360 at the City Centre, 83 Borough Dr: Tridel’s Oval Tower at STC

360 at the City Centre is the oval glass tower you see from the 401 as you pass Scarborough Town Centre, and it is the building I point to when a buyer wants a full amenity package without downtown prices. It is a 2006 Tridel building with a pool, saunas and a fee that covers most of your utilities. The transit picture around it is in the middle of a big change, and that cuts both ways. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

An oval tower, built by Tridel

The name comes from the shape. The tower is an oval in plan, wrapped in curved glass and curved balconies, so most suites get a wedge of the view rather than a flat wall facing one direction. Burka Varacalli Architects designed it for Tridel, and it was one of the first serious high-rises to go up around the Town Centre in the mid-2000s.

Not everyone loved the look. The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario’s building record notes that the Toronto Star’s architecture critic gave it a C+ in 2008. I mention that because buyers sometimes assume a landmark tower is a design showpiece. It is a well-built, recognisable Tridel tower, and that is what matters at resale.

Sources disagree slightly on the basics. Condos.ca lists 36 storeys and a 2006 build year, while Del Suites, Tridel’s furnished-rental arm, describes a 35-storey building completed in 2005. The difference is likely the way floors are counted, but it is worth knowing if you see both figures in listings.

Layouts: bigger than you expect for the price

Suites here run from about 605 to 1,460 sq ft, which is generous next to newer towers in Scarborough that start below 500. Most of the stock is one-bedroom, one-plus-den and two-bedroom suites, with some larger plans on upper floors. A 2006 two-bedroom here is often 800 sq ft or more, which you will struggle to find in a new building at the same price.

The curved exterior wall is the trade-off. Rounded glass looks good from outside, but it can make furniture placement awkward along the window line, and some bedrooms end up with an angled wall. Walk the actual suite with your own furniture in mind, not just the floor plan.

Because the building is round, orientation changes a lot from suite to suite. North-facing suites look toward the 401 and the old rapid transit line; south and east suites look over the Town Centre and the lower-rise neighbourhoods. Ask which way the suite faces before you book a showing.

Heat, cooling and parking in the fee

Condos.ca lists air conditioning, heat, water, building insurance, common elements and parking as included. That matters because it turns your monthly fee into most of your housing utilities, leaving hydro for lights and appliances, plus internet. For a first-time buyer on a tight budget, that predictability is worth a lot.

There is one point to confirm. Del Suites’ rental page describes underground parking as an extra charge for its furnished rentals, which may simply reflect how that rental program prices it. When you buy, confirm in the listing and the status certificate whether the suite comes with an owned parking space, and whether there is a locker.

Daily life at Borough and Brimley

The building sits at the north-east corner of Brimley Road and Omni Drive, next to Scarborough Town Centre, the Civic Centre and the library. You can do almost all of your errands on foot, and the 401 is right there if you drive. This is the closest thing Scarborough has to a downtown core.

Transit is in transition. Line 3, the Scarborough RT, closed in July 2023, and a resident comment from 2007 on LocalWiki described train noise and dust on the north side of the tower. That line is gone. According to blogTO, a dedicated busway on the old rail corridor was scheduled to open at the end of September 2026, and the Line 2 subway extension, expected around 2030, will bring the subway to Scarborough Centre.

The subway is the long-term story here. A finished subway station at the Town Centre should help values in the whole cluster, but expect construction disruption until it opens, and expect more towers on the parking lots around the mall over the next decade. Check the City of Toronto development applications map before you buy a suite with an open view.

What 360 at the City Centre costs

Condos.ca puts the building average at about $591 per square foot. That is slightly below Equinox at 60 Brian Harrison Way (about $621) and close to Equinox II at 50 Brian Harrison Way (about $597), so 360 sits at the value end of the Town Centre cluster despite its larger suites. Bigger suites usually sell for less per square foot, which explains part of the gap.

When I checked, four suites were for sale and three for lease. Asking prices across the four listings ran from $399,000 to $589,900. Fees across those listings ran from about $459 to $665 a month, which averages about $0.77 per square foot.

For a building that bundles heat, cooling and parking and runs a pool, $0.77 per square foot is reasonable. If you want to know what suites like yours have actually sold for, I can pull the comparables through my building sold report.

Building specifications

Amenities at 360 at the City Centre

This is a full mid-2000s Tridel package: an indoor pool and whirlpool, separate saunas, a fitness centre, a billiard room, a virtual golf room and a party room with a terrace. For a buyer who would otherwise pay for a gym and a pool membership, that is real money saved, but a pool in a 20-year-old building is also a real line in the reserve fund.

Jatin’s honest take on 360 at the City Centre

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