Following in the footsteps of famed reality TV real estate shows, like Million Dollar Listing, Selling Sunset and Buying Beverly Hills, Toronto has entered the genre with Luxe Listings Toronto (now on Prime Video). The show, starring Peter Torkan, Paige Torkan and Brett Starke, takes us inside luxury homes, ranging from condos in downtown Toronto, to houses in the city’s Bridal Path neighbourhood and in Oakville, Ont.
“We did not want to become famous, our intention was to showcase Toronto to the world, the real estate, how beautiful this city is,” Peter told Yahoo Canada. “How can we serve other people in our team? How can we elevate them? How can we help them to take their business to the next level? So it wasn’t about us whatsoever.”
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“We wanted to give back by being role models, if possible, because we started from zero,” Paige added. “We wanted to show to the world that it’s possible for the younger generation and they can start from anywhere they want and be whoever they want to be in life.”
The Torkans are a husband-wife duo making up Team Torkan at The Agency in Toronto (fans of reality shows will be familiar with The Agency from its founder Mauricio Umansky, from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Buying Beverly Hills). Starke, on the other hand, leads The Starke Group and is dubbed the “King of King Street.”
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