Published 7 September 2026 · By Jatin Dua, Broker of Record, RE/MAX Quantum Realty
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Get My Free Estimate →150 Berry Road — also addressed as 1 Neighbourhood Lane — is a completed, registered 10-storey condominium of 234 suites, registered on 21 September 2020, developed by VANDYK.
That building is finished and is a normal resale condominium. What buyers need to understand is the rest of the site. VANDYK went into receivership, and court-ordered receiverships were issued over neighbouring Backyard phases in early 2024. This post separates what is built and registered from what is not, because listings in this area routinely blur the two.
First, correcting something you may have read
This project is VANDYK, not Marlin Spring. I found no source connecting Marlin Spring to 150 Berry Road. Marlin Spring’s verifiable Etobicoke activity is a 5280 Dundas site acquisition near the Kipling Transit Hub, announced in July 2024 — a completely different project. If a listing or article attaches Marlin Spring to Backyard, it is wrong.
The building that exists
| Address | 150 Berry Road, also indexed as 1 Neighbourhood Lane |
| Registered | 21 September 2020 |
| Storeys | 10 |
| Suites | 234 |
| Corporation | Reported as TSCC 2805 |
| Suite sizes | Roughly 462 to 1,056 sq ft |
Amenities are thin — one database lists only a gym. Fees are reported to include common elements, insurance and water. For a building of this size and vintage a light amenity package is not unusual and, honestly, keeps the fee down.
Transit: a bus stop at Berry Road at Bell Manor Drive, with the Gardiner and Islington Avenue nearby. This is a car-and-bus pocket of Stonegate–Queensway.
The receiverships
A receivership order over 25 Neighbourhood Lane — a 10-storey, 134-unit building with 21 unsold units — was issued on 6 February 2024, on lender claims of over $12 million. Reporting at that time stated that eight sites connected to the VANDYK Group had been declared insolvent.
A separate receivership order over 10 Neighbourhood Lane (The Humberside, a completed two-storey commercial building) was issued on 5 March 2024, with msi Spergel Inc. as receiver, following default on a $10 million bridge loan. A sale agreement with Supertrin Commercial Properties Inc. was signed on 14 June 2024, with a court approval hearing set for 14 August 2024. Court filings included roughly $474,792 owed to the City of Toronto in realty tax arrears.
What a receivership does and does not mean for you
I want to be careful and useful here rather than alarming.
- If you are buying a resale suite at 150 Berry Road, you are buying into a registered corporation that is complete. A developer’s insolvency on a neighbouring parcel does not transfer to a registered corporation’s title. Your risks are the ordinary ones: reserve fund, deficiencies, fees.
- If you are buying pre-construction or an unregistered unit anywhere in this community, that is a fundamentally different transaction. Deposit protection in Ontario is provided through Tarion, with statutory limits. Understand exactly what is protected and what is not before you sign anything.
- What genuinely does affect a completed building nearby: an unfinished or stalled site next door can mean years of hoarding, an incomplete streetscape, and amenities or retail that were promised in marketing and never arrive.
If you are looking at anything in this community, get a lawyer to look at the specific parcel and its registration status. This is not a situation to work out from a listing description.
The phase names are a mess — here is what I can and cannot pin down
Marketing sources describe Backyard Neighbourhood as a master-planned community at 188 The Queensway and 150 Berry Road, redeveloping the former Stonegate Plaza, with three residential buildings of 7, 8 and 10 storeys totalling about 505 units, plus a roughly 32,000 square foot commercial building with a health centre and food co-op. Named phases include The Humberside, The Queensview at Backyard, The King’s Mill at Backyard, and a “Backyard Neighbourhood 2.”
The phase-to-address mapping is contradictory across every source I checked. One aggregator assigns The Humberside to 150 Berry Road; news reporting places The Humberside at 10 Neighbourhood Lane. One lists The Queensview at “150 Berry Dr”; another lists it at 25 Neighbourhood Lane.
The only pairing I am willing to publish is: 150 Berry Road / 1 Neighbourhood Lane = TSCC 2805. Everything else, verify against the actual registration before you rely on it. The architect for the community is reported as Kohn Partnership Architects, from a marketing aggregator — a soft source.
The takeaway
The building at 150 Berry Road is finished, registered and perfectly ordinary to buy as a resale. The community around it is not ordinary: VANDYK entered receivership, and two neighbouring Backyard parcels were placed under court-ordered receivership in early 2024. If you are buying registered resale here, that is background you should know but not a reason to walk. If you are buying anything unregistered in this community, get a lawyer on the specific parcel first — the phase names and addresses do not line up consistently in any public source.
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Frequently asked questions
Is 150 Berry Road a completed and registered condominium?
Yes. It was registered on 21 September 2020, is 10 storeys with 234 suites, and is indexed under both 150 Berry Road and 1 Neighbourhood Lane. The reported corporation number is TSCC 2805.
Who developed Backyard Neighbourhood Condos?
VANDYK Properties. It is not a Marlin Spring project — no source connects Marlin Spring to 150 Berry Road. Marlin Spring’s verifiable Etobicoke activity is a separate 5280 Dundas acquisition announced in July 2024.
What happened with the VANDYK receiverships?
A receivership order over 25 Neighbourhood Lane, a 10-storey 134-unit building with 21 unsold units, was issued on 6 February 2024 on lender claims exceeding $12 million, with reporting at the time noting eight VANDYK-connected sites declared insolvent. A separate order over 10 Neighbourhood Lane followed on 5 March 2024, with a sale agreement signed in June 2024.
Does the receivership affect owners at 150 Berry Road?
A developer insolvency on a neighbouring parcel does not transfer to a completed, registered condominium corporation’s title. The practical effects on a nearby finished building are things like prolonged construction hoarding, an unfinished streetscape, and promised retail or amenities that never arrive.
Should I buy pre-construction in this community?
That is a different transaction from a resale in a registered building, and it deserves independent legal advice on the specific parcel and its registration status. Ontario deposit protection runs through Tarion and has statutory limits — understand exactly what is and is not covered before signing.
What was on the site before Backyard Neighbourhood?
Marketing sources say the community redevelops the former Stonegate Plaza at 188 The Queensway and 150 Berry Road. That comes from an aggregator rather than a City planning record, so treat it as reported rather than confirmed.
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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 — Backyard Neighbourhood Condos, 150 Berry Rd / 1 Neighbourhood Lane. Registration date, 10 storeys, 234 units, corporation number, property manager, gym amenity, fee inclusions, suite sizes and nearby transit. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- STOREYS — VANDYK Group receivership, 25 Neighbourhood Lane. The 6 February 2024 receivership order, the 10-storey 134-unit description, 21 unsold units, lender claims over $12 million and eight insolvent VANDYK-connected sites. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- STOREYS — buyer found for VANDYK’s Backyard Humberside. The 5 March 2024 receivership order over 10 Neighbourhood Lane, msi Spergel as receiver, the $10 million bridge loan default, the June 2024 sale agreement and the City tax arrears figure. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- GTA-Homes — Backyard Neighbourhood master-planned community. The three-building 505-unit description, the commercial component, the phase names, the architect attribution and the former Stonegate Plaza site history. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- GlobeNewswire — Marlin Spring acquires 5280 Dundas, July 2024. Establishes that Marlin Spring’s Etobicoke project is a separate site, not Backyard Neighbourhood. 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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