ME2 Condos, 20 Meadowglen Pl: Inside Lash’s Markham-Ellesmere Plan

ME2 Condos is the newest finished piece of Lash Group’s ME community at Markham Road and Ellesmere Road, a multi-tower plan that has been rising in Woburn for about a decade. You get a building registered in 2024, compact one- and two-bedroom-plus-den layouts and a fee that, per square foot, sits below many new Toronto towers. You also get a neighbourhood that is still under construction around you. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

One phase of a larger master plan

ME stands for Markham and Ellesmere, the intersection Lash Group has been building around since it first presented the plan in 2013. The original plan, designed with the local councillor, set out several towers, a row of townhomes, ground-floor retail along Markham Road and a tree-lined central courtyard. Turner Fleischer Architects was credited with the exterior design and Tanner Hill with the interiors.

The plan has changed as it has been built. The tallest towers were cut from 32 to 24 storeys after early public feedback, yet by 2018 UrbanToronto was reporting 28-storey towers on the site, linked to lower buildings, with further phases to follow and a 34-storey tower approved on an expansion site at Markham and Brimorton.

ME2, at 2 and 20 Meadowglen Place, is one of those later phases. I could not confirm from public sources exactly which tower in the original plan it is, and condos.ca carries more than one page for ME2 addresses. Check the corporation number, TSCC-3078, on the status certificate before you rely on any fee or reserve figure.

Layouts: compact plans with a den

Condos.ca puts suites here between about 474 and 1,010 square feet. Current listings are mostly one-bedroom-plus-den suites in the 500 and 600 square foot range and two-bedroom-plus-den suites in the 700s, which is the standard mix for a new Toronto tower.

In plans this size, the den is often an open nook rather than a room with a door and a window. Look at the floor plan before you count it as a bedroom or an office. The two-plus-dens are the most flexible suites in the building for a small family or a couple who both work from home.

Ask which way the suite faces. In a 28-storey tower at a major intersection, the view and the noise both depend on whether you face Markham Road, Ellesmere Road or the interior of the site, and on how much of the master plan is yet to be built in front of you.

What a 2024 registration means for owners

ME2 registered in August 2024, so it is in its first years as a corporation. In Ontario, a new corporation must commission its first reserve fund study within a year of registration. Ask for it, along with the current budget, because it shows whether the fee the developer set is realistic.

Tarion’s warranty on the common elements runs from registration. The one- and two-year coverage periods, which cover most defects and water penetration, have now run out, while the seven-year coverage for major structural defects continues. Read the board minutes to see what the corporation reported in time and how the builder responded.

The fee covers common elements, building insurance and water. Heat, cooling, hydro and parking are not on the list. Ask how suites are metered, who the provider is and what a typical bill looks like, and confirm whether parking and a locker are owned, rented or not included at all.

Woburn, and the shared amenities

Condos.ca does not list amenities for ME2. The original ME plan described a lobby water feature, a sports lounge, a theatre, a rooftop pool, guest suites and a central courtyard with a pond that becomes a skating rink in winter. In a multi-phase community, some of those facilities sit in one building and are shared with others.

That makes the shared-facilities agreement one of the most important documents you will read. It sets which amenities ME2 owners can use, how costs are split between the corporations and who decides on repairs. Ask for it with the status certificate, and read the most recent budget line for shared costs, because those charges can grow as new phases open and join the agreement.

Around the site, Woburn is changing quickly. Lash has a 44-storey, 455-suite tower proposed at 1151 Markham Road on the southeast corner of Markham and Ellesmere, and the original plan promised a new public park and improvements to the nearby Centennial Recreation Centre. Scarborough Town Centre is the nearest major mall. The transit, schools and Walk Score figures are in the data panel on this page.

Asking prices and fees

At the time of writing, seven suites were for sale, with asking prices from about $348,000 to $529,000. Four suites were listed for rent, which is typical for a new tower with a large investor share.

Fees across current listings work out to about $0.76 per square foot. That is moderate for a new tower, but remember what is missing from it: you pay your own hydro and heating, and parking may be extra. Add those back before you compare it with an older building where the fee carries the utilities.

Seven listings in a building this new tells you some first owners are selling, likely including investors who bought at launch. That gives you room to negotiate, and plenty of comparables on the same floor plans. The sold-data panel shows what has actually traded.

Building specifications

Amenities at ME2 Condos

Because condos.ca lists no amenities for ME2 itself, treat the ME community package as something to verify, not assume. Confirm which rooms you can use, in which building, and what share of their cost appears in your fee.

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