Eleven Christie, 11 Christie St: A Small Building Facing Christie Pits

Eleven Christie is a building I suggest to buyers who want to live across from a big park on Bloor West without paying Annex prices. It is a seven-storey, 61-suite brick mid-rise from 2010, facing Christie Pits, with a fee that covers heat, air conditioning and parking. It is also a plain building with few amenities, and you should know that going in. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

The park is the amenity

The defining fact about this building is what is across the road. Christie Pits is one of the larger parks in this part of the city, with sports fields, a pool, a hill for sledding and summer baseball. For an owner here, that is your backyard, and it is the reason I would choose this building over a similar mid-rise on a busier block.

The building itself is modest: a seven-storey brick mid-rise with 61 suites. It does not try to compete with the amenity towers downtown. What it gives you is a small, quiet building on a residential stretch of Christie Street, a short walk from the shops and restaurants on Bloor.

Technically, the address is listed in the Annex, but this corner sits closer to Christie Pits and Seaton Village in character. It feels more like a west-end neighbourhood than the Victorian Annex streets east of Bathurst, and its prices reflect that.

Suites from small one-bedrooms to family size

Recorded suite sizes run from about 409 square feet to roughly 1,443 square feet. That is a wide range for a 61-suite building. It means you will find compact one-bedrooms aimed at first-time buyers and investors alongside two-bedroom and larger suites that work for couples and small families.

Listings in the building describe open-concept living and dining areas, granite counters and stainless steel appliances, with some suites noting higher ceilings in the main living space. At 15 years old, finishes vary from original to fully renovated, so compare suites on condition, not just size.

If you can, look at suites facing the park. A view over Christie Pits is the kind of feature that makes a suite easier to sell later, and it is not something a new building nearby can copy. Confirm the exposure on the floor plan rather than relying on the listing photos.

For investors, the small one-bedrooms are the obvious choice, and the location near Bloor helps with tenant demand. Be realistic, though: the fee per square foot on a 400-square-foot suite is high, and you will be competing with newer one-bedrooms along Bloor when you lease. Run the rent against the full fee and property tax before you commit.

What the fee covers

The fee here is inclusive: air conditioning, common elements, heat, building insurance, parking and water. In practice, hydro for lighting and appliances is your main utility bill. That matters when you compare this building with a newer one where heating and cooling are on your own meter.

Parking is listed as included, but not every suite has a space, and at least one recent listing showed no locker. Check the status certificate for exactly what is attached to the suite you are buying, because in a small building there are very few spare spaces to rent or buy later.

The amenity list is short: a party room, a meeting room, a rooftop terrace with a barbecue, bike storage and visitor parking. There is no gym or pool, which keeps the shared costs down. With the Christie Pits pool and fields across the street, I do not think most owners miss them.

Living on the Bloor and Christie corner

Day to day, you are a few minutes’ walk from Bloor Street West, with its cafés, restaurants and grocery shops, and the stretch of Bloor through Koreatown to the east. Dupont and the Annex are a longer walk north and east. This is a part of the city where many people manage without a car.

The park also shapes the street. Summer evenings and weekends bring ball games and crowds to Christie Pits, and that energy is part of the appeal. If you work from home and want silence, visit on a busy summer weekend before you buy.

A building this small is shaped by what happens on the blocks around it, and main streets like Bloor are where new mid-rise projects tend to land. Check the City of Toronto development map for applications near Christie and Bloor before you buy. The data panel on this page covers transit, schools, Walk Score and nearby parks.

Below Annex prices, with an inclusive fee

The building averages about $851 per square foot. That is a meaningful discount to the boutique buildings in the core Annex and Yorkville, and you get a park view and an inclusive fee in return. You are giving up a big amenity package and new-build finishes.

Listings are infrequent in a 61-suite building, and at the time of writing there was only one suite for sale, so I cannot quote a fair range of asking prices or fees. When suites do come up, expect one-bedrooms to be priced for first-time buyers and the larger two-bedroom suites to trade less often.

When you compare fees, remember that heat, air conditioning and parking are already in this one. A newer building with a lower fee may cost the same once you add those back. My building sold report shows what has actually sold here.

Building specifications

Amenities at Eleven Christie

This is a basic package, but the rooftop terrace and bike storage are the two things owners here actually use. With Christie Pits across the street for exercise and outdoor space, a gym in the building would mainly add to the fee.

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