The Ninety, 90 Broadview Ave: Lofts Built Around a 1933 Coke Plant

The Ninety is the closest thing south of Queen and Broadview to a real loft building with modern systems. Harhay kept a 1933 Coca-Cola bottling plant, built new floors and wings around it, and arranged the whole thing in a U around a courtyard. It is a good building with one historical wrinkle every buyer should understand, and I will explain it below. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.

A Coca-Cola bottling plant at the core

The original building on this site was a brick and masonry industrial building put up in 1933 as a Coca-Cola bottling plant. A 2009 Toronto Star article, republished by the project’s marketing firm, describes it as roughly three and a half storeys, and UrbanToronto calls it four. Either way, it was strong enough that the engineers were able to build additional floors on top of it.

Core Architects designed the new portions in a dark red, clay-toned brick with a warehouse-style window grid, so the old and new parts read as one building from Broadview. Inside the older part, you can still see the large concrete columns, which UrbanToronto noted were left polished and exposed in the finished suites.

The Urban Land Institute listed The Ninety as a finalist for its 2014 Global Awards for Excellence. That is unusual recognition for a mid-rise in Riverdale, and it reflects how carefully the heritage piece was handled.

The U-shape and the west-facing courtyard

The building is shaped like a U, open to the west, around a courtyard of about 3,458 square feet with cedar decking and planting. According to the 2009 article, roughly half the suites look onto that courtyard. That matters, because courtyard-facing suites are usually quieter than those facing Broadview itself.

Many suites on the upper floors have views west over the West Don Lands toward downtown and midtown. The 2009 plans counted 52 suites with terraces, 41 with one balcony and four with two balconies, so outdoor space is more common here than in many buildings of this size. Gas hookups for barbecues were standard on balconies.

Ceilings in the principal rooms are nine to ten feet. Condos.ca puts suite sizes at about 434 to 1,250 square feet, and UrbanToronto noted that 12 of the 222 suites were designed as multipurpose live/work units at grade.

The warranty question and what it means today

Here is the wrinkle. Because the project reused an existing structure, the 2009 article reported that it could not be covered by a Tarion warranty. The developer said buyers would receive a similar private warranty instead.

For a buyer in 2026, the original warranty period is long over in either case, so this no longer changes much in practice. What it does mean is that you should read the reserve fund study with extra care, especially the parts dealing with the original 1933 structure: masonry, the roof over the older section, and the connection between the old and new parts.

The good news is that this is a well-documented building. Ask for the latest reserve fund study, the engineering report it was based on, and recent board minutes, and look at how the corporation has handled the older section so far.

Parking and the daily reality at Broadview and Queen

At launch, parking was only offered to suites over 700 square feet, and lockers were sold separately. That means many of the smaller one-bedrooms here have no parking spot, so confirm exactly what is attached to the suite you are buying. An AutoShare car was located in the underground garage when the building opened.

The 12 live/work suites deserve a separate word. They were designed for people who want to run a small studio or practice from home, and they sit at grade. If you are looking at one, read the declaration for what business uses are permitted, and think about privacy and street noise before you commit.

The bigger change around the building is transit. The Ontario Line’s elevated Leslieville Station is now being built over Queen Street East between Broadview and Carlaw. BlogTO reported column construction running from September 2026 into May 2027, so expect several years of work close by before the station opens.

Day to day, the location is the selling point. The Queen and Broadview corner is at the top of the block, and the Don River trails and the West Don Lands are on the other side of the bridge. The trade-off is that Broadview is a busy street, so the suite’s orientation matters more here than in a building on a side street.

Price per square foot and a fee that has more than doubled

Condos.ca puts the building average at about $936 per square foot, a little below the newer Sync Lofts across Broadview. For a building with genuine heritage fabric, nine- to ten-foot ceilings and a concierge, that is reasonable value in this part of the city.

Fees are now about $0.91 per square foot across current listings, according to condos.ca, and the three active listings I saw carried fees of roughly $590 to $615 a month. The 2009 article projected fees of 41 cents per square foot plus hydro. That gap is normal for a building that has been running for over a decade, but it is a reminder that launch fees are never a guide to future fees.

The fee covers heat and water, according to condos.ca. Hydro, and parking where it exists, are on you. Three one-bedroom suites were for sale when I checked, asking between about $649,000 and $740,000. The sold figures in the panel above are a better guide than asking prices.

Building specifications

Amenities at The Ninety

There is no gym or pool listed. What you get is a concierge, a large lounge and party room of about 1,787 square feet, and the courtyard, which is the space residents actually use. If you need a gym in the building, this is not the one.

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