The Courtyards of Concorde, 18 Concorde Pl: Mid-Rise Amid Big Change

The Courtyards of Concorde is a 1995 mid-rise in a pocket of Don Mills that is about to look very different. Right now it is a quiet, low-key building with heat and parking in the fee. Over the next decade, the office blocks around it are slated to become some of the tallest towers in this part of the city. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

A wide mid-rise, not a tower

With 252 suites on 10 storeys, this is a broad building rather than a tall one. That works out to roughly 25 suites a floor. In a building shaped like that, expect longer corridors and a wider spread of exposures, so two suites of the same size can get very different light. Ask which way a suite faces and what it looks onto before you compare prices.

Condos.ca lists the developer as Concorde Square. I could not find a reliable source naming the architect, so I am leaving that out. It sits on Concorde Place, a street off Wynford Drive that is home to several condominiums and a block of office buildings, which is exactly what is now being proposed for redevelopment.

Some suites here use designations that begin with LC rather than a floor number. Ask the listing agent which level those suites are on and what they look onto, because ground-level and courtyard-facing suites live very differently from upper floors.

A corporation number worth checking

Condos.ca lists the corporation as TSCC-2388 and the registration date as 21 December 1995. Those two facts do not fit together well: Toronto corporations registered in 1995 normally carry an MTCC number, and TSCC numbers in the 2000s range belong to much later registrations.

There could be a simple explanation, such as a later amalgamation or a data error, but you should not have to guess. Before you firm up, confirm the corporation name and number on the status certificate and make sure every document you review, including the budget and reserve fund study, is for the right corporation.

That is not a red flag in itself. It is the kind of detail that matters in a building of this age, where you will be relying heavily on the corporation’s records.

What the fee covers

Condos.ca lists common elements, heat, air conditioning, building insurance, parking and water as included. Hydro is not on that list, so expect to pay your own electricity bill. Ask the seller for a year of hydro bills so you know the real number.

Heat and cooling in the fee are worth a lot in a 30-year-old building, where suites tend to be larger and windows are less efficient than in new construction. When you compare fees with newer buildings in the area, add back their heating, cooling and parking costs before you decide which is cheaper.

Condos.ca also flags pet restrictions. I could not find the details, so read the declaration and rules if you have a pet.

Towers proposed next door

The biggest factor in owning here over the next decade is what is planned around it. On the northwest corner of Wynford Drive and Concorde Place, at 10 to 12 Concorde Place, Fengate Properties has proposed redeveloping the Concorde Corporate Centre office site with towers of 42 to 47 storeys and roughly 3,900 units. UrbanToronto lists it as pre-construction.

A short walk away, Brookfield Residential has proposed four rental buildings of 12 to 52 storeys at 39 Wynford Drive, part of a wider plan for the Wynford, Eglinton and Gervais lands that the City is reviewing through its Don Mills Regeneration Area Study. That site is next to the Aga Khan Park and Museum stop on Line 5, and close to Don Valley station, which is planned as an interchange with the Ontario Line.

For owners, that adds up to years of construction, more traffic on Wynford, and eventually far more shops, services and transit. It also brings thousands of new suites to compete with resales here. The panel shows the nearest stations, schools and Walk Score.

Pricing a building with few comparables

Condos.ca does not publish an average price per square foot or a suite size range for this building, so I cannot give you a reliable building-wide per-foot figure. With one suite listed for sale when I checked, there is no meaningful asking range either.

That means pricing here depends on recent sales of similar layouts in the building and in the other Concorde Place condominiums. The panel shows recent sale and lease medians; with 252 suites, there should be enough turnover to give you a usable picture over a year.

When you compare, look at the total monthly cost. A fee that includes heat, cooling and parking will look higher than a newer building’s fee, but the gap usually shrinks once you add those costs back. Do the comparison with real utility estimates for the suite size you are considering, not a guess.

The redevelopment around the building cuts both ways for value. Better transit and retail tend to help prices over time; a long construction period and new supply can hold resales back in the meantime. If you want recent sales for a specific layout, book a call and I will pull them for you.

Building specifications

Amenities at The Courtyards of Concorde

The package is about security and service: a concierge, a security guard and system, plus a party room and a meeting room. There is no pool on the amenities list I found, so if you want one, look elsewhere along Concorde Place and compare the fees.

Jatin’s honest take on The Courtyards of Concorde

The Courtyards of Concorde — frequently asked questions

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