Harbour View Estates I, 10 Navy Wharf Crt: Hydro Included, Superclub

Harbour View Estates I is the building that started CityPlace. It is twenty years old, its fee per square foot looks high on paper, and buyers who stop at that number miss two things: hydro is included, and the shared Superclub next door is bigger than most private gyms in the city. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

Where CityPlace began

Harbour View Estates was Concord Adex’s first development on the former railway lands south of Front Street, the project that turned into CityPlace. The estate is four towers plus a small group of townhouses at the south end of the community, close to Spadina and Bremner. This tower, at 10 Navy Wharf Court, is the first phase and the second tallest of the four at 40 storeys.

SkyscraperPage lists HOK as the architect. The towers are steel-framed with floor-to-ceiling glass, and the original suite package included 8.5-foot ceilings, granite counters, gas ranges and granite or limestone foyers. Those were strong specs in 2005; today they read as standard, and many suites have been renovated since.

Twenty years on, the estate has settled into what it is: a mature, landscaped compound with security patrols on the grounds, rather than the construction zone CityPlace was for most of the 2000s.

One estate, three corporations

The most important thing to understand about buying here is that you are joining one corporation inside a shared estate. According to a 2023 profile in CCI Toronto’s CondoVoice magazine, three corporations cover the Harbour View towers and townhouses, and a Shared Services Committee with two representatives from each runs the garage, landscaping, tennis court, Superclub and the estate’s fire systems.

That structure has advantages: bigger buying power on contracts, and amenities no single 523-suite building could afford. It also means some decisions are not in your board’s hands alone. The same profile describes a fire system linked across the buildings, where a fault in a sister tower can set off alarms in another, and a fountain leak through the membrane into the shared underground garage. Ask how both have been resolved.

Property management is reported differently depending on the source. Listing data shows Del Property Management, while DASH Property Management lists this tower and its sister buildings on its own site. Confirm who actually manages the building in the status certificate.

The Superclub

All four towers share the Superclub, roughly 30,000 sq ft of fitness and recreation space. It has a 25-metre indoor pool, a whirlpool and steam room, squash courts, a full-size basketball court, bowling lanes, a gym with a spin studio, billiards, a theatre and party and guest rooms. Outside there is a tennis court, barbecues, a dog run, a playground and a courtyard with water features.

For daily life, that means you can cancel the gym membership, swim laps year-round and book a court for a weekly game. It is one of the most complete amenity packages in downtown Toronto, and it is the main reason people choose Harbour View over newer CityPlace towers.

The cost is real, though. A club this size has to be staffed, heated and eventually renovated, and each corporation carries its share. Read the shared-facilities budget, not only your own building’s.

Suites and the CityPlace location

Suites here range from about 525 sq ft one-bedrooms up to roughly 2,218 sq ft at the top of the tower. Most of what trades and rents is one-bedroom and one-bedroom-plus-den stock in the 500 to 700 sq ft range, which makes the building popular with young professionals and investors.

Larger suites are rare and sit high in the tower, where the views over the lake and the Toronto Islands are the point. If you are looking at one, compare it against the bigger plans at 35 Mariner Terrace and 5 Mariner Terrace before you decide, because the estate gives you three corporations to choose from for the same amenities.

The south end of CityPlace is the quieter end. You are a short walk from the waterfront, Rogers Centre and the Spadina streetcar, and Canoe Landing Park is inside the community. The trade-off is the Gardiner Expressway to the south, so ask which way the suite faces and visit at rush hour. Transit and walkability details are in the data panel on this page.

Price per square foot, and why the fee is higher than it looks

The building average is around $893 per square foot, close to its sister towers at 35 Mariner Terrace (about $909) and 3 Navy Wharf and 5 Mariner Terrace (about $859). Within the estate you are paying roughly the same for the same amenities, so choose on view, layout and the corporation’s finances.

Five suites are listed for sale right now, asking between $519,990 and $640,000, all one-bedrooms and one-bedroom-plus-dens between 500 and 699 sq ft. That is a narrow band, and it is useful: you can compare floor, exposure and condition almost like for like.

Fees on current listings average about $1.15 per square foot, the highest of the three Harbour View corporations. Before you treat that as a red flag, note that the fee here includes hydro, heat and air conditioning, as well as water and insurance. Most downtown buildings meter hydro separately, so in those buildings you pay the electricity bill on top of the fee, and in summer, with air conditioning running, that bill is not small. Unlike the sister towers, parking is not listed in the fee, so ask what a spot costs if the suite has one.

Building specifications

Amenities at Harbour View Estates I

Almost all of this sits in the shared Superclub rather than in the tower itself. For a resident, the effect is a private sports club downstairs, and for an owner it is a shared cost you should understand before you buy.

Jatin’s honest take on Harbour View Estates I

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