10 Old York Mills Rd: Boutique Hoggs Hollow Condo With Large Suites

10 Old York Mills Road is a building for people leaving a big house who refuse to give up the space. It is a nine-storey, 113-suite condominium in Hoggs Hollow, built in 2001, with suites that run to more than 4,000 square feet. The fees look steep until you read what they cover, and then the real question becomes the building’s age. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

A boutique building in Hoggs Hollow

Hoggs Hollow is the valley where Yonge Street dips down to cross the Don River below York Mills Road. It takes its name from James Hogg, a Scottish settler who ran a mill there in the 1800s, and it is one of the most established addresses in North York, with St. Andrew-Windfields and the Bridle Path just to the east.

Inside that setting, 10 Old York Mills Road is a small building by Toronto standards: nine storeys and 113 suites. That is roughly a dozen suites a floor, and in practice it means a lobby where the concierge knows owners by name and elevators that are rarely busy.

Condos.ca does not name the developer, and I could not confirm one from a reliable source, so I am not going to guess. What matters more at this age is how the corporation has looked after the building since 2001.

Suites sized like houses

The size range is the headline: condos.ca lists suites from about 703 to 4,209 square feet. The smallest plans are still generous by condo standards, and the largest are full-floor-scale homes that compete with a detached house rather than with other condos.

The two suites currently for sale are, and their fees, at roughly $1,470 to $1,510 a month, tell you they are well above the size of a typical downtown two-bedroom. This is a downsizer building first, and the suite mix is not built for investors chasing a rental yield.

Large suites also change the resale picture. When one of these comes up, the buyer pool is smaller and more patient than for a one-bedroom, so homes can take longer to sell. If you might need to sell on a deadline, build that into your plan from the start.

With large suites, layout matters more than square footage. Check how many bathrooms you get, whether the primary bedroom is separated from the others, and how much of the space is hallway. A 2,000-square-foot plan from 2001 can live very differently from one designed today.

A fee that includes hydro

Condos.ca lists common elements, heat, hydro, air conditioning, building insurance, parking and water as included. Hydro is the unusual one. Most buildings meter electricity to the suite, so a fee that covers it removes the last large utility bill most owners pay.

That changes how you should read the fee. A monthly figure near $1,500 sounds high, but it replaces a heating bill, a cooling bill and a hydro bill on a large suite, plus the parking. Add those back onto a building with a lower quoted fee before you compare.

The trade-off with bulk hydro is that heavy users and light users pay the same share. If the corporation ever decides to install suite meters, that is a capital project and a change to your monthly costs, so ask whether it has been discussed at the board.

What is changing at Yonge and York Mills

The quiet of Hoggs Hollow is starting to change. At Yonge Street and Wilson Avenue, across from York Mills station, the Gupta Group broke ground in December 2024 on Yonge City Square, a mixed-use project of 32 and 14 storeys with about 700 suites and retail at grade, with occupancy expected in spring 2028.

For owners here, that means a construction period on Yonge, and then more shops and restaurants within walking distance of a neighbourhood that has had very little retail. It also means more condo supply, though almost none of it will compete directly with suites of 2,000 square feet and up.

The panel beside this review shows the nearest station and schools. Day to day, the draw is the ravine setting: you are in the Don River valley, close to the York Mills subway, and minutes from Highway 401 by car.

What the large suites are asking

Condos.ca does not publish a reliable average price per square foot for this building, which is common when suites are large and sales are infrequent. I would not trust a building-wide per-foot figure here anyway, because a 703-square-foot suite and a 4,209-square-foot suite are different products.

Two suites were listed for sale when I checked, asking between $1,069,000 and $1,288,000, with monthly fees of about $1,470 to $1,510. Two suites were also listed for lease.

Those asking figures sit well below what new luxury condos in north Toronto ask for comparable floor area. Part of that is age, and part is the 2001 finishes many suites still have, so budget for a renovation if you are buying an original suite.

With so few transactions, pricing a suite here takes work. I would use sales in this building over two or three years, then compare against similar large-suite buildings along Yonge between Lawrence and Sheppard and adjust for the inclusive fee.

Building specifications

Amenities at 10 Old York Mills Road

There is no big amenity floor here: concierge, guest suites, a party room and a meeting room. For the people who buy in this building, the concierge and guest suites are the ones that matter, because they handle deliveries and visiting family.

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