Village Gate, 1665 Victoria Park Ave: 104 Large Suites Near Eglinton

Village Gate is one of the smallest high-rise condos in Wexford, and that is exactly why some of my buyers like it. It has 104 suites, every one of them over 900 square feet, a fee that covers heat and parking, and the new Line 5 Eglinton running just to the south. What it does not have is a deep resale market, so you need patience to buy here and to sell. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

A boutique building on the Scarborough side of Victoria Park

Most condo buildings along Victoria Park Avenue are big slab towers with several hundred suites. Village Gate is different. It has just 104 suites over 11 storeys, which puts it closer to a boutique building in feel. Fewer suites means a quieter lobby and shorter elevator waits, but it also means fewer owners sharing the cost of every repair.

The developer is recorded only as 1665 Victoria Park, a company named after the address, which was common for one-off projects in the 1980s. That means there is no big developer brand to lean on, and the building’s reputation rests on how it has been run since 1987. Meritus Group Management is the current manager.

The arithmetic of a small building is simple. A major repair is shared by 104 owners rather than 400, so a healthy reserve fund matters more here than in a big tower. The upside is that a small board and a long-serving owner group usually know the building well, and decisions tend to be made by people who live there.

You will also see the name spelled two ways. Condos.ca calls it Village Gate, while at least one recent listing used Village Gates. They are the same building at 1665 Victoria Park; search both if you are setting up alerts.

Layouts: every suite is a large one

Condos.ca puts the suite range at roughly 918 to 1,221 sq ft. There are no small one-bedrooms here, so you are choosing between large one-plus-den, two-bedroom and two-plus-den style plans. For buyers coming out of a house, that is the main attraction.

Listings describe in-suite laundry, which you should confirm for the suite you are looking at, since some buildings of this age have it and some had it added later. Ask whether the electrical panel was upgraded if a previous owner renovated the kitchen.

Because the building is small, the number of floor plans is limited, and the same layouts come up again and again. That makes it easier to compare a suite against past sales of the same plan, which is a real advantage when you are deciding what to offer.

The garden side

The amenity package is modest but well suited to the building. Condos.ca lists a gym, a meeting room, a party room and a rec room. A recent listing described a fitness room, a library or quiet room, and a party room with a fireplace that opens onto landscaped gardens with sitting areas, a pergola and a barbecue area.

That garden is the part I would go and look at. In a building of this size, a well-kept outdoor space is a better sign of a careful board than any lobby renovation. There is no pool listed, which keeps a big cost out of the reserve fund.

Condos.ca also lists pets as allowed among the building’s features, but rules vary between buildings and change over time. Check the declaration and the current rules before you assume anything about size or number.

Living just north of Eglinton

The building sits on the east side of Victoria Park Avenue, which is the Scarborough side, just north of Eglinton Avenue. Listings describe it as a short trip to the Don Valley Parkway and close to shops and services along Victoria Park and Eglinton.

The big change is Line 5 Eglinton. After about 15 years of construction, the Eglinton Crosstown opened in February 2026, putting light rail along Eglinton from Mount Dennis in the west to Kennedy Station. For a building like this, that makes a car-free commute to Yonge and Eglinton realistic for the first time. The automatic data on this page shows the nearest stops.

The other change is to the east. The City’s Golden Mile Secondary Plan sets out a long-term transformation of the Eglinton corridor east of Victoria Park, from big-box retail and plazas to a mix of towers, parks and offices. Over the next decade, expect cranes, more shops and more traffic nearby, and more competing new condo supply.

What Village Gate costs

Condos.ca puts the building average at about $433 per square foot. That is low by Toronto standards, but normal for a late-1980s building with large suites. Large suites always sell for less per square foot than small ones, so do not compare this figure directly with a new tower full of one-bedrooms.

When I checked, there were no suites listed for sale or for lease. That is common for a building this size, and it is the main thing to plan around. If you want in, set up an alert and be ready to move when a suite comes up. If you own here and want to sell, there is little direct competition, but buyers will compare you against bigger buildings nearby.

On fees, the inclusions matter more than the number. Heat, cooling, water and parking in the fee cover most of the big utility costs; hydro is not listed as included, so budget for it separately. For recent sold comparables, I can pull them through my building sold report.

Building specifications

Amenities at Village Gate

This is a quiet-living package rather than a resort one: a gym, a few rooms for gatherings and a garden with a barbecue. With no pool to run, more of your fee can go toward the building itself.

Jatin’s honest take on Village Gate

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