Optima on the Park I, 150 Alton Towers Circle: Low Fee, Tennis and Pool

Optima on the Park I is the older-building option for buyers who dislike all-inclusive fees. Unlike most of its 1980s neighbours, this tower leaves heat and hydro off the fee, so what you pay the corporation each month is lower and what you pay the utility is yours to control. It also has a concierge, an indoor pool and a tennis court, and it sits in a part of Milliken where a great deal is planned. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

One of a ring of towers on Alton Towers Circle

Alton Towers Circle is a loop of late-1980s and early-1990s condominium towers in north Scarborough. Optima on the Park I at number 150 has a sister building, Optima on the Park II, next door at 160, and Platinum East and The Ambassadors buildings share the same circle.

Condos.ca credits Minto with Optima on the Park II but does not list a developer for this first phase. The shared name suggests the two were planned together, but I have not found a source that confirms who built number 150, so I have left the developer out rather than guess.

The two Optima towers were registered only weeks apart in 1989, as MTCC-824 and MTCC-832. They are still separate corporations with separate budgets, reserve funds and managers, so a suite here and a suite next door are not interchangeable purchases.

Having several towers of the same era on one street is useful for a buyer. It gives you a deeper pool of comparable sales than a stand-alone building would, and it lets you see how different boards have handled the same ageing problems. When I price a suite at number 150, I look at sales across the circle and then adjust for the fee structure.

A fee that leaves heat and hydro to you

The fee here covers air conditioning, common elements, building insurance, parking and water. Heat and hydro are not on the list. That is unusual for a building of this age; most of the towers around it, Platinum East included, roll heat and hydro into the fee.

The practical result is a lower monthly fee and a separate utility bill. Before you compare this building with its neighbours, ask the seller for twelve months of the suite’s hydro and heating bills. Only then can you compare like with like.

There is a real advantage here for careful owners: you are not paying for a neighbour who keeps the windows open in January. The disadvantage is that you take on the swing in energy prices yourself, and you should confirm with the manager how heating and cooling are delivered to each suite and who maintains that equipment.

Concierge, pool and a tennis court

The amenity list includes a concierge, a security guard and security system, an indoor pool, a sauna and a tennis court, plus an underground parking garage. A tennis court is rare in a Toronto condo, and in a building of 238 suites it is a genuine perk if you play.

These are also the amenities that cost the most to keep up. Pools need mechanical work and resurfacing, courts need resurfacing, and a staffed desk is a permanent line in the budget. Low fees and a full amenity list can coexist, but only if the reserve fund has been set up for it, which is why I read the study before anything else here.

Milliken now, and what is planned around it

Milliken is an established neighbourhood of towers, townhouses and houses on the northern edge of Scarborough, with its main shopping in the malls and plazas around Steeles and Kennedy: Pacific Mall on the Markham side of Steeles, and plazas and Splendid China Mall on the Toronto side.

The bigger story is what is planned at that intersection. UrbanToronto reported in September 2025 that Remington Group and Infrastructure Ontario filed a rezoning application for a transit-oriented community on the former Market Village lands, with towers of 25 to 50 storeys next to Milliken GO on the Stouffville line. Several other high-rise applications nearby were reported too.

None of that is built, and these are applications rather than approvals, but it signals a much denser node a short trip west of Alton Towers Circle. That could bring more shops and better transit, and also more construction and competition from new condo supply. The panel beside this review shows the nearest transit, schools and parks.

How Optima on the Park I is priced

There is one suite listed for sale here as I write, so I am not going to quote an asking price or fee. A single listing tells you very little about a building, and the honest way to price a suite is against recent sales of similar layouts in this tower.

For context, condos.ca puts the average at about $454 per square foot at Optima on the Park II next door and about $453 at Platinum East across the circle. A suite here should be judged against those neighbours, after adjusting for the fact that you pay heat and hydro on top of the fee at number 150.

My building sold report pulls the recent sales for this address so you can see what similar suites have actually traded for, rather than what they were listed at.

One more point in this building’s favour: lenders count part of the condo fee when they work out how much you can borrow. A lower fee can modestly widen the pool of buyers who qualify, which helps when it is your turn to sell.

Building specifications

Amenities at Optima on the Park I

A staffed desk, an indoor pool and a tennis court are a full package for a 1989 building. They are also the reason to read the reserve fund study closely, since all three are costly to maintain.

Jatin’s honest take on Optima on the Park I

Optima on the Park I — frequently asked questions

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