Ocean Club, 59 & 60 Annie Craig Dr: Saltwater Pool, Parking in the Fee

Ocean Club is two buildings sold as one address: a 39-storey glass tower with a sloped, sail-like crown and a 10-storey boutique building beside it, sharing one corporation and one amenity package. The fee is low for Humber Bay Shores once you notice parking is inside it, and that is the first thing I point out to buyers comparing it with its neighbours. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

Two buildings, one corporation

Most buyers search for Ocean Club as if it were one tower. It is a 39-storey point tower and a 10-storey boutique residence that went up side by side on the same site, registered together as TSCC-2496. During construction, both buildings had two floors added beyond the original renderings.

The split matters when you shop. The boutique building was marketed with the smaller plans, studios to two-bedroom-plus-den between roughly 395 and 835 sq ft, while the tower carried one-bedrooms to two-bedroom-plus-den up to about 1,230 sq ft at launch. If you want a quieter lobby and fewer neighbours per elevator, ask which building the suite is in before you book a showing.

Both buildings share the same reserve fund and the same board, so a problem in one is paid for by owners in both. That is normal for a phased site, but it is worth knowing when you read the status certificate.

The pool and the design story

Ocean Club’s second-floor spa level is its headline amenity: a saltwater pool framed by big windows, a hot tub, steam rooms, change rooms and a lounge with an outdoor deck. The fitness centre sits on the same level with a large balcony facing the lake and Humber Bay Park.

The design brief leaned hard into the waterfront. The tower’s glass and precast skin rises to a sloped roof meant to read like a sailing mast, and the landscape plan by Strybos Barron King took its cues from resort waterfronts. The lobby is three storeys tall with glazing on three sides, and the ground floor was planned with a double-height restaurant space open to the public.

Up top on the boutique side, an eighth-floor rooftop garden with sun decks, planters and barbecues gives the smaller-suite owners an outdoor room. Each building also has its own party room and guest suite, so you are not competing with 519 households for one booking calendar.

What daily life on Annie Craig Drive is like

Annie Craig Drive is a short internal street south of Lake Shore Boulevard, so the buildings face the water and the parks rather than traffic. Humber Bay Park and the Martin Goodman Trail are the backyard, which is the real reason people buy here: running, cycling and walking along the lake are part of an ordinary weekday.

The trade-off is the one every Humber Bay Shores owner knows. The neighbourhood grew fast on a small road network, and the City has been running the Park Lawn Lake Shore Transportation Master Plan to deal with it. The former Christie’s cookie lands at 2150 Lake Shore Boulevard West, across Lake Shore, are planned for a large mixed-use community anchored by a new Park Lawn GO station, so expect years of construction and, eventually, much better transit.

Transit, schools and walkability details are in the data panel on this page. My advice is simpler: do a weekday rush-hour drive out to the Gardiner before you firm up, so you know exactly what your commute feels like.

Who lives here and how the suites work

The mix of compact boutique suites and larger tower plans means you get first-time buyers and investors on one side and downsizers and couples on the other. Southeast-facing signature suites in the tower were the first to sell during pre-construction because they catch the downtown skyline and the lake at once.

Suite sizes run from about 395 to 1,530 sq ft. If you are comparing two similar one-bedrooms, check the view line and the floor, because a suite looking straight at the lake and one looking at the next tower can be priced quite differently in this pocket.

One more thing on suites: with eight units for rent against nine for sale at the moment, there is a visible investor presence. That is not a negative on its own, but it is worth asking the status certificate and the board minutes how short-term rental and move-in rules are enforced, and whether the elevator booking system copes with turnover.

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

The building’s average sits around $989 per square foot in the data I am working from. That is high for Humber Bay Shores, and part of the reason is the boutique building: small suites always carry higher per-foot numbers, so the average leans up. Compare like-for-like plan sizes, not the building average.

Fees on active listings average about $0.75 per square foot, and they cover heat, air conditioning, water, insurance and parking. Parking inside the fee is the detail people miss. Many newer Humber Bay Shores buildings charge it separately or exclude heat, so a building quoting $0.70 can cost more per month in practice.

Right now there are nine suites for sale and eight for rent. Across current listings, one-bedrooms ask roughly $480,000 to $500,000, one-plus-dens about $575,000 to $650,000, and two-bedrooms from about $675,000 up past $1 million, with monthly fees running from about $370 to $765. The full spread runs from $480,000 to about $1.13 million.

Building specifications

Amenities at Ocean Club Waterfront Condominiums

The saltwater pool, steam rooms and gym on one level make this a genuine replacement for a club membership, and separate party rooms and guest suites in each building ease the booking crunch you get in most 500-suite buildings.

Jatin’s honest take on Ocean Club Waterfront Condominiums

Ocean Club Waterfront Condominiums — frequently asked questions

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