The Palisades II, 205 Wynford Dr: WZMH Tower of 1,400+ Sq Ft Suites

The Palisades II has no small suites. The smallest plans are around 1,368 square feet and the largest close to 2,900, in a 29-storey tower designed by the firm behind the CN Tower. For a downsizer who wants a house’s worth of space in a building with a concierge and a pool, there are very few alternatives in Toronto at this price. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

A WZMH tower from the end of the 1980s boom

SkyscraperPage credits The Palisades II to Webb Zerafa Menkes Housden, now WZMH Architects, with Canderel Stoneridge as developer. WZMH was founded in Toronto in 1961 and its name is on the CN Tower, the Royal Bank building and Scotia Plaza, finished just before this tower. Seeing that firm on a suburban condo tells you this was pitched at the top of the market in 1990.

SkyscraperPage estimates the roof at about 276 feet. At 29 storeys, upper suites look out over the Don Valley and the low-rise neighbourhoods to the south and west, which is a big part of why owners stay for decades.

The tower sits beside The Palisades III at 195 Wynford, and listing databases show a third building called The Palisades at 215. Each is a separate corporation; this one, MTCC-897, has its own board, budget and reserve fund.

Every suite is large

Condos.ca lists suites from about 1,368 to 2,881 square feet. There are no studios or compact one-bedrooms to pull the average down, so this is a building of two- and three-bedroom homes in practice, with formal dining rooms and big principal bedrooms typical of the era.

Size also changes the arithmetic of everything else. A fee calculated on square footage is large in dollars even when it is reasonable per square foot, and the share of any building-wide project falls more heavily on each suite. On the other hand, a big suite gives you room to work from home, host family and keep a separate guest room, which is very hard to find in a condo built in the last 20 years. For a lot of the owners I meet here, that is the whole point.

That changes who buys here. Your resale market is downsizers from Don Mills, Leaside and the wider east end, and families who want three bedrooms and a concierge for the price of a small semi. Investors chasing rent per square foot are a smaller part of the picture, which tends to mean a stable, owner-occupied building.

Large original suites can need a lot of work. Expect older kitchens and bathrooms in suites that have not been touched, and budget accordingly. Read the rules on renovations, flooring and contractor access before you plan, because a quiet, long-tenured building usually has firm ones.

Fees that include the utilities

Condos.ca lists the fee as covering air conditioning, common elements, heat, hydro, building insurance, parking and water. On suites this size, with a concierge, pool and security staff, the monthly fee will be substantial in dollars. No suites were listed for sale when I checked, so I cannot give a current fee per square foot.

Compare it as total housing cost. In a newer building you would add hydro, heating and cooling, and usually a parking charge to a lower fee. Here those are paid centrally, which smooths your budget but means everyone shares rising energy and staffing costs.

Ask for the fee history over the last five years, the current budget, and the reserve fund study. Those three documents tell you whether the fee you see today is stable or about to climb. I also ask how much of the budget goes to utilities, because that is the line most exposed to price swings in an all-inclusive building, and whether the board has looked at energy retrofits to bring it down.

Life on Wynford Drive now

This is a car-friendly location near the Don Valley Parkway, and for decades it sat beside the Ontario Science Centre, which closed permanently in June 2024. Line 5 Eglinton opened in 2026 with stops in the area, one of them named Wynford, and the Ontario Line will add an interchange with Line 5 at Don Valley. The data panel on this page covers the transit details.

The bigger change is the new housing. The former Celestica site at 844 Don Mills Road is being redeveloped as Crosstown, with a large recreation centre, townhomes, condos and retail. That means more shops and services nearby, and also many new suites competing for buyers, though very few of them will offer suites the size of the ones here.

The lowest price per square foot in the group

Condos.ca puts the building average at about $422 per square foot, below The Palisades III next door at about $537. The difference is mostly suite size: very large suites sell for less per square foot, and this building has nothing small.

That number is the reason to look. It means you can buy a 1,500 to 2,000-square-foot home for what a much smaller new condo costs, in a building with a pool and concierge. The trade-off is the monthly fee on a big suite, the age of the building and the renovation many original suites need.

With no suites listed for sale when I checked, I am not quoting an asking range. Ask me for the building sold report to see recent trades as aggregates, and compare them with The Palisades III and newer buildings on the same total monthly cost.

Building specifications

Amenities at The Palisades II

A concierge, security staff, an indoor pool, sauna and gym are what downsizers in this building are paying for: a staffed front door and a place to swim in winter. They are also big recurring costs, so the reserve fund needs to be planning for pool and mechanical replacement.

Jatin’s honest take on The Palisades II

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