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Get My Free Estimate →Curio at 799 and Reina at 689 The Queensway are close on density and height — roughly 21 suites per floor against 22, and 10 storeys against 9. Both sit inside the walkable 620 to 960 stretch. The differences are elsewhere.
Two new buildings, five minutes apart, both inside the best-served stretch of The Queensway. On location they are close to interchangeable. On completion status they are not, and that is the whole comparison.
Side by side
| Curio | Reina | |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 799 The Queensway (also listed as 801) | 689 The Queensway |
| Storeys | 10 | 9 |
| Suites | 206 | 200 |
| Suites per floor (approx.) | ~21 | ~22 |
| Status | Complete and occupied since September 2025 | Newer building on the corridor |
| Developer | Marlin Spring with DAMAC Properties | — |
The one difference that matters
Curio reached occupancy in September 2025. It is finished. You can walk the actual corridor, stand in the actual suite, see the actual view and read a real status certificate with real operating numbers rather than a developer’s first-year budget.
That removes a category of risk that no amount of due diligence removes from a building still being sold off plan: no completion risk, no interim occupancy period to carry, no deposit sitting in trust, no cancellation risk, and no gap between the rendering and the room.
In a market where the GTA recorded zero new condominium project launches in both Q1 and Q2 of 2026 and completed-but-unsold developer inventory hit a record 5,001 units, finished product is not scarce — which is exactly why the incentives on it are aggressive right now.
Where they are basically identical
Density is a wash: roughly 21 suites per floor against 22. Height is a wash at 10 versus 9. Both sit inside the 620–960 walkable service cluster — restaurants, dentists, groomers, cafés all on foot. Both are on the 80 Queensway bus and neither is walking distance to a subway.
Anyone telling you one has a dramatically better location than the other is selling. They are five minutes apart.
An address note
Curio appears in listings as both 799 and 801 The Queensway. Same building. If you are searching sold comparables, search both or you will miss half the data.
My read
If you can buy the finished one, buy the finished one. The premium you pay for certainty at Curio is, in my view, better value than the discount you get for uncertainty elsewhere — particularly for an end user who needs to move rather than an investor with a long horizon.
What would change my answer: a materially better price per square foot, a floor plan that genuinely suits you better, or a status certificate at Curio that reads badly. Get both certificates and compare them properly before you decide on anything else.
Related reading
- Curio Condos, 799 The Queensway — the full review
- Reina Condos, 689 The Queensway — the full building guide
- GTA Pre-Construction Market Report — Fall 2026
- Reserve funds and special assessments explained
Building specifications from the City of Toronto planning record, condominium registrations and developers’ published material — believed accurate but not guaranteed. Verify everything against the status certificate and disclosure statement before you sign. Not intended to solicit buyers or sellers under contract with another brokerage. E.&O.E.
Thinking about buying on The Queensway?
Tell me which building or stretch of the corridor you are looking at and I will send the actual sold and lease comparables from TRREB, an honest read on the location, and what the status certificate is likely to show. No obligation, and I will tell you if the answer is don’t buy it.
Or call Jatin Dua, Broker of Record, RE/MAX Quantum Realty · 437-987-1925