin Niagara hosts large windows and a private outdoor patio.
Akin Niagara has 27 dedicated studios (i.e. your own studio) and private and semi private studios ranging in size from 40sf ($252/month) to 115 square feet ($541/month). We also have 10 shared memberships for $78.00/month.
Monthly prices include taxes, insurance, wifi, utilities, 24/7 access as well as use of shared shelving units, washrooms, communal working areas and kitchen.
Akin Niagara is expected to reach capacity quickly, so please reach out to secure your spot. Priority will be given to current Akin members and individuals on our waiting lists. However, we'll strive to accommodate anyone interested in this new location. We're thrilled to expand the Akin community in the West end of the city. Keep an eye out for more studio updates later this month!
If you’re interested in a membership please email
info@akincollective.com and let us know what you are looking for!
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Introducing... Akin Richmond-Bathurst
Akin is thrilled to announce our newest studio, Akin Richmond-Bathurst! Located at 579 Richmond Street West, Akin Richmond-Bathurst is on the fourth floor of a beautiful old office building, with an open-concept layout, plenty of natural light, exposed brick walls and beautiful hardwood floors throughout the space. This new studio location has room for 10 Shared Memberships starting at $73/month, as well as 46 Dedicated studios ranging from 25sf for $174/month to 155sf for $597/month. Monthly membership fees include taxes, insurance, wifi, utilities, 24/7 access as well as use of shared shelving units, washroom, communal working areas, and kitchen.
579 Richmond St W, Toronto, ON M5V 1Y6
Akin Richmond-Bathurst was set up as a replacement studio for Akin Stockyards members whose studio closed at the end of June. When a studio closes we always try our best to give the artists a space to relocate to and we are so glad to have had this exciting new space lined up for them! We are also giving priority to Akin Bloor-Yonge Members and Akin Waterfront members, as both of those studios have also closed over the last couple months.
Once our current members have been relocated, we’ll still have room for new members! If you’re interested in a space at Akin Richmond-Bathurst, email info@akincollective.com to be added to the waitlist. We will be offering any available studios to folks on the Akin Richmond waiting list, which is right across the street. Priority will be given to people who are on the waiting list, as well as those who have self-identified as belonging to our priority equity-deserving groups (Persons of Colour, Deaf Persons, Persons with Disabilities and Persons Living with Mental Illness, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQ+)
Email info@akincollective.com to learn more about becoming a member at Akin Richmond-Bathurst!
We would like to thank our workspace partner, Allied, for this beautiful space.
We couldn’t have done this without them.
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Akin Yonge-St Clair is Here!
Akin is incredibly excited to announce the opening of our newest studio in Toronto’s Midtown, Akin Yonge-St Clair!
Located at 1 St Clair Ave W, right at the corner of Yonge Street, Akin Yonge-St Clair has room for 50 members in our 4 units in this large office building. Our team has been hard at work to get it ready! Akin Yonge-St Clair opened on May 15th to the first group of members who have relocated from Akin Bloor-Yonge. We are looking forward to opening the doors over the coming weeks and welcoming more members from our Akin Stockyards location to this bustling midtown location!
Beautiful light on the 11th floor!
Wide Hallways!
New Kitchenettes!
There are Shared Memberships available for $73/month, which includes access to shared working areas, shared storage, kitchen, a communal gathering area and bathrooms. There are 39 Dedicated Memberships in the building (i.e., your own studio), including private and semi-private options ranging from 35 square feet at $212/month to 243 square feet at $829/month. Both membership types include HST, 24/7 access, WiFi, contents insurance, as well as use of shared shelving units, washrooms, a kitchen and communal area.
Akin Yonge-St Clair is located on the 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 11th floor of the building. There are no steps to enter the building and no steps throughout the building. All of the floors are accessible by elevator. There are men’s and women’s, and wheelchair accessible gender-neutral bathrooms on each floor. There is no free onsite parking for this building, but there is paid parking located down the street.
Priority for this studio has been given to Akin Bloor-Yonge Members, whose studio is closing permanently this month, and Akin Stockyards Members whose studio will be closing in June. Priority for any remaining studio memberships will be given to folks who have been on an Akin studio waitlist for 6 months or more, as well as those who identify as a member of one or more of the Toronto Arts Council’s Equity Priority Groups (Persons of Colour, Deaf Persons, Persons with Disabilities and Persons Living with Mental Illness, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIAP). That being said, we will do our best to provide studio space to anyone who is interested so we encourage you to join the waiting list as we hope to expand in this building as more space becomes available.
We would like to acknowledge the support of our partner Slate Asset Management for making this space available to Akin and our artists. We’re excited to welcome you into this studio and we can’t wait for you to be a part of this new community.