2500 Bridletowne Circle: Wimpey’s 10-Storey 1979 Mid-Rise, Reviewed

2500 Bridletowne Circle is the small, quiet option on a ring road full of 23-storey towers. It is a 10-storey, 95-suite mid-rise from 1979, with suites of around 800 to 900 square feet and a fee that covers less than its neighbours’ fees do. That last point is the one most buyers get wrong when they compare buildings on Bridletowne Circle. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

A mid-rise of compact suites in a neighbourhood of towers

Most of the condominiums on Bridletowne Circle are big slab towers of 15 to 23 storeys. The City’s Finch Warden Revitalization Study describes exactly that pattern: a cluster of 15- to 23-storey apartment buildings around the Finch and Warden intersection, surrounded by low-rise houses.

At 10 storeys and 95 suites, this building is a different experience. Fewer neighbours means shorter elevator waits, quieter corridors and a board meeting where owners can actually know each other. It also means fewer owners sharing the cost of a new roof or elevator, which is the main trade-off with smaller buildings.

The builder, according to condos.ca, was George Wimpey Canada, the Canadian arm of the British homebuilder George Wimpey. The building’s amenities are modest and practical: a gym, sauna, recreation room, parking garage, visitor parking and a security system, according to condos.ca.

Condos.ca records suite sizes of about 809 to 882 square feet. That is small next to the 1,400-square-foot suites at the Bridletowne towers across the circle, but still larger than most new one- and two-bedroom suites in Scarborough.

Narrow size ranges usually mean a small number of repeated floor plans. That helps when you are pricing: two suites of the same plan, one renovated and one original, give you a clear read on what renovation adds.

If you are planning work, ask for the corporation’s renovation rules first. In buildings of this age, flooring changes often need sound-insulation approval, and electrical panels in original suites may need updating before an insurer is comfortable.

The fee covers less, and that matters

Here is the point I most want you to take away. According to condos.ca, the fee at 2500 Bridletowne Circle covers common elements, building insurance, parking and water. It does not list heat, hydro, air conditioning or cable.

Compare that with Bridletowne I and Bridletowne II, where the fee covers hydro, heat, air conditioning and cable as well. A lower fee here is not automatically cheaper living. You need to add your own utility bills back in before you compare.

Ask the listing agent for the suite’s last 12 months of hydro and heating bills, and find out how each suite is heated and cooled. In a building of this era, that can range from electric baseboard to individual heat pumps, and the running costs are very different.

What a 95-suite corporation means for you

Small corporations behave differently from big ones. With 95 owners, a single large repair can move the budget noticeably, and a handful of owners who fall behind on fees has a bigger effect on cash flow. On the positive side, decisions can be quicker, and owners who show up to the annual meeting can genuinely shape what happens.

That makes the paperwork more important here, not less. Read the last two years of board minutes, the most recent reserve fund study and the current budget together. You are looking for a reserve fund that keeps pace with the study’s plan, and a board that is getting ahead of major work rather than reacting to it.

Ask, too, how many suites are owner-occupied and how many are rented. The data panel on this page gives an overall picture, but the manager can tell you how stable the ownership base has been.

Daily life on Bridletowne Circle

Bridletowne Circle is a ring road around the Finch and Warden intersection, and Bridlewood Mall sits in the middle. The mall opened in 1975, and its anchors today include Metro, Yours Food Mart, Shoppers Drug Mart and Dollarama. The Toronto Public Library moved into a much larger space in the mall in 2024.

The City’s revitalization study calls Bridletowne Circle a key pedestrian route and recommends street trees and better crossings along it. Redevelopment of the mall has been proposed and approved in the past, but as far as I can find, nothing has been built. Transit, school and walkability details are in the data panel on this page.

For green space, the City’s study names L’Amoreaux North and South parks as the area’s largest and sees the former Finch hydro corridor as a future route for trails, cycling and community gardens. As with the mall, treat that as direction rather than a schedule.

Pricing context

Condos.ca puts the building average at about $408 per square foot. That is above Bridletowne I at about $303 and close to Bridletowne II at about $390, which surprises people until they look at the fees. A smaller fee that leaves utilities to the owner tends to support a higher price per square foot.

On a suite of 809 to 882 square feet, $408 per square foot points to purchase prices in the mid-$300,000s, though condition will move any given suite well above or below that. There is very little for sale here at any one time in a 95-suite building, so you may need to wait for the right suite.

With so few active listings, I would not rely on asking prices to set your offer. Look at aggregate sales over the past year instead; request my building sold report and I will send you the medians.

Building specifications

Amenities at 2500 Bridletowne Circle Condos

The amenity list is short: a gym, sauna and recreation room, with no pool. That keeps the shared cost base lower, which matters in a 95-suite building where every capital project is split among fewer owners.

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