Published 7 September 2026 · By Jatin Dua, Broker of Record, RE/MAX Quantum Realty
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Get My Free Estimate →Vivid Condominiums at 1 Michael Power Place is a 20-storey building of about 250 suites, completed in 2015 by Pemberton Group.
Of all the buildings I have researched in the Islington area, this one has the most usable transit information: sources put Islington station at roughly a ten-minute walk and Kipling GO at about fifteen. Those are consistent with the figures published for the building next door, which is the kind of cross-check that makes a number believable. One thing is genuinely unresolved — whether there is an indoor pool.
The building
Twenty storeys, roughly 250 suites, 2015, Pemberton Group as developer. Suite configurations run one bedroom, one bedroom plus den, two bedroom and two bedroom plus den, with published sizes from about 570–580 square feet at the low end to roughly 1,120 at the top.
That is a tighter size range than most towers of this era, and it tells you the building was designed for a specific buyer: singles, couples and downsizers rather than families. If you need a genuine three-bedroom, this is not the building.
Michael Power Place is a community, not a street with a building on it
1 Michael Power Place does not stand alone. It sits within a cluster that includes Palais at Port Royal Place at number 3 and the Port Royal Place towers at 5, 7, 9, 11, 15 and 17. Several of the facilities you will see listed for Vivid — a splash pad, a playground, a gazebo — are, on the balance of the evidence, shared community facilities rather than things belonging exclusively to 1 Michael Power Place.
When facilities are shared across corporations, there is normally a shared facilities agreement setting out who pays what share of what. That agreement is part of what you are buying into, and it is disclosed with the status certificate.
Read it. It is the difference between “the building has a splash pad” and “my corporation contributes X per cent to the cost of a splash pad it does not own.” Both can be perfectly fine. Only one of them is what most buyers assume.
The pool question
One database lists an indoor pool at Vivid. Another source’s detailed amenity write-up — which lists a gym with change rooms and a sauna, a cards room, a billiards room, a boardroom, a library, a media room and a party room, with concierge — does not mention a pool at all.
That is a real conflict, not a rounding error. A pool is not something a thorough amenity description forgets. It is possible the pool is a shared Michael Power Place facility rather than a Vivid facility, which would explain both entries. I cannot confirm that.
If a pool matters to your purchase, do not take it from a listing. Ask the listing agent to point to it on the amenity floor plan, or look at the declaration.
Transit, and why I believe these numbers
Sources put Islington station at about a ten-minute walk from 1 Michael Power Place and Kipling GO at about fifteen. The same source family publishes a ten-minute Islington walk for 3 Michael Power Place next door.
Two adjacent addresses producing the same figure is a weak but real consistency check — and, more importantly, ten minutes is a plausible number. Compare that with the “1 minute walking distance” claims the same databases print for buildings elsewhere in Etobicoke, which are physically impossible. A number that could be true, published consistently for neighbouring addresses, is worth more than a precise-sounding number that cannot be.
Still measure it yourself. Ten minutes in July and ten minutes in February, carrying groceries, are different walks.
What I could not verify
- The architect. One source names Burka Architects. I found no confirmation from the firm. Single-sourced.
- The corporation number. Reported as TSCC 2457, from one database. Confirm it through the Condominium Authority of Ontario registry.
- The property manager. One source names Performance Property Management. Contracts change; confirm on the certificate.
- The phasing relationship between Vivid and the other Michael Power Place buildings — which came first, which shares what. Unresolved.
- Any published litigation or special assessment. None found; that is not the same as none existing.
The takeaway
Vivid is a sensible, well-located 2015 tower with a realistic ten-minute subway walk and a suite mix aimed squarely at one and two-person households. Two things to nail down before you commit: whether the pool you saw in a listing actually belongs to this corporation, and what the shared facilities agreement across Michael Power Place obliges your corporation to pay. Both are answered by documents, not by websites.
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Frequently asked questions
How far is Vivid Condominiums from Islington subway station?
Sources put it at roughly a ten-minute walk, with Kipling GO station about fifteen minutes on foot. Those figures are consistent with what the same sources publish for the building next door at 3 Michael Power Place, which makes them more believable than most published walk times.
Does Vivid Condominiums have an indoor pool?
Sources disagree. One database lists an indoor pool; another source’s detailed amenity description does not mention one. It may be a shared Michael Power Place community facility rather than a Vivid amenity. Confirm it on the amenity floor plan or the declaration before assuming.
How many units and storeys does Vivid have?
About 250 suites over 20 storeys, completed in 2015 by Pemberton Group. Suites run one bedroom through two bedroom plus den, roughly 570 to 1,120 square feet.
What is a shared facilities agreement and why does it matter here?
Where several condominium corporations share amenities — as appears to be the case across Michael Power Place — a shared facilities agreement sets out each corporation’s share of the costs. It is disclosed with the status certificate and directly affects your maintenance fee.
Are there three-bedroom units at Vivid?
The published suite mix is one bedroom, one bedroom plus den, two bedroom and two bedroom plus den, topping out around 1,120 square feet. This is not a building designed for families needing a true third bedroom.
What is the condominium corporation number for 1 Michael Power Place?
Reported as TSCC 2457, from a single listings database. Verify it free through the Condominium Authority of Ontario registry search rather than relying on a published figure.
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Sources
Everything above that is a number or a name comes from one of these. Anything I could not source, I have marked as unverified in the text.
- condos.ca — Vivid Condominiums, 1 Michael Power Pl. Year built, 20 floors, 250 units, developer, corporation number, property manager, amenity list including the disputed indoor pool, and suite size range. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- strata.ca — 1 Michael Power Pl, Vivid Condos. Developer, architect attribution, the detailed amenity description that omits a pool, suite configurations and the Islington and Kipling GO walking times. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- Condominium Authority of Ontario — condo registry search. Free verification of any Ontario condominium corporation number. Accessed 7 September 2026.
Related reading
- The Etobicoke condo directory — every condominium corporation I could find, by neighbourhood
- Boutique low-rise condos between Islington and Kipling
- The condos within walking distance of Islington station
- All of my Etobicoke real estate writing
About the author — Jatin Dua, Etobicoke real estate agent
I’m the Broker of Record at RE/MAX Quantum Realty, 799 The Queensway in Etobicoke, a few minutes from every building on this page. I work with buyers, sellers and investors across Mimico, Humber Bay Shores, New Toronto, Long Branch, Alderwood and the Stonegate–Queensway corridor. I write these building guides the way I’d brief a client at my own kitchen table: what is documented, what isn’t, and where the published numbers disagree with each other.
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