Westbend Residences, 1660 Bloor St W: A New Mattamy Mid-Rise by High Park

Westbend Residences is the newest condo on this stretch of Bloor, a 13-storey Mattamy building that registered in January 2026 on a lot that used to hold auto shops. It puts you between two subway stations, a short walk from High Park, in a part of the west end that has very little new mid-rise stock. It is also a first-year building with first-year fees and mostly small suites, and that shapes who should buy here. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

What replaced the auto shops

Before Westbend, this site was a low-rise building with auto service businesses and a small store, about 1,638 square metres of land on the north side of Bloor. Mattamy’s plan for a 13-storey building went through the Toronto Local Appeal Body, which approved it in 2022, and Mattamy launched sales in late 2022 and broke ground early the following year.

The architect is BDP Quadrangle. The design uses a four-storey base clad in light brick-look precast panels, with a darker metal-clad tower above it and a copper-toned accent that the marketing makes a lot of. In plain terms, the base is scaled to match the older two- and three-storey main-street buildings on Bloor, and the height is stepped back above it.

For a buyer, the significance is that Westbend is one of very few newly completed condos on this part of Bloor. Most of the new supply in this corner of the city is still on paper, including the large Bloor and Dundas redevelopment proposed by Choice Properties at 2280 Dundas West.

Mostly one-bedrooms, and a few big terraces

At launch, about two-thirds of the suites were one-bedroom plans, with the rest split among studios, two-bedrooms and a handful of three-bedrooms. Public data puts the range at roughly 427 to 1,118 square feet, and the smallest studios are just over 400.

That mix tells you who the building was designed for: first-time buyers and investors, not families. If you need two real bedrooms, the supply here is limited and you will be competing for it. The 1+1 plans are the most common middle ground, and some come with a second bathroom.

The exceptions are on the upper floors, where the stepped design creates terraces. Recent listings show some suites with outdoor space well over 1,000 square feet, which is extraordinary for this price range in the west end. If outdoor space matters to you, those are the suites to watch for.

Exposure matters more than usual here. The marketing promised views of the lake, High Park and the skyline, and on the upper south-facing floors that is plausible, but lower suites look onto Bloor or the low-rise streets behind it. A north-facing studio on a low floor and a south-facing terrace suite are very different homes, even in the same building, so price them separately and visit at the time of day you would actually be home.

First-year fees, smart systems and the energy question

Fees on the current listings average about $1.15 per square foot a month, which is high for a brand-new building. Part of that is arithmetic: small suites carry a higher fee per square foot. Part of it is that a first-year budget is a developer’s estimate, and it often moves once the board takes over and sees real operating costs.

Listings describe 1Valet smart entry, smart thermostats and individually metered hydro and water. Separate metering is fairer to owners who use less, but it means water is likely not in your fee, so compare buildings on total monthly cost, not on the fee alone.

At groundbreaking, Mattamy said the building would use a geothermal heating and cooling system. I have not confirmed how the finished system is owned and billed. In some new Toronto buildings an outside energy company owns the system and charges owners under a long-term contract, so read the disclosure documents and status certificate for any energy or equipment agreement before you buy.

The location between two stations

Westbend sits on Bloor between Dundas West and Keele stations, with the Bloor GO and UP Express connection near Dundas West. High Park is to the south-west, Roncesvalles is down the hill, and the Junction is a short trip north. This is the reason most buyers look here.

The block itself is a working main street, with older retail and apartments, not a polished new neighbourhood, and Westbend adds its own ground-floor retail. Expect street noise on the Bloor side and more construction nearby over the next decade if the Bloor and Dundas proposals move ahead, which is a short-term nuisance but a long-term sign that this area is gaining services. The data panel on this page covers transit, schools and Walk Score in detail.

What it costs, and how to read the numbers

The building average on public data is about $1,176 per square foot. That is a premium to older resale buildings nearby, as you would expect for a new suite with Tarion warranty coverage still running, but the average is drawn from a small, studio-heavy sample.

At the time of writing, four suites were listed for sale, asking from about $423,000 for the smallest studio and one-bedroom plans up to about $796,000 for a larger 1+1. Fees across those listings ranged from roughly $350 to $680 a month.

Many of these sellers bought in the 2022 launch, when Mattamy advertised prices from the low $600,000s, and some may be selling close to what they paid. That can create negotiating room, but it also means you need recent closed sales, not asking prices, to judge value. My building sold report pulls the TRREB record for the building.

Building specifications

Amenities at Westbend Residences

The amenity package is built for people who work from home and live in small suites: a co-working room, a gym and a rooftop terrace that extends your living space in summer. There is no pool, which helps keep long-term costs down.

Jatin’s honest take on Westbend Residences

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