Realtor Marta Pozniakowski loves the Alderwood area so much that she purchased an old laundromat and spent thousands to convert it into a spacious expresso bar and real estate office.

The laundromat which has been a fixture for decades in a small plaza besides Il Paesano Pizza, at Brown’s Line and Horner Ave., took about a year to renovate with new fixtures, floors, walls, in addition to many other tasks undertaken, to bring it up to modern standards.

The office is now Re Max Equinox Expresso Bar Namaste, at 392 Brown’s Line, which features a pleasant barista who serves some delicious expresso coffee.

The mother of two young kids and Broker of Record for Re Max opened up her business soon after COVID-19 struck earlier this year.

“In one day the whole world, my schedule, kid’s schedule, work and business plans went down the garbage,” she says. “I really feel like a super woman, after the last few months, juggling my business, new ventures and a busy household with active children.”

She sells commercial real estate and is now accepting more clients in search of residential properties.

“I see so much potential in the Alderwood real estate market,” Pozniakowski smiles. “Someday I will be the biggest realtor in the area.”

Her company is one of the newest in the community and already the realtor is working with other businesses to establish a Brown’s Line Business Improvement Area (BIA) so companies can unite and create opportunities.

“There are many more opportunities as a BIA that is available to us,” she vows. “We are talking about it and trying to get it off the ground.”

Before obtaining her real estate license, she founded the Polish Film Festival, which has been staged annually for 12-years.

“This is the only year that we have not had a Polish Film Festival due to the pandemic,” she notes. “We have been operating the successful festival since 2008.”

The festival has attracted some major Canadian, European film stars over the years.

Pozniakowski has always been interested in movies and is proud to have graduated from film school in her native Poland, before emigrating to Canada in 2007.

She is married to prominent dentist Dr. Jack Pozniakowski, who has been in practice for more than 25-years in the New Toronto area.

Pozniakowski can be reached at 416-746-1551.