The price/value of the condo will dictate the finishes used on the inside. If this is an entry level condo, then a laminate floor ($3/sf) will perform VERY well in your situation. No need to go to vinyl if you don't have to. If this is a luxury condo with a luxury price tag then hardwood is going to be worth the extra price tag (over concrete you will need/want to float the floor). All options have *issues with health concerns. To get as far away as possible from the worst effects, you need to pay the TOP PRICE in the category (hence the reason why I listed $3/sf laminate...a Swiss based laminate will be the safest floor you can find without installing dirt). A $2/sf vinyl = scary. A $4/sf engineered hardwood = scary. If you must go vinyl, then look to the $7-$9/sf product. If you must look at engineered hardwood then look at the $10-$15/sf. If you need to keep with a budget but want the best floor possible....$3-$4/sf laminate out of Europe will do the job (for the next 20 years).

I think your choices lend nicely to a Transitional look. That's when you take traditional looking products but modernize them for today's style. A gray/white kitchen would be the modern part. A 'natural' wood look product could add the 'traditional' part. Adding a wood-tone to a modernized kitchen is what offers the 'Transitional' feel to a space. And the light yellow/gold tones of wood add SUNLIGHT and WARMTH from the floor. Yep. The flooring will bounce a little bit of warm lighting (ahem...sunlight is yellow) into the space. That snick of yellow adds cheerfulness to an otherwise dull gray/black/white monochromatic world. If you are in a climate that sees all 4 seasons or have plenty of cloudy/gray days (aka Seattle and Vancouver) then a cheerful floor colour REALLY helps with mental health (nope....not kidding on that one).

It looks like the Titan 5.5 is a 5.5mm (hence the name) thick vinyl plank. It has 12mil wear layer. That is 'ho-hum' when it comes to toughness. It is 'good enough' for residential (1-2 people in the home...NO pets) but it is not a very tough finish. Many home owners who have used a vinyl with 12mil wear layer have been disappointed. In today's flooring world, the consensus is: 20mil wear layer = light commercial = exactly what is needed for today's North American homeowner. The Titan 5.5 is not cheap. The cost is roughly the same as many CoreTec products. I'm sure your designer can find something in the same visual with a better wear layer.

Here's my take. As a flooring expert (I'm a cork gal so I have to know everything about everything else as well) I would say you need to choose the LESSER of the two evils. I know a very good laminate ($3-$7/sf out of Europe) will out perform the SAME price LVP (anything under $3/sf is to be avoided at all costs). If you want to run an inappropriate material in your kitchen, you are welcome to do so. My suggestion is this: purchase DOUBLE the kitchen square footage. That should give you 50sf-200sf of extra (on top of your extra). Why? So that you can achieve a FULL floor replacement in the kitchen at some time later in your life. It sounds more expensive than it is. You simply store these boxes (flat and off of concrete slabs) until you need them. It is MUCH MORE expensive to have to redo EVERYTHING in 4 years (laminate and vinyl = 18 months on the shelf and then they disappear forever...never to be seen from again) than it is to replace the kitchen with the flooring you already have. Now...vinyl HATES heat. Really really hates heat. A pool of sunlight = IR (infrared = heat producing rays). Vinyl HATES UV rays (the things that fade vinyl). Windows that have a high UV rating also have high IR ratings (same film filters both). How do you know if you have a high or low uv rating on the windows? Easy. Simply put down an outdoor thermometer on the floor where the sunlight pools. Leave it there. Check on the temperature after an hour or so. And then every hour after that. If, at ANY TIME, the temp reads ABOVE 85 F (yes...it is THAT LOW for vinyl) then you cannot use vinyl. It is simple as that. To get vinyl in that area, you need to do SOOOO many things that you would be sick if I laid it out for you. A laminate floor is fade resistant. Much more so than most vinyls. It also doesn't care about extreme heat. The one thing laminate hates = water. If you work with a HIGH END European Laminate (Lico out of Switzerland is one...amazing stuff...it's better than their watches...not kidding) you can get quite a bit of water-resistance out of the fibre board. Just remember to budget for 2x the kitchen square footage. You will be super happy you did. Remember: the MOST damage comes from FRIDGES with water/ice production. The other most damaging appliance = dishwasher. The steam from a dishwasher is enough to warp a $0.79/sf asian import laminate. And it will happen within 2 years.