100 Leeward Glenway: A 1974 Tower Where Hydro and Heat Are in the Fee

100 Leeward Glenway is where I start when a buyer tells me their budget and expects me to say there is nothing in Toronto. Current listings for one- to three-bedroom suites here ask between about $325,000 and $399,000, and the fee pays for heat, hydro and parking. The catch is that the building is more than fifty years old, and that is the whole conversation. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

One of the city’s early condo corporations

The corporation number tells you a lot. YCC stands for York Condominium Corporation, the numbering used before amalgamation, and number 141 was registered in May 1974. Ontario only introduced condominium law in the late 1960s, so this building comes from the first wave of high-rise condos anywhere in the province.

It was built by Modular Precast Developments. The name points to precast concrete construction, which was a common way to put up towers quickly in that era. I have not found a detailed construction history for this specific building, so treat that as context rather than a finding, and ask the engineer behind the reserve fund study what the building is actually made of.

Flemingdon Park itself was planned in the late 1950s on the old Fleming family farm as a large apartment community, with occupancy starting in 1961 and the neighbourhood largely complete by the early 1970s. This tower arrived at the end of that build-out.

What 440 suites gets you

Scale is the advantage. A 440-suite corporation spreads the cost of a pool, a gym, a sauna and a security guard over a lot of owners, which is why a fifty-year-old building can still run an amenity list that small boutique buildings in the east end cannot touch.

Current listings sit in the 600 to 899 square foot bands, covering one-, two- and three-bedroom suites. A three-bedroom under 900 square feet is tight by modern standards, but older towers tended to put rooms where newer buildings put open-plan space, so bedroom counts can be higher for the size.

Listing addresses also run across the odd numbers from 95 to 155 Leeward Glenway, which suggests suites outside the main tower are part of the same corporation. If you are looking at one of those, ask exactly what form of unit it is and which amenities and costs it shares with the tower.

Hydro in the fee changes the maths

Very few Toronto condos include hydro in the maintenance fee. Here it sits alongside heat, parking, building insurance and cable TV. Current listings work out to roughly $0.91 per square foot in fees, which sounds high until you remember you are not paying an electricity bill, a heating bill or a parking charge on top.

The flip side is that the corporation carries those utility costs for everyone. When energy prices or the cost of old mechanical equipment rise, it shows up in the budget and then in your fee. In a building this age, I want to see the last several years of budgets, not just this year’s number.

Bundled utilities also mean owners have no meter of their own to watch. That suits people who want a fixed monthly cost. It also means heavy users and careful users pay the same, which some buyers dislike.

A neighbourhood about to change

Flemingdon Park sits in the Don Valley between Don Mills Road, Eglinton Avenue and the Don Valley Parkway, with the Flemingdon Park Golf Club and the ravines close by. The automatic panel on this page covers transit, schools and Walk Score, so I will keep to what is changing.

Two rapid transit lines are reshaping the area. Line 5 Eglinton runs along Eglinton Avenue, and the Ontario Line, now under construction, is planned to include a Flemingdon Park station and an interchange with Line 5. The Ontario Science Centre closed in June 2024 and is relocating to Ontario Place, which leaves another large site at Don Mills and Eglinton in play.

With transit come infill towers. Just north of Don Mills and Eglinton, Aspen Ridge Homes is building the Crosstown community on the former Celestica lands: 14 buildings of up to 44 storeys and close to 6,000 homes, with retail, parks and a major community centre. Other tall infill proposals keep arriving in the area. Expect construction around you for years, and expect more new condo supply competing with older buildings like this one.

Some of the lowest asking prices in the city

There are four active listings as I write this: a one-bedroom in the 600 to 699 square foot band, two two-bedrooms in the 700 to 799 band and a three-bedroom in the 800 to 899 band. Together they ask roughly $325,000 to $399,000. Their monthly fees run from about $499 to $816.

Based on the size bands, that is roughly $430 to $540 per square foot of asking price, which is a fraction of what newer condos nearby charge. You are paying for location and space, not for the building’s age, and the market is pricing in the risk of future capital work.

For what suites have actually sold for, use the TRREB panel on this page. With 440 suites, there are enough trades each year for the medians to mean something, which is more than I can say for most small buildings.

When you compare carrying costs, put the fee next to a newer condo’s fee plus its hydro, heat and parking. That comparison usually narrows the gap a lot, and sometimes this building comes out ahead.

Building specifications

Amenities at 100 Leeward Glenway

An indoor pool, sauna and gym with a security guard on site is a full package, and at this price point it is rare. The cost is that pools are expensive to run and renew, so check what the reserve fund study says about the pool and its equipment.

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