Carrington Place, 1103 Leslie St: Small Building, Hydro in the Fee

Carrington Place has one of the higher-looking fees on Leslie Street, and one of the most complete. This 13-storey, 110-suite building from 2004 includes hydro, heat, cooling and parking in the monthly payment, which changes the maths completely. It also sits on a stretch of Eglinton that is changing fast. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

The smaller neighbour to The Haven

Carrington Place sits beside The Haven at Carrington Park, the 20-storey, 290-suite pair at 1101 and 1105 Leslie Street that Monarch Group completed in 2003 with Graziani + Corazza as architect. The shared Carrington name and the timing point to the same builder, and condos.ca’s overview credits Monarch with Carrington Place, though its developer field is blank. I treat that as likely, not confirmed.

The difference is scale. At 13 storeys and 110 suites, Carrington Place has roughly a third as many homes as The Haven. Fewer neighbours means quieter elevators and a smaller corporation, but it also means fewer owners sharing the cost of every repair.

That last point matters more as buildings age. A roof or a garage repair costs about the same in a small building as in a large one, and here it is split 110 ways.

For a buyer, the practical upside of the pairing is comparables. When Carrington Place has few recent sales, sales at The Haven give you a second reference point for a similar location and age, adjusted for the different fee structure and the taller building.

Why the fee looks high

The active listings when I checked carried fees of about $808 to $1,218 a month, and condos.ca works the average out at about $1.41 per square foot. On paper that is well above most 2000s buildings in Don Mills.

Read the inclusions before you judge it. Condos.ca lists common elements, heat, hydro, air conditioning, building insurance, parking and water. Hydro is the unusual one: in most buildings you pay electricity on your own meter, and in a two-bedroom that can easily be a three-figure monthly bill on its own.

Once you subtract hydro, heating, cooling and a parking space, the fee here is much closer to its neighbours than the raw number suggests. The trade-off is that heavy and light electricity users pay the same share, and that any future plan to install suite meters would be a capital project and a change to your costs. Ask whether the board has discussed it.

A simple test: take the fee on any suite you like here, subtract a realistic monthly figure for hydro, heat and cooling and a parking space, and compare what is left with the fee at a newer building nearby. Do it with the actual numbers from both status certificates, not with averages.

Suites and layouts

Condos.ca lists suites from about 550 to 1,229 square feet, which covers one-bedrooms through two-bedroom plans. There are no very large suites here, so this is not a downsizer building in the way some of the bigger Don Mills condos are.

In a building this age, look at the kitchen and bathrooms first. Many suites will still have their original 2004 finishes, and a renovation budget should be part of your offer price rather than a surprise after closing.

Guest suites and a car wash bay are on the amenity list, which is a sign the building was designed for owner-occupiers who drive. Confirm the parking space and locker that come with any suite you are looking at.

Thirteen storeys is a useful height on this site. Upper floors in a building this size can catch long views over the surrounding parkland and low-rise neighbourhoods, while the elevator ride stays short. Orientation matters, so check which way a suite faces and what is planned across the street.

Leslie and Eglinton is changing

For most of this building’s life, Leslie and Eglinton was a car-first corner with parkland, office campuses and the Don Valley Parkway nearby. Line 5 Eglinton, the Crosstown LRT, changed that when it opened along Eglinton in early 2026, with a stop at Leslie.

New transit lines usually bring redevelopment proposals along their route. For owners here, that likely means more construction nearby over the next decade, more condo supply competing on resale, and over time more shops and services within walking distance.

The green side of the location is unchanged: you are close to the parks and trails of the Don Valley system. The panel beside this review shows stations, schools and parks.

If you are buying for the long term, the transit line is the main reason I like this location more today than I did five years ago. If you are buying to rent out, it also widens the pool of tenants who do not own a car.

Price per foot and current asking range

Condos.ca puts the building average at about $680 per square foot. That is in line with other 2000s mid-size buildings in Don Mills, and below Savoy at Camelot on Dallimore Circle at about $727, which does not include hydro or parking in its fee.

Five suites were listed for sale when I checked, and nothing for lease. The four with full details were asking between $465,000 and $599,000. Five listings in a 110-suite building is a lot of supply at once, which gives a buyer some negotiating room.

When you compare buildings, compare total monthly cost, not the fee alone: fee plus hydro plus parking plus heat. On that basis Carrington Place often comes out closer to its neighbours than the headline fee suggests.

Building specifications

Amenities at Carrington Place

There is no pool or large amenity floor here; the package is built around a concierge, guest suites for visiting family, a car wash and rooms for gatherings. For the owner-occupiers who buy in this building, that covers what they actually use.

Jatin’s honest take on Carrington Place

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