Leaside Common, 1718 Bayview Ave: New Mid-Rise by the Crosstown

Leaside Common is the new building I get asked about most on Bayview, mainly because it sits a short walk from the Leaside stop on the Eglinton Crosstown. Gairloch and BDP Quadrangle built a brick mid-rise of roughly 200 suites that reads as two smaller buildings joined by glass. It only registered in December 2025, so the questions a buyer should ask here are about a very young corporation. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

Two brick buildings with a glass seam

The design trick at Leaside Common is that it does not look like one big block. BDP Quadrangle split the Bayview frontage into two brick volumes in different tones, a lighter precast brick system to the north and darker brick to the south, joined by a glass section that holds the lobby and the retail at the lower levels.

Above the base, the windows are narrow and vertical with black frames and louvred panels, and the west side steps back in terraces toward the houses behind. Toronto Life described the facade as accordion-like, and balconies and terraces have built-in planters. ERA Architects was on the team as heritage consultant, and PMA Landscape Architects did the landscape.

The scale is the point. Bayview through Leaside is a low-rise main street, and a nine-storey building with a varied face fits it much better than a tower would. The trade-off is that the building is long, so suites on the same floor can have very different outlooks.

Construction moved quickly by midtown standards. UrbanToronto reports groundbreaking in October 2022, two tower cranes by mid-2023, the structure topped off by August 2024 and brick cladding advancing that autumn. Registration followed in December 2025. That is a normal timeline, and nothing in the public record suggests an unusual delay, but a fast build is one more reason to read the deficiency list carefully.

Layouts from studios to 2,000-square-foot penthouses

Toronto Life’s launch coverage put suites from 341-square-foot studios to 2,060-square-foot penthouses, with an average around 1,200 square feet. That average is high for a new Toronto building, and it reflects who Gairloch was selling to: Leaside families and downsizers as much as investors. Toronto Life also reported 10 townhomes as part of the project.

The suites were described as wide and shallow, which usually means more window per square foot and fewer dark interior bedrooms. Sixteen Degree Studio did the interiors, with oak flooring, Caesarstone counters and Italian kitchens with integrated appliances at launch. Confirm what is actually in the suite you are buying.

The current listings show the middle of the range: one-bedroom-plus-den plans in the 600s and two-bedroom-plus-den plans in the 700s of square feet. If you need more space than that, the larger plans will come up less often.

The Nest and the shared spaces

The feature Gairloch talked about most was the Nest, a shared space on each residential floor that doubles as a co-working lounge. In a building with this many work-from-home buyers, a quiet spot down the hall is more useful than another party room.

Beyond that, the package is a gym, an entertainment room, an outdoor terrace, a pet wash, an indoor children’s play area, a business centre and a 24-hour concierge. A children’s play room is still unusual in new Toronto condos and is a good sign that the developer expected families.

Parking is in a two-level underground garage. Whether a space and a locker come with a particular suite is a separate question; check the agreement of purchase and sale or the status certificate.

One thing to weigh: shared spaces on every floor mean more square footage for the corporation to clean, furnish and insure. That is part of what your fee pays for, so when you compare fees with a building that has a single amenity floor, compare what you get as well as the number.

Living at Bayview and Soudan

UrbanToronto describes the site as a short walk south of the Crosstown’s Leaside station, which is the reason many people bought here. The data panel on this page has the station, school and walkability details. The Bayview strip through Leaside has shops and restaurants at grade, and the residential streets on either side are some of the most established in the city.

Transit lines tend to attract new buildings, and Leaside will be no exception. Expect more construction along Bayview and Eglinton over the coming years, and expect more new suites competing with yours when you sell. Gairloch’s much smaller 1414 Bayview, further south near Millwood, is the closest like-for-like comparison today.

What Leaside Common costs

Condos.ca reports a building average of about $1,695 per square foot. I would treat that number with caution. The building registered in December 2025, so very few resales have closed, and the current asking prices work out to well under that figure on a per-foot basis.

When I checked, three suites were listed for sale, asking from about $720,000 to about $1,154,000, from a one-bedroom-plus-den to a two-bedroom. Several listings showed a placeholder fee of $1, which tells you the fees were not yet posted. Do not budget off a listing; get the actual monthly fee and the budget from the status certificate.

On a per-foot basis, the two smaller listings with a size band work out to roughly $975 to $1,200 per square foot, depending on where in the band each suite falls. That is a more realistic working range than the published average, though it is asking, not sold. Four suites were listed for rent, which is typical for a building in its first year as investors close. More rental and resale listings should follow, and that supply is what will set real prices here over the next year.

Building specifications

Amenities at Leaside Common

This is a practical package rather than a resort one: no pool, but a gym, a pet wash, a kids’ room and a work space on every floor. For families and remote workers it covers the things you use every week.

Jatin’s honest take on Leaside Common

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