Published 19 October 2026 · By Jatin Dua, Broker of Record, RE/MAX Quantum Realty
Building at a glance · Kensington-Chinatown
The College Condominium in one look.
297 College St, Toronto
Built
2016
Storeys
15
Suites
226
Developer
Tribute Communities
Corporation
TSCC-2551
Walk Score
99
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How you get around
Scores from Walk Score®
Walk Score
Walker's Paradise
Transit Score
Rider's Paradise
Bike Score
Biker's Paradise
Transit, nearest first
- 506College St at Spadina Ave506 Carlton streetcarSteps away
- 94WellesleyTTC bus0.6 km
- 13Avenue RdTTC bus0.9 km
- 1Queen's Park stationLine 1 Yonge–University0.9 km
- 127DavenportTTC bus1.1 km
- GOUnion Station GOBarrie / Kitchener / Lakeshore East / Lakeshore West / Milton / Richmond Hill / Stouffville lines2.2 km
- UPUnion stationUP Express · Pearson to Union2.2 km
TTC is renewing streetcar track at Long Branch Loop through late 2026; some Lake Shore streetcar trips run as buses.
Distances are straight-line from the building.
How far is everything?
From the front door, in kilometres.
Schools for this address
Public schools from the TDSB school locator, checked 18 October 2026. Boundaries change: confirm with the board before you buy.
ElementaryJK–6
Kensington Community School
401 College St, Toronto
0.4 km · ~6 min walk
Zoned for this address
MiddleGr 7–8
King Edward Junior and Senior Public School
112 Lippincott ST, Toronto
0.5 km · ~8 min walk
Zoned for this address
High schoolGr 9–12
Harbord Collegiate Institute
286 Harbord St, Toronto
1.1 km · ~17 min walk
Zoned for this address
Catholic elementary
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Elementary School
1.1 km · ~17 min walk
Nearest, confirm zoning
Catholic elementary
St Mary Catholic Elementary School
1.3 km · ~20 min walk
Nearest, confirm zoning
Catholic secondary
St Joseph's College School
1.3 km · ~20 min walk
Nearest, confirm zoning
French-language · Viamonde (public)
Ecole Elementaire Pierre Elliott Trudeau
1.2 km · ~19 min walk
Nearest, confirm zoning
Catholic (TCDSB) and French-language schools shown are the nearest to the building, not confirmed zoning. Check the TCDSB school locator, Viamonde or MonAvenir.
By the numbers
What units at The College Condominium actually trade for
| Unit type | Sold | Median price | Leased | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bed | 4 | $550,000 | 34 | $2,500/mo |
| 2 bed | 1 | too few | 16 | $3,100/mo |
| 3 bed + | 2 | too few | 2 | too few |
Table covers the last 24 months. TRREB MLS® System aggregates; a median is shown only with 3 or more deals, and sizes come from listing ranges. Not an appraisal: get an estimate for your unit.
Living here
Renters, Airbnb and elevators at The College Condominium
Do mostly owners or renters live here?
Renter-heavy building. Of 114 deals here in the last 24 months, 103 were leases and 11 were sales. A high lease share usually means more investor owners, more move-ins and a deeper pool of rental comparables.
Can you Airbnb a unit at The College Condominium?
No active City registrations here right now. In Toronto you can only host in your principal residence, a whole unit for at most 180 nights a year, with a $390 yearly registration and 6% accommodation tax. You cannot buy here to run it as a full-time Airbnb. Check the condo’s rules in the status certificate before you count on it.
How reliable are the elevators?
Ontario requires residential buildings to report any elevator outage lasting 48 hours or more, and this address has none on record. Elevators still need modernizing every 25 to 30 years, so check the reserve fund study for the date.
Sources: TRREB MLS® System lease and sale counts; City of Toronto short-term rental registrations (Open Data, 18 Oct 2026); TSSA Residential Elevator Availability portal.
Before you buy here
Five things the listing will not tell you about The College Condominium
- Reserve fund health. Ask for the latest reserve fund study and its date. A thin fund in an older building usually means fee jumps or a special assessment.
- Special assessments and big repairs. Check the status certificate for planned levies and for balcony, garage, window or elevator work.
- Insurance deductible. Find the corporation’s deductible for water damage. If it is higher than your own policy covers, raise your coverage before closing.
- Fee trend. Compare this year’s budget with last year’s. Rises of 2–5% a year are typical; bigger jumps need an explanation.
- Lawsuits and rules. Look for legal claims against the corporation, and for rules on pets, short-term rentals and leasing.
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Eat, drink and shop nearby
Within about a 10-minute walk.
Pizza
Pizza Fresca
Steps away
Sushi
Mi'hito Sushi Laboratory
Steps away
Burgers
Old.k Chicken Burgers
Steps away
Restaurant
Free Times Cafe
Steps away
Coffee
Found Coffee
Steps away
Noodles
Mr Yes Noodle House
Steps away
Places from OpenStreetMap. Check hours before you go.
Parks nearby
- Sonya's Park
- The Doctors' Parkette
- Lillian H. Smith Park
Nearest grocery
T&T Supermarket
Steps away
Prices: TRREB MLS® System aggregate medians for 297 College St, last 12 months (updated 18 October 2026), compiled by Jatin Dua, Broker of Record, RE/MAX Quantum Realty Inc., Brokerage; deemed reliable, not guaranteed. Schools: TDSB school locator; Catholic and French schools: nearest by distance. Transit and scores: Walk Score® and TTC/GO station locations. Nearby places: OpenStreetMap. Distances are straight-line estimates.
The College is the building I suggest to buyers who want the University of Toronto, Kensington Market and Little Italy within the same short walk. Tribute Communities finished it in 2016 on the south side of College just west of Spadina, and its west face, with a grid of coloured glass balconies, is one of the more cheerful elevations downtown. Fees are reasonable for the location. The decisions here are about which suite and which side. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.
Quick answer
The College Condominium at Spadina is a 15-storey, 226-suite condominium at 297 College Street, Toronto, on the south side of College just west of Spadina Avenue, in the Queen West, Trinity-Bellwoods, Kensington and Little Italy area. It was developed by Tribute Communities with Greybrook Realty Partners, designed by Core Architects, and completed in 2016. The condominium corporation is TSCC-2551, registered on 2 November 2016, and Duka Property Management is listed as manager. Suites run from about 452 to 1,035 sq ft. The fee covers common elements, heat, air conditioning, building insurance and water.
The College Condominium at a glance
The coloured balconies, and the plain front
Core Architects designed The College for Tribute Communities and Greybrook Realty Partners. The College Street face is restrained, finished in glass and dark cladding, and the top floors step back in white so that from the sidewalk you barely see them.
The memorable side is the west elevation. It faces a laneway and carries a grid of small balconies with brightly coloured glass. Christopher Hume, reviewing it for Storeys in 2019, gave the building a B+ and called that west side one of the more playful exteriors in the city, while finding the whole composition a little all over the place. I think that is fair, and I think the colour has aged better than many of the grey towers built at the same time.
UrbanToronto lists the building at 15 storeys and about 53 metres, which keeps it in scale with the mid-rise College Street that the city wants along this stretch.
Inside, the launch package was built around a student and young-professional buyer: compact kitchens with 24-inch appliances, and suites designed to work at modest square footage. That is not a criticism. It is the reason the building rents easily, and the reason it is the wrong choice if you entertain large dinners at home.
Layouts: mostly one-bedrooms, with some true three-bedroom plans
At launch in 2013, blogTO reported plans from one-bedroom through three-bedroom, sized from about 477 to 1,026 square feet, with ceilings up to nine feet. Condos.ca now records about 452 to 1,035 square feet. The unit count also moved, from 234 at launch to 226 at registration, which usually means some suites were combined during design.
Most of what trades is one-bedroom and one-plus-den plans between about 450 and 700 square feet. The building also has three-bedroom plans in the 800s. A three-bedroom at that size is efficient rather than generous, but in this location it opens the door to families and to students sharing, which matters for resale.
Check whether a den is a usable room or an alcove, and which way the suite faces. North suites look over College; west suites get the coloured balconies and the laneway; east suites look toward Spadina and the downtown skyline.
Thinking about buying or selling here?
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College and Spadina, day to day
This is one of the most walkable corners in the city. The University of Toronto campus is to the east, Kensington Market is just south, and Little Italy’s restaurants start a few blocks west. Hume pointed out that this stretch of College is not elegant, and that is true: it is busy, practical and full of students.
Two streetcar lines cross at the corner. The automatic panel on this page covers transit and walkability in detail. What I would add is that many owners here do not keep a car, and at launch parking was sold separately and only to select suites, so do not assume a space comes with the suite.
Noise is the honest trade-off. College Street is loud late on weekend nights, and the university calendar changes the rhythm of the block. Visit in the evening and ask which exposure the seller’s suite has.
The upside of that energy is resale depth. Every September brings a new wave of renters and buyers who want to be within walking distance of campus, and a building of this age and size on this corner rarely struggles to find either. For an owner who plans to rent the suite out later, that is worth paying something for.
A sensible fee for a 2016 building
Current listings average about $1.00 per square foot in fees, covering common elements, heat, air conditioning, building insurance and water. Hydro is separate. At launch the fee was projected well below that, so the building has risen like most of its generation.
At 226 suites, the cost of the concierge and amenity package is spread over enough owners to stay reasonable. The corporation was registered in late 2016, so there is now close to a decade of budgets and reserve fund history to review.
Compared with older buildings nearby that include hydro or cable, the number can look higher or lower depending on what you add back. Compare like with like: add your own hydro bill to the fee here before comparing it with a building that bundles utilities, and remember that a 2016 building should have years before its largest repairs come due.
What The College is asking now
Condos.ca puts the building average at about $948 per square foot. That is a premium over mid-rises a few blocks further from the university and reflects both the newer construction and the location between the campus and Kensington.
Nine suites were listed for sale when I checked. One-bedroom and one-plus-den suites from under 500 to the high 700s in square feet were asking between $498,000 and $749,999, and three-bedroom plans in the 800 to 899 square foot band were asking between $699,900 and $780,000.
Monthly fees across those listings ranged from about $431 to $890. For an investor, the three-bedroom plans are the ones to study, because they rent to students and young professionals in groups. For a precise read on what has actually closed here, see my building sold report.
Building specifications
| Building name | The College Condominium at Spadina |
| Address | 297 College St, Toronto |
| Developer | Tribute Communities with Greybrook Realty Partners |
| Architect | Core Architects |
| Interior design | Patton Design Studio (Bryon Patton & Associates) |
| Storeys | 15 |
| Total suites | 226 |
| Condo corporation | TSCC-2551 |
| Registered | 2 November 2016 |
| Property management | Duka Property Management |
| Suite sizes | Approximately 452 to 1,035 sq ft |
| Ceiling heights | Up to 9 ft, per launch materials |
| Maintenance fees | About $1.00 per sq ft on current listings |
| Fees include | Common elements, heat, air conditioning, building insurance and water |
Amenities at The College Condominium
The package is practical rather than resort-style: a gym, a party room, a media room, a games room and guest suites. Guest suites are the sleeper feature in a building full of one-bedrooms, because visiting family has somewhere to stay.
Jatin’s honest take on The College Condominium
Who this building suits
University of Toronto staff and graduate students, first-time buyers who want a newer building between Kensington and Little Italy, and investors who want a suite that will rent quickly. The three-bedroom plans suit parents buying for students and small families who prioritise location over square footage.
What I’d want you to check
Confirm whether the suite has parking or a locker, since parking was not standard. Read the reserve fund study and the fee history, and ask about any work planned for the balconies and the glass. Check the exposure for noise, and look at the den before calling it a second bedroom.
The value question
At around $948 per square foot, The College is not cheap, but the fee is sensible and the location will always have buyers and tenants. I think it is a sound owner-occupier purchase and a solid rental. If you need parking or a quiet street, choose carefully or look a few blocks further west.
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The College Condominium — frequently asked questions
Who built The College Condominium?
Tribute Communities developed it with Greybrook Realty Partners. It was completed in 2016.
Who was the architect?
Core Architects, with interiors by Patton Design Studio.
How tall is the building and how many suites does it have?
It is 15 storeys and about 53 metres tall, with 226 suites according to condos.ca and UrbanToronto. Launch materials quoted 234.
How big are the suites?
About 452 to 1,035 square feet, from one-bedrooms to three-bedroom plans.
What are the ceiling heights?
Launch materials quoted ceilings of up to nine feet. Confirm the height for the specific suite.
What do the maintenance fees include?
Common elements, heat, air conditioning, building insurance and water. Hydro is extra.
Does every suite come with parking?
No. At launch, underground parking was offered only for select suites and sold separately. Check the status certificate for the suite you are buying.
What amenities are there?
A 24-hour concierge, gym, party room, media room, billiards and table tennis room, and guest suites.
Who manages the building?
Condos.ca lists Duka Property Management.
What is distinctive about the design?
The west elevation, with its grid of coloured glass balconies over the laneway, which critic Christopher Hume singled out as one of the city’s most playful exteriors.
How much do condos at The College Condominium sell for?
Over the last 12 months the median resale at The College Condominium was $575,000, across 7 sales. The typical unit sold in 34 days at about 96% of the asking price. That works out to roughly $973 per square foot.
How much is rent at The College Condominium?
The median lease at The College Condominium over the last 12 months was $2,600/mo, from 52 leases. Units typically leased in 15 days.
What does each unit type cost at The College Condominium?
Over the last 24 months: One-bedrooms sold for a median $550,000 and rented for $2,500/mo; Two-bedrooms rented for $3,100/mo. Each median uses three or more deals.
Are prices at The College Condominium up or down since 2022?
Down about 24%. The median sold price per square foot was $1,281 in 2022 and $973 over the last 12 months. Pricing off 2022 comparables is the most common mistake sellers make here.
What rental yield does The College Condominium offer an investor?
At a median price of $575,000 and a median rent of $2,600 a month, the gross yield is about 5.4%, before maintenance fees, property tax, insurance and mortgage interest. Net cash flow depends on the fee and your down payment, so run the numbers for the exact unit.
Do mostly owners or renters live at The College Condominium?
Mostly renters. Of the deals here in the last 24 months, 90% were leases and 10% were sales.
Can you Airbnb a unit at The College Condominium?
Only in limited cases. Toronto allows short-term rentals only in your principal residence, a whole unit for at most 180 nights a year, with a $390 yearly City registration and 6% accommodation tax. The City’s register shows no active short-term rental registrations at this address. The condo’s declaration and rules can ban short stays outright, so check them in the status certificate.
Has The College Condominium had elevator outages?
None on record. Ontario requires residential buildings to report elevator outages of 48 hours or more to TSSA, and this address has no reported outage since July 2022.
What schools is The College Condominium zoned for?
For TDSB public schools, the address is zoned for Kensington Community School (Elementary, JK–6), King Edward Junior and Senior Public School (Middle, Gr 7–8), Harbord Collegiate Institute (High school, Gr 9–12). Catholic and French-language schools are listed on this page by distance. Boundaries change, so confirm with the board before you buy.
What is the closest subway or GO station to The College Condominium?
The nearest subway is Queen's Park station (Line 1 Yonge–University), 0.9 km away; the nearest GO station is Union Station GO on the Barrie / Kitchener / Lakeshore East / Lakeshore West / Milton / Richmond Hill / Stouffville lines, 2.2 km; UP Express runs from Union station, 2.2 km; the 506 Carlton streetcar stops 0.1 km away; the closest bus is the Wellesley (TTC bus). Distances are straight-line from the building.
What is the Walk Score of The College Condominium?
Walk Score 99, Transit Score 99 and Bike Score 100. Most daily errands can be done on foot.
What restaurants and shops are near The College Condominium?
Within about a 10-minute walk: Pizza Fresca (Pizza), Mi'hito Sushi Laboratory (Sushi), Old.k Chicken Burgers (Burgers), Free Times Cafe (Restaurant), Found Coffee (Coffee). The closest grocery store is T&T Supermarket, 0.0 km away.
Which parks are near The College Condominium?
Sonya's Park, The Doctors' Parkette, Lillian H. Smith Park are the closest green spaces.
What is my unit at The College Condominium worth?
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About the author — Jatin Dua, Toronto condo broker
I’m Jatin Dua, Broker of Record at RE/MAX Quantum Realty. I work condo buildings across Toronto and the GTA every week, including Queen West, Trinity-Bellwoods, Kensington and Little Italy. What buyers and sellers usually need is someone who knows the individual buildings: which exposures get the light, which corporations keep healthy reserve funds, and which units are priced past what they will appraise for.
If you’re buying or selling at The College Condominium, I’ll give you the honest version — including when I think you should walk away. Reach me at [email protected] or 833-330-1925, or book a free consultation.
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