Avenue & Park Condos, 1580 Avenue Rd: 35 Large Suites for Downsizers

Avenue & Park is a building for people selling a house in Bedford Park or Lawrence Park who do not want to leave the neighbourhood. It has only 35 suites, the smallest condos.ca records is about 946 square feet, and the top floors run to more than 3,000. Buildings like this rarely have a listing for sale, so you need a plan before one comes up. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

A boutique mid-rise built for people leaving a house

UrbanToronto reports the building at seven storeys and about 30 metres, on a corner where Avenue Road’s commercial frontage meets the single-family streets of Bedford Park and Ledbury Park. When the project launched, UrbanToronto noted that this part of Avenue Road was already seeing mid-rise growth, and Avenue & Park is one of that wave.

Stafford marketed it from the start to downsizers. At launch, UrbanToronto counted 36 suites; its project database now lists 35. Counts often shift in buildings aimed at buyers coming out of large houses, where suites can be combined or reworked during sales, and that is one reason sizes here vary so widely.

The design is restrained, with no tall glass tower and no podium. For a buyer, a building of this size means a small lobby, few people sharing each elevator and amenity, and a board where a handful of engaged owners can shape decisions. That last point cuts both ways, which is why I ask buyers to read the minutes.

House-size suites, and terraces at the top

Condos.ca records suites from about 946 to 3,130 square feet. When UrbanToronto previewed the plans in 2017, the smallest example was a 946-square-foot two-bedroom with ensuites for both bedrooms. Mid-floor plans ran to about 1,800 square feet with a library, and corner suites on the sixth floor were around 2,600 square feet with south and west exposures.

Suites generally get larger as you go up. The penthouse level was planned with four suites, and one previewed plan of about 2,900 square feet came with a rooftop terrace of roughly 2,460 square feet, a gas barbecue connection and a hot tub. Several plans had a powder room as well as an ensuite for every bedroom, which is the detail that tells you who the building was designed for.

Those plans date from the sales stage. Before you buy, get the floor plan for the actual suite from the status certificate package or the listing, confirm its measured size, and check whether the terrace is exclusive-use common element, which affects who maintains it.

What came with the building, and what to confirm now

At launch, UrbanToronto reported a concierge lobby, a fitness and yoga room, dry saunas, a screening room, a game room, a business centre, a party room and a landscaped roof deck, with amenity interiors by U31. Condos.ca lists a concierge, gym, media room, dining room, meeting room, business centre, outdoor patio and electric vehicle charging.

Stafford also marketed resident services such as grocery delivery from Pusateri’s, dog walking and car detailing. Services like these depend on contracts that a condo board can change, so ask what is actually offered today and whether any of it is paid from the common fees.

UrbanToronto reported about 725 square metres of retail planned at grade along Avenue Road. Commercial units can affect deliveries, garbage and noise at the base of a small building, so check who occupies that space now and how the declaration separates residential and commercial costs.

Avenue Road at Bedford Park, day to day

This stretch of Avenue Road, a short walk north of Lawrence, is lined with shops, restaurants and services, and the side streets behind it are residential and quiet. Owners can walk to most daily errands, and the house streets of Bedford Park and Ledbury Park surround the building.

The panel beside this review shows the transit, schools and nearby food. Avenue Road is a busy arterial, so traffic noise is part of the trade-off for east-facing suites, and the west and south sides look over lower buildings and the residential streets behind.

If you are coming from a house with a garage and a driveway, think about how you will use the building in practice: where visitors park, how deliveries reach you, and whether the suite has a locker big enough for the things you are not ready to give up. In a small building, these details are settled by the declaration and rules, so read them before you firm up rather than after.

Pricing: a rare-listing building with few comparables

Condos.ca puts the building average at about $875 per square foot. That is below 1717 Avenue Road, another seven-storey boutique building a few blocks north, at around $1,163, and well above older buildings such as Bedford Glen at 1555 Avenue Road at around $692. For suites of this size, total price matters more than the per-foot number, because a 2,500-square-foot suite is competing with houses, not with one-bedrooms.

No suites were listed for sale or lease on condos.ca when I checked. In a 35-suite building that is normal, and it means comparables are thin. Expect long gaps between sales and expect each one to be priced on its own floor, exposure and terrace.

The fee covers common elements, building insurance and water, so hydro and heating or cooling are likely your own costs, and you should confirm how parking is handled. For actual trades, use the 12-month panel data, and ask me for a building sold report that includes 1717 Avenue Road and the other boutique buildings on this corridor.

Building specifications

Amenities at Avenue & Park Condos

For a 35-suite building, this is a generous package, and it is shared by very few people, so the dining room and media room work as extensions of your own suite for hosting. The trade-off is that a small number of owners carries the cost of the concierge and the amenity spaces.

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