Albany Court, 740 Eglinton Ave W: 58 Suites on the New Crosstown

Albany Court is a small building that asks a simple question: do you want an address on Eglinton West in Forest Hill North without paying for a tower’s amenity floor? It has six storeys, 58 suites and a fee that includes heat, and very little else in common. Since the Crosstown opened in February 2026, the street outside has changed more than the building has, and that is the case for buying here. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

A small corporation with a short amenity list

Fifty-eight suites over six storeys is a boutique count by any measure. You will know your neighbours by sight, the elevator wait is short, and the board is a handful of owners rather than a remote committee.

Condos.ca lists only a security system under amenities. There is no gym, party room or concierge recorded for this building. For some buyers that is a deal-breaker. For others it is the point, because staff and facilities are a large share of what makes condo fees climb.

The small size cuts both ways. Shared costs are divided among only 58 owners, so a roof, a garage repair or an elevator modernisation hits each owner harder than it would in a 400-suite tower. That makes the reserve fund study the single most important document you will read here.

Check the building’s real age

Condos.ca dates Albany Court to 2014, which is when the condominium corporation was registered. I could not find a developer named in any source, a marketing campaign for a new building at this address, or an UrbanToronto project file for it, which is unusual for a 2014 midtown completion.

The fee profile also reads more like an older building than a 2014 one: heat is included, which points to a central system, and the amenity list is close to empty. It is possible this is an older apartment building that was registered as a condominium in 2014 rather than a new build. I am not stating that as fact, because I could not confirm it.

This matters for your purchase. If the structure, windows, plumbing risers and heating plant are much older than the registration date, the reserve fund study should show it, and you want to know before you compare this to a genuinely new building. Ask the listing agent directly when the building was constructed and whether it was converted.

Suites: compact, practical, not much more

Suites recorded here run from about 489 to 979 square feet. That range fits compact studios and one-bedrooms at the low end and smaller two-bedroom layouts toward the top, with nothing approaching family-house size.

For a first-time buyer or a single professional, that range is the sweet spot on this part of Eglinton. Ask for the floor plan of any unit you consider, because square footage in smaller buildings is sometimes measured differently from one listing to the next, and confirm ceiling height and whether there is a balcony.

Parking is not listed in the fee inclusions. Confirm in the status certificate whether the unit you want has a parking space or locker at all, and if so whether it is owned or leased from the corporation.

Eglinton West after the Crosstown

For more than a decade, this stretch of Eglinton was defined by construction hoarding. The Eglinton Crosstown began construction in 2011 and finally opened as TTC Line 5 on 8 February 2026, running 19 kilometres from Mount Dennis to Kennedy with 25 surface stops and underground stations. Few corridors in the city went through a longer construction period, and few stand to change as much now that trains are running.

With the line open, the street-level question changes from “when will this end?” to “what gets built next?”. Midtown is seeing taller proposals in places that were once capped at six storeys. In Forest Hill Village to the south, an application at 390 to 398 Spadina Road now seeks 14 storeys where six had earlier been approved in principle.

For an owner here in Forest Hill North, the area condos.ca places this building in, that likely means more neighbours, more shops and more construction over the next decade. Nearest stations, schools and walkability for this address are in the data panel on this page.

Price per square foot and fees

Condos.ca shows an average of about $551 per square foot for Albany Court. That is low for a midtown address and well below what new towers along Eglinton have been asking, which is part of what makes the building interesting and part of why you should understand its age and condition.

When I checked in October 2026 there was one suite for sale and one for rent, so I will not quote either listing. One listing tells you very little; the recorded sales in the panel on this page are a better guide.

On fees, judge the number against what it covers. Heat and water are included, but hydro and parking are not listed. In a 58-unit building with no amenities to run, ask why the fee per square foot is where it is, and the answer usually sits in the reserve fund study and the insurance premium.

The fairest comparison is total monthly cost. Take the fee, property tax and your own hydro here, and set them against a new Eglinton tower with a lower fee per square foot but separate heat, hydro and parking charges, plus the amenities you may or may not use. For an owner-occupier who never touches a gym, the small building can come out ahead even when its fee per square foot looks higher.

Building specifications

Amenities at Albany Court

There is effectively no amenity package here, so your gym, meeting space and parcel arrangements will all be your own. Ask how deliveries are handled without a concierge, because that is the daily friction most buyers notice first in a building like this.

Jatin’s honest take on Albany Court

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