The Courtlands II, 90 Fisherville Rd: Big Suites, Everything in the Fee

The Courtlands II is the kind of building I show buyers who have outgrown a one-bedroom but are not ready to pay for a house. Suites here run from about 700 to more than 2,000 square feet, and the monthly fee covers almost every utility you would normally pay yourself. It is a 1978 tower at the top of the city, and the work is in reading the building’s finances, not in comparing finishes. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

The second of two matching towers

The name tells you there is a first one. The Courtlands at 1201 Steeles Avenue West is its sister building, also by Dogleg Developments, also 14 storeys and also 111 suites, completed in 1976. Condos.ca puts the two at almost exactly the same price per square foot, about $420 here and $421 at 1201 Steeles.

For a buyer, that pairing is useful. Two corporations with the same builder, the same scale and roughly the same age give you a ready-made comparison. If you are looking at one, ask what the other has done with its windows, garage and elevators over the last decade, because the two buildings have been ageing side by side.

They are not identical on paper. Condos.ca lists a tennis court and a rec room at 1201 Steeles but not here. Number 90 does list a party room, a meeting room, a sauna and a security guard, so the daily experience is similar even if the outdoor amenities differ.

Suites sized for families and downsizers

Condos.ca’s size records here run from about 697 to 2,072 square feet. A range that wide in a 111-suite tower usually means a mix of mid-size two-bedrooms and much larger corner or upper-floor plans, and it is why this building attracts both young families and people coming out of houses in the area.

Suites above 1,500 square feet are rare in any building from the last 20 years at this price level. You trade new finishes and a modern lobby for space, and many suites here will have been renovated more than once in nearly 50 years. Ask for the floor plan and confirm the measured size for any suite you look at, because older records are not always precise.

Check the parking and locker details for the specific suite too. Parking is in the fee according to condos.ca, but how many spaces come with a suite, and whether there is a locker, is set out in the suite’s own documents.

Why the fee looks high and often is not

The fee here covers heat, hydro, air conditioning, cable TV, water, building insurance and parking, according to condos.ca. That is close to an all-in arrangement. Newer buildings in Toronto almost always meter hydro by suite, charge separately for parking and leave cable and internet to you.

So compare total monthly housing cost, not fees. Add a winter hydro bill, a parking charge and a cable or TV package onto a newer building’s fee, and the gap shrinks a great deal. For a larger suite, where the electricity bill would also be larger, the bundled fee works harder in your favour.

The flip side is that utility costs are shared. When hydro or gas rates rise, they rise in the corporation’s budget and then in everyone’s fee. That is why the budget and the reserve fund study matter more here than in a building where each owner pays their own utilities.

Bathurst and Steeles is about to get busier

This corner of North York is quiet, settled and largely built in the 1970s, with towers, townhouse complexes and houses on curving streets. Steeles Avenue is the Vaughan boundary, so shopping and services on both sides of the line are part of daily life here.

Change is coming. UrbanToronto reported in June 2026 on an application at 6200 Bathurst Street, at the northwest corner of Bathurst and Fisherville, for two rental towers of 39 and 43 storeys with about 1,021 units, keeping the existing 14-storey rental building on the site. The same report lists several other proposals nearby, including one at 25 Fisherville Road. These are applications, not approvals.

The same article places the site about 2.5 kilometres west of the planned Steeles station on the Yonge North subway extension, near a planned Steeles Avenue West bus rapid transit corridor. For an owner here, that points to more neighbours, more construction for some years and, eventually, better transit. The panel beside this review shows what is available today.

Pricing: low per foot, so watch the costs behind it

Condos.ca puts the average at about $420 per square foot. That sits in the middle of a low range for Westminster-Branson towers of this era: the Primrose Towers on Steeles average about $383 to $405, the Antibes Drive towers about $376 to $428, and Sovereign Court a few doors away about $472. Few parts of Toronto still trade in this range.

There were no active listings when I checked, so I cannot give you an asking range. For real numbers, use the 12-month trading data in the panel beside this review, and ask me for a building sold report that sets this building against its twin at 1201 Steeles.

A low price per foot in a 1978 building is only good value if the reserve fund is healthy. In a building where the corporation pays the utilities, a weak reserve or a budget that has not kept up with energy costs shows up later as fee jumps or a special assessment. Read the documents before you treat the per-foot number as a bargain.

Building specifications

Amenities at The Courtlands II

This is a practical package rather than a resort one: a sauna, rooms for gatherings and meetings, and a security guard. Buyers who want a pool or a tennis court should look at the sister tower or the Primrose Towers along Steeles.

Jatin’s honest take on The Courtlands II

The Courtlands II — frequently asked questions

Looking at York Mills, Don Mills, Lawrence Park, Bathurst Manor and midtown-north Toronto more broadly? Start with my Toronto community guide — the neighbourhoods, what each pocket is like, and how they compare.