Quad Lofts II, 19 Brant St: The Smaller Quad, With Its Own Corporation

Quad Lofts II at 19 Brant Street is the smaller of the two Quad buildings, and in my experience that is exactly why some buyers prefer it. It is a 9-storey, 72-suite soft loft from 2006 with roughly 10-foot concrete ceilings, polished concrete floors and big windows, on a short street between King and Adelaide. It also trades rarely, which makes pricing a suite here harder than it looks. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

Two Quad buildings, two corporations

The Quad project is two loft buildings around a shared courtyard: a 9-storey building fronting Brant Street and an 11-storey building behind it. The 9-storey building at 19 Brant is the one marketed as Quad Lofts II, and it is registered as its own corporation, TSCC-1796, a few weeks before Quad Lofts at 23 Brant registered as TSCC-1804.

Online sources blur the two all the time. Dash Property Management’s page for Quad Lofts lists 23 Brant only, describes the project as both buildings, and gives a combined total of 120 lofts, while the per-building counts quoted elsewhere add up to more than that. I could not find a primary source naming the developer of 19 Brant separately; the Quad project as a whole is generally attributed to Cresford. Before you buy, confirm in the status certificate which corporation you are joining, what is shared with the building next door, and how the shared costs are divided.

There is a practical upside to being the small one. A 72-suite corporation has fewer owners to agree on decisions and less common area per suite to maintain, and the building feels quieter in the halls and elevators. The downside is that each owner carries a bigger share of any large repair, so the reserve fund matters more here than in a 300-suite tower.

What the lofts are like inside

This is a soft loft: a 2000s concrete building designed to feel like a converted warehouse. Ceilings are about 10 feet of exposed concrete, floors are polished concrete, and windows run floor to ceiling in many suites. A blogTO profile of one of the larger suites described the effect as industrial, softened with wood details, which is a fair summary of the building’s style.

Suites run from about 539 to 1,604 square feet. That is a generous floor for downtown: there are no micro studios, and the upper end includes penthouse suites large enough for a family or a serious home office. Most plans are open, with the living, dining and kitchen in one long room, so look carefully at whether a den is a real room or just a corner of the living space.

Concrete everywhere looks great and is easy to clean, but it is acoustically hard. Rugs, curtains and upholstered furniture make a big difference, and it is worth asking the seller how much sound carries between suites before you firm up.

Parking deserves a close look too. Some suites here come with tandem parking, where two cars park one behind the other in a single long space. That is useful for a two-car household that coordinates well and frustrating for two people on different schedules. Lockers exist in the building, but do not assume the suite you want has one; confirm both on the agreement and in the status certificate rather than trusting the listing description.

Living on Brant Street

Brant Street is a short block-and-a-bit between King and Adelaide, at the western end of the King West restaurant and nightlife strip. That gives you a very walkable address with restaurants, bars and gyms around every corner, and the Waterworks Food Hall and a wellness spa are among the newer arrivals close by.

The trade-off is the same as for the rest of this pocket: late nights. Suites facing Brant Street on lower floors will hear people heading home from the bars on weekends. Upper floors and suites facing the shared courtyard are calmer. The data panel on this page covers transit and walkability in more detail.

What Quad Lofts II costs per square foot

The building average sits around $1,079 per square foot. That is high for a 2006 building and noticeably above what I see for Quad Lofts next door, at roughly $950. Part of that is a small-sample effect: with only 72 suites and few sales in any given year, a couple of well-finished penthouse sales can push the average up. Do not treat the building average as a price for an ordinary suite here.

There was only one active listing when I wrote this, so asking prices give no useful range. For pricing, I would look at every sale in both Quad buildings over the past two to three years, adjusted for size and floor, and compare with other King West soft lofts. Ask me for a building sold report and I will pull those numbers for you.

The maintenance fee includes common elements, heat, air conditioning, building insurance and water. Parking is not listed as included, so check whether a suite’s parking space carries its own charge. Hydro is separate. Heat and cooling in the fee make the monthly cost more predictable than at many newer towers nearby, where both are on your own meter.

Building specifications

Amenities at Quad Lofts II

The amenities are modest and practical: a fitness studio, party and meeting rooms, a shared courtyard and, unusually for a building this size, two bookable guest suites with full kitchens. There is no pool or concierge-heavy package driving up the fee, and Beanfield Fibre is available for anyone working from home.

Jatin’s honest take on Quad Lofts II

Quad Lofts II — frequently asked questions

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