The Antiquary, 11 William Carson Cres: Six Storeys, House-Sized Suites

The Antiquary at 11 William Carson Crescent is a building for people leaving a large house who are not ready to live small. It is a six-storey, 110-suite condominium from 2001, a short walk from Yonge and York Mills, with no suite under about 900 square feet and some over 4,000. The fees are high in dollars, and the right question is what you get for them. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

A low-rise building in York Mills

William Carson Crescent is a short street just east of Yonge and north of York Mills Road, lined with mid-rise condominiums, including the Hillside at York Mills buildings. The Antiquary is the lowest of the group at six storeys, which gives it a residential scale closer to the houses of St. Andrew-Windfields than to the towers further up Yonge.

York Mills itself is one of North York’s oldest and most established areas. It takes its name from the mills that once worked the Don River, and the Hoggs Hollow valley to the south is named after James Hogg, who ran a mill on Yonge in the 1800s. Today it is mostly large lots, renovated houses and luxury condos.

Condos.ca lists L & A Development (Canada) Ltd as developer and builder. I could not confirm the architect or the developer’s other projects from a reliable source, so I am not going to speculate.

Suites sized like houses

Condos.ca puts suites at about 888 to 4,390 square feet. With 110 suites over six floors, that is fewer than 20 suites per floor on average, and the largest plans are full house-scale homes. Even the smallest suites here are larger than a typical new two-bedroom near the subway.

That makes this a downsizer building first. Buyers coming from a detached house in Bayview, the Bridle Path or Lawrence Park can keep their furniture, their dining table and often a home office. Investors chasing a rental yield are not the natural market.

Large suites change resale. The buyer pool is smaller and more patient, so homes can take longer to sell. If you might need to sell on a deadline, plan for that from the start.

With suites this size, layout matters more than square footage. Check how many full bathrooms you get, whether the primary bedroom is separated from the others and how much space goes to hallways. I could not confirm ceiling heights from a reliable source, so check them on the tour.

What the fee covers, and what it does not

Condos.ca lists air conditioning, common elements, heat, building insurance, parking and water in the fee. Hydro is not on the list, so expect a separate electricity bill. On a suite of 2,000 square feet or more, that bill is not trivial, so ask the seller for a year of statements.

The two suites for sale when I checked carried fees of about $1,183 to $2,717 a month. Those are large numbers, but they reflect large suites. Divide the fee by the square footage before you compare it with a smaller building, and remember that heat, cooling and parking are already covered.

In a 110-suite building, each owner’s share of major repairs is larger than in a big tower. The reserve fund and the fee history matter more here than in most buildings.

Ask too how the fee is split between suites. In most Ontario condos it follows each unit’s share of the common elements, set out in the declaration, so a 4,000-square-foot suite can carry several times the fee of the smallest plan. Confirm the exact share for your suite in the status certificate.

Daily life near Yonge and York Mills

From here, York Mills station and the shops and offices of York Mills Centre are close by, and the quieter streets of St. Andrew-Windfields are to the east. The area is largely car-dependent once you leave Yonge, which is one reason parking in the fee is worth so much. The panel on this page shows the exact stations, schools, parks and restaurants.

Change is coming to the intersection. At Yonge Street and Wilson Avenue, across from York Mills station, the Gupta Group broke ground in December 2024 on Yonge City Square, a mixed-use project of 32 and 14 storeys with about 700 suites and retail at grade. Occupancy is expected in spring 2028.

For owners here, that means a construction period nearby, then more shops and restaurants within reach. It also means more competition for buyers of new suites, although very few new towers offer anything close to the suite sizes at The Antiquary.

What The Antiquary costs

Condos.ca puts the building average at about $744 per square foot. On a house-sized suite, that is a much lower price per foot than you will see at new construction near Yonge and York Mills, where small suites set the averages.

Two suites were for sale when I checked, asking between $749,000 and $1,989,000, with none for rent. That spread tells you how wide the suite range is: the same building covers a suite priced like a large two-bedroom elsewhere and one priced like a detached house.

With so few listings at any time, the recent sales in the data panel above are the best guide. Read them as aggregates, and use per-square-foot figures rather than any single result, because suite size varies so much here.

Building specifications

Amenities at The Antiquary

Condos.ca lists a concierge, a party room, a meeting room, a sauna, elevators and an underground garage. It is a quiet package built around service rather than spectacle, which suits the downsizers this building attracts and keeps the list of costly systems short.

Jatin’s honest take on The Antiquary

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