928 Millwood Rd: A 35-Suite Leaside Low-Rise and the Plan Next Door

928 Millwood Road is one of the few ways into Leaside for well under the price of a house. It is a quiet, four-storey 1989 building with only 35 suites, a rooftop deck and parking in the fee, on a residential stretch of Millwood between Bayview and Laird. The thing every buyer needs to know right now is what is planned for the lot next door. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

A boutique building on a Leaside side street

Millwood Road is one of Leaside’s original diagonal streets, running between Bayview Avenue and Laird Drive. Most of it is houses. 928 belongs to a small cluster of 1980s low-rise buildings on this stretch, alongside Leaside Gate at 955 across the road and a seniors’ residence at 921.

In a 2026 letter to the city, the Leaside Residents Association described these buildings as well fitted to the street and well liked, noting public-facing features such as circular driveways. That matches what you see: low buildings set back from the road that read as part of the neighbourhood rather than a tower dropped into it.

At four storeys and 35 suites, this is about as small as a Toronto condo with an elevator gets. You know your neighbours, the lobby is quiet and there is no hotel-style traffic of short-term guests.

The seven-storey proposal next door

The lot at 922 Millwood Road, directly beside this building, is the subject of an Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application. According to the residents’ association letter, it proposes a seven-storey mixed-use building with 44 homes, one shop at grade and two levels of underground parking reached from Krawchuk Lane.

The detail that matters for owners here is that the new building is proposed to be joined to 928 Millwood. The association raised concerns about a blank wall rising at least two storeys above this building’s roofline and asked the city for stepbacks above the fourth floor, along with a deeper setback on the lane, which 928 shares for its surface parking and garage ramp.

I am not going to predict the outcome. What I would do before buying is ask the board and the manager what the corporation knows, whether it has made submissions, and whether construction next door could affect the rooftop deck, the garage ramp or the suites on the west side. Look up the application yourself on the city’s development site and read the most recent report.

Layouts and what 1989 construction means

Condos.ca shows suites from roughly 674 to 1,124 sq ft. That is a range of one-bedrooms and two-bedrooms that are generously sized by current standards, typical of the late 1980s when builders sold to downsizers rather than investors.

A building of this age usually means solid concrete construction, but also original systems that are now well over 30 years old. Windows, balcony doors, the roof and the garage membrane are the usual big items, and in a 35-suite building each owner carries a meaningful share of each one.

Ask whether heating and cooling are by individual units or a central system, because condos.ca does not list heat in the fee. The answer affects both your monthly bills and the corporation’s future capital costs.

Renovation history varies from suite to suite. Some owners will have redone kitchens and baths, others will be close to original. That is an opportunity if you want to renovate to your own taste, but get a quote before you firm up, and check the corporation’s rules on flooring and sound insulation.

Daily life on Millwood Road

The appeal of this location is that it is residential first. You are on a street of houses, a short walk from the Bayview Avenue shops and restaurants to the west and the Laird Drive stores to the east, which are the two commercial spines of Leaside.

That also explains the planning debate next door. The residents’ association argues that taller mid-rise buildings belong on Bayview and Laird rather than on interior streets like Millwood, and that the site sits outside the Laird station area plan. Whatever the city decides, the street will likely see more change over the next decade than it did over the last thirty years.

For a buyer, that cuts both ways. Construction is a nuisance, but new homes and shops nearby can support values over time. The automatic panel on this page covers transit, schools and parks.

Pricing and fees

Condos.ca puts the building average at about $585 per sq ft. That is low for Leaside, where newer mid-rise condos on Bayview and Laird typically ask far more, and it reflects the building’s age, its modest size and the fact that suites have not been renovated to a uniform standard.

No suites were listed at the time of writing, which is normal for a small building where owners stay for years. Pricing a purchase here means looking back over several years of sales in this building and at Leaside Gate across the street, then adjusting for size, floor and condition.

The fee covers common elements, building insurance, parking, water and cable TV. Parking in the fee is worth something real in Leaside, where street parking is limited. Heat and hydro are not listed, so ask the seller for recent utility bills and add them to the fee when you compare this building with one that includes them.

Building specifications

Amenities at 928 Millwood Rd

The rooftop deck is the amenity people actually use, and in a four-storey building on a street of houses it gets open views over Leaside’s tree canopy. The party and meeting rooms are useful for a small building’s social life, but there is no gym or pool to pay for.

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