Jockey Club, 21 Overlea Blvd: All-Inclusive Fees in Thorncliffe Park

Jockey Club is one of the lowest-priced ways to own a full-service condo this close to Leaside. It is a 1991, 21-storey tower on Overlea Boulevard with a concierge, a squash court and a fee that covers almost every utility. The question is not whether it is cheap per square foot; it is whether the all-inclusive fee works for your budget. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

A name from the racetrack

The building’s name is a nod to the land it stands on. Thorncliffe Park was a horse racing track from 1917 until the early 1950s, when it was sold to the Ontario Jockey Club. Racing ended in 1953, and the land was redeveloped as the planned community of Thorncliffe Park that you see today.

Local street names such as Grandstand Place and Milepost Place keep that history alive. Jockey Club came much later, in 1991, when Overon Investments added a condominium tower to a neighbourhood that is still mostly rental apartment buildings.

That mix matters for buyers. You are buying into a condo corporation in an area where most of your neighbours rent from large landlords, which keeps local prices lower than in Leaside to the south and west. It also means the condo board and the manager matter more, because they set the tone for the building itself.

One fee that covers nearly everything

The fee here includes heat, hydro, air conditioning, water, building insurance, parking and the common elements. That is about as complete as Toronto condo fees get. You will pay for internet and contents insurance, and very little else.

Active listings showed fees of roughly $0.91 per sq ft. Compared with a newer condo at $0.60 to $0.70 per sq ft plus separate hydro, cooling and parking, the gap is smaller than it first looks.

The trade-off is that you do not control those costs. When energy prices or insurance premiums rise, they show up in everyone’s fee, and an owner who uses little power pays the same share as one who runs the air conditioning all summer. Ask for the fee history over the past five years to see how it has moved.

There is a practical upside for people who work from home or run the air conditioning hard in summer. Those costs do not change your bill here. For a retiree on a fixed income, knowing the full monthly cost of housing in advance is often worth more than a lower fee with a variable hydro bill on top.

Suites and amenities

Condos.ca shows suites from roughly 600 to 1,154 sq ft, which covers one-bedrooms through larger two-bedrooms. Suites from this era tend to be laid out more generously than today’s, with real dining space and closets, but the kitchens and bathrooms in many units will have been renovated to very different standards.

Amenities include a gym, sauna, squash court, concierge and security guard. A squash court is now rare in Toronto condos, and staffed security is a meaningful plus in a 220-suite tower.

Pets are listed as restricted. I have not found the specific rules, so read them in the status certificate before you buy, especially if you have a dog.

Thorncliffe Park is changing

The biggest local change is the Ontario Line. In February 2026 Metrolinx broke ground on Thorncliffe Park station, which sits on an elevated section of track running along Overlea Boulevard before turning north up Don Mills Road toward Flemingdon Park and the Eglinton line.

For an owner on Overlea, that is a double-edged change. Over the long run, a subway station in the neighbourhood should make the area easier to live in and more attractive to future buyers. In the meantime, an elevated guideway is being built along the same boulevard, which means years of construction, lane changes and noise.

Before you buy, look at where the guideway and station sit relative to the building, and ask which suites face Overlea. A high floor facing away from the road will feel very different from a low floor facing the works. Ask the manager whether the corporation has had any contact with Metrolinx about access or noise.

For daily life, the neighbourhood is self-contained, with shops, services and a large community around it, and Leaside’s parks and shops are a short drive away. The automatic panel on this page covers the transit, schools and parks in detail.

Pricing and fees

Condos.ca puts the building average at about $469 per sq ft. That is one of the lowest figures in this part of the city, well below Leaside condos and newer buildings near the Eglinton corridor. You are paying for space, not newness.

At the time of writing, two suites were listed, with asking prices between about $400,000 and $450,000 and fees of about $600 to $860 a month. That spread covers a one-bedroom and a larger two-bedroom, and it shows how much of your monthly cost here is the fee rather than the mortgage.

When you compare buildings, add the costs a newer condo charges separately: hydro, cooling, parking and sometimes heat. At Jockey Club those are already in the fee. For a buyer on a fixed budget, one predictable monthly payment is easier to plan around, but it also means a fee increase hits harder than it would in a building with lower base fees.

Building specifications

Amenities at Jockey Club

The concierge and security guard are the amenities that make the biggest difference day to day, especially for owners who travel or live alone. The gym, sauna and squash court cover most workout needs without a club membership.

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