36 Hazelton Ave: About 20 Homes Behind a 1928 Yorkville School Facade

36 Hazelton is one of the smallest and most exclusive condominiums in Yorkville. Around 20 homes sit behind the restored brick front of a 1928 school building on Hazelton Avenue, with terraced modern floors rising behind it. Almost every suite is different, and so is almost every sale. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

A school front with a modern building behind it

The street face of 36 Hazelton is the 1928 low-rise building that last served as St. Basil’s Catholic School. Its main facade was preserved and restored, and Goldsmith Borgal and Company, a heritage specialist, handled that part of the project.

Behind and above the old front, Quadrangle Architects designed a modern building that steps back as it rises. From the sidewalk, the heritage brick still reads as the main event, and the new floors sit back far enough not to overwhelm the scale of Hazelton Avenue’s Victorian houses and galleries.

That is the real distinction here. Most luxury buildings in Yorkville are new from the ground up. At 36 Hazelton you come home through a piece of the street’s history, and the restored front gives the building a character that a new facade cannot copy.

Every suite is different

The developers marketed each suite with its own floor plan, and the stepped form gives most of them substantial terraces. At launch, sizes ran from about 1,200 square feet to more than 4,600 for the penthouse; the building profile now records about 1,038 to 4,328 square feet, which likely reflects how suites were finally configured.

Ceilings were planned at 10 feet, with kitchens by Marana. The penthouse was offered with around 2,800 square feet of outdoor space and views across Yorkville.

Sources do not agree on the number of homes. Early marketing said 18, a 2013 construction report said 19, and the building profile lists 20. Suites may have been combined or divided during sales. Ask for the registered plan so you know exactly what the corporation contains.

Because no two suites match, comparing sales is harder than in a typical building. Floor, terrace size, orientation and finishes all move value, and the honest answer to what a suite is worth often requires looking beyond this building to similar Yorkville homes.

Construction ran longer than first planned. A 2013 report expected completion in mid-2014, and the corporation was registered in January 2016. Delays of that kind are not unusual for heritage projects, and they help explain why some early marketing details, including suite counts and sizes, differ from the finished building.

Amenities designed for a handful of owners

The amenity spaces were designed by UNION31 and are unusual for a building this small. Launch materials listed a fitness centre, a wine cellar and tasting room, a billiards room, a holistic health room, a dog washing station, a car washing station and bicycle storage. The current building profile adds a concierge, visitor parking and permission for BBQs.

That is a lot of shared space for around 20 owners to maintain. It is part of the appeal and part of the fee, and the reserve fund should account for it.

Hazelton Avenue at Scollard is the quiet centre of Yorkville. The galleries are on the street itself, Yorkville Avenue and Bloor Street are a short walk south, and the noise of the shopping district fades quickly once you turn onto Hazelton. The data panel on this page covers transit, Walk Score, food and parks.

How it compares with 133 Hazelton

The natural comparison is 133 Hazelton, the Mizrahi mid-rise at the Davenport end of the same street. Both are small, high-end buildings from the mid-2010s, and both list ICC Property Management, so in some ways you are choosing between two versions of the same idea.

36 Hazelton is the more exclusive of the two. It has roughly half as many suites, its smallest homes start above 1,000 square feet, and it averages around $1,456 per square foot against about $1,297 at 133 Hazelton. It also sits further south, in the gallery stretch near Scollard, rather than at a busy corner.

133 Hazelton offers a wider range of suite sizes, including some under 1,000 square feet, and a more conventional amenity floor. If you want heritage character and the quietest possible address, 36 Hazelton is the stronger fit. If you want a slightly lower entry price on the same street, look north.

Pricing and fees at this level

The building has averaged about $1,456 per square foot. When suites launched, asking prices ran from just under $2.9 million to $12 million for the penthouse, so this has always been one of the most expensive addresses on Hazelton.

Two suites are currently listed, asking between $3.55 million and $5.5 million, with monthly fees between $4,709 and $6,766.

Fees at that level reflect a very small corporation carrying a concierge, a full amenity floor and a heritage facade. Heat and water are the listed inclusions. Ask for the budget and the share assigned to the suite you are buying, and compare total monthly cost, not price alone, against a house or a larger luxury tower.

With so few suites, sales are rare and every listing is a one-off. If you want to know when something comes up, book a call.

Building specifications

Amenities at 36 Hazelton

For a building of around 20 homes, this is an unusually complete package, and the wine room and dog and car wash stations are the kind of features owners actually use. Confirm what is in operation today, since amenity lists from launch are not always what a building ends up running. Ask too how bookings work for the wine room and other shared spaces in a building where every owner knows every other.

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