Published 19 October 2026 · By Jatin Dua, Broker of Record, RE/MAX Quantum Realty
Building at a glance · Newtonbrook East
The Plaza in one look.
29 Pemberton Ave, Toronto
Built
1997
Storeys
16
Suites
132
Developer
Pemberton Group
Corporation
MTCC-1164
Walk Score
96
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How you get around
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Walker's Paradise
Transit Score
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Bike Score
Bikeable
Transit, nearest first
- 39Finch EastTTC busSteps away
- 36Finch WestTTC busSteps away
- 939Finch ExpressTTC busSteps away
- 1Finch stationLine 1 Yonge–University0.2 km
- GOOld Cummer GORichmond Hill line3.7 km
Distances are straight-line from the building.
How far is everything?
From the front door, in kilometres.
Schools for this address
Public schools from the TDSB school locator, checked 18 October 2026. Boundaries change: confirm with the board before you buy.
ElementaryJK–5
Finch Public School
277 Finch Ave E, North York
1.5 km · ~23 min walk
Zoned for this address
MiddleGr 6–8
Cummer Valley Middle School
70 Maxome Ave, North York
1.3 km · ~20 min walk
Zoned for this address
High schoolGr 9–12
Earl Haig Secondary School
100 Princess Ave, North York
1.4 km · ~22 min walk
Zoned for this address
Catholic elementary
St Cyril Catholic Elementary School
0.5 km · ~8 min walk
Nearest, confirm zoning
Catholic elementary
Blessed Trinity Catholic Elementary School
1.9 km
Nearest, confirm zoning
Catholic secondary
Cardinal Carter Academy For The Arts
1.9 km
Nearest, confirm zoning
French-language · MonAvenir (Catholic)
Monseigneur De Charbonnel Catholic Secondary School
1.1 km · ~17 min walk
Nearest, confirm zoning
Catholic (TCDSB) and French-language schools shown are the nearest to the building, not confirmed zoning. Check the TCDSB school locator, Viamonde or MonAvenir.
By the numbers
What units at The Plaza actually trade for
| Unit type | Sold | Median price | Leased | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bed | 1 | too few | 15 | $2,200/mo |
| 2 bed | 0 | too few | 7 | $3,000/mo |
Table covers the last 24 months. TRREB MLS® System aggregates; a median is shown only with 3 or more deals, and sizes come from listing ranges. Not an appraisal: get an estimate for your unit.
Living here
Renters, Airbnb and elevators at The Plaza
Do mostly owners or renters live here?
Renter-heavy building. Of 42 deals here in the last 24 months, 40 were leases and 2 were sales. A high lease share usually means more investor owners, more move-ins and a deeper pool of rental comparables.
Can you Airbnb a unit at The Plaza?
No active City registrations here right now. In Toronto you can only host in your principal residence, a whole unit for at most 180 nights a year, with a $390 yearly registration and 6% accommodation tax. You cannot buy here to run it as a full-time Airbnb. Check the condo’s rules in the status certificate before you count on it.
How reliable are the elevators?
Ontario requires residential buildings to report any elevator outage lasting 48 hours or more, and this address has none on record. Elevators still need modernizing every 25 to 30 years, so check the reserve fund study for the date.
Sources: TRREB MLS® System lease and sale counts; City of Toronto short-term rental registrations (Open Data, 18 Oct 2026); TSSA Residential Elevator Availability portal.
Before you buy here
Five things the listing will not tell you about The Plaza
- Reserve fund health. Ask for the latest reserve fund study and its date. A thin fund in an older building usually means fee jumps or a special assessment.
- Special assessments and big repairs. Check the status certificate for planned levies and for balcony, garage, window or elevator work.
- Insurance deductible. Find the corporation’s deductible for water damage. If it is higher than your own policy covers, raise your coverage before closing.
- Fee trend. Compare this year’s budget with last year’s. Rises of 2–5% a year are typical; bigger jumps need an explanation.
- Lawsuits and rules. Look for legal claims against the corporation, and for rules on pets, short-term rentals and leasing.
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Eat, drink and shop nearby
Within about a 10-minute walk.
Restaurant
Tehranto Restaurant
0.2 km · ~3 min walk
Restaurant
Yonge Street Food Court
0.2 km · ~3 min walk
Pizza
Pizza Nova
0.2 km · ~3 min walk
Restaurant
Zui Beer Bar
0.2 km · ~3 min walk
Mexican
Burrito Place
0.2 km · ~3 min walk
Coffee
Tim Hortons
0.3 km · ~5 min walk
Places from OpenStreetMap. Check hours before you go.
Parks nearby
- Finch Parkette
- Bishop Park
- 36 Holmes Avenue Park
Nearest grocery
H Mart
0.3 km · ~5 min walk
Prices: TRREB MLS® System aggregate medians for 29 Pemberton Ave, last 12 months (updated 18 October 2026), compiled by Jatin Dua, Broker of Record, RE/MAX Quantum Realty Inc., Brokerage; deemed reliable, not guaranteed. Schools: TDSB school locator; Catholic and French schools: nearest by distance. Transit and scores: Walk Score® and TTC/GO station locations. Nearby places: OpenStreetMap. Distances are straight-line estimates.
The Plaza is the smaller-suite half of a matched pair of 1997 buildings on Pemberton Avenue. Its suites stop just under 1,000 square feet, its fee covers hydro as well as heat, and that combination produces a fee per square foot that looks alarming until you count what you no longer pay. It is a building for a first-time buyer or a single downsizer who wants simple monthly costs. I’m Jatin Dua, RE/MAX Quantum Realty.
Quick answer
The Plaza is a 16-storey, 132-suite condominium at 29 Pemberton Avenue, just east of Yonge Street and north of Finch Avenue in the Newtonbrook East neighbourhood, part of the Willowdale, Yonge & Sheppard, Bayview Village and North York Centre area of Toronto. Condos.ca credits it to Pemberton Group and lists 1997 as the year built. The condominium corporation is MTCC-1164, registered on 27 October 1997, and condos.ca lists Crossbridge Condominium Services as the manager. Suites range from about 484 to 982 square feet. Condos.ca lists air conditioning, common elements, heat, hydro, building insurance, parking and water as included in the maintenance fee.
The Plaza at a glance
One of a pair, built for a different buyer
The Plaza and The Paramount at 39 Pemberton were registered three days apart in October 1997 as consecutive corporations, MTCC-1164 and MTCC-1165. They share a property manager and the same list of fee inclusions. Condos.ca credits The Plaza to Pemberton Group, a long-standing GTA builder whose later work includes Pulse further south on Yonge.
Where the twins differ is the suite mix. The Plaza is taller, at 16 storeys, but has fewer suites, 132, and they are smaller: condos.ca lists a range of about 484 to 982 square feet, against up to 1,570 at The Paramount. In practice, The Plaza is a building of one-bedrooms, one-plus-dens and compact two-bedrooms.
A smaller building with fewer suites per floor tends to have quieter halls and shorter elevator waits than a large tower. It also means each owner carries a larger share of every repair, which is worth keeping in mind when you read the reserve fund study.
Why the fee per square foot looks so high
Fees on the active listings averaged about $1.18 per square foot. On a comparison chart that puts The Plaza near the top of North York, and buyers often stop reading there. They should not, because the inclusions are unusual.
Condos.ca lists air conditioning, common elements, heat, hydro, building insurance, parking and water. Hydro in particular is normally a separate bill in this area. Add a monthly hydro bill, heating and cooling, and a parking charge back onto a newer building’s fee, and the gap narrows a great deal.
Small suites also push fee per square foot up everywhere, because many shared costs are spread by unit rather than strictly by size. The useful comparison is the total monthly cost of the suite you are considering against the total cost of the alternative, utilities included.
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The Pemberton Avenue pocket
Pemberton Avenue is a short street of late-1990s condominiums: Park Palace at 8, 18 and 28, The Plaza and The Paramount at 29 and 39, and Park Lane at 1 and 3, all built between 1996 and 1999. Being a block off Yonge makes it quieter than the buildings that front the main street.
The bigger change nearby is the Yonge North Subway Extension. Metrolinx is extending Line 1 about eight kilometres north from Finch Station into York Region, and early works at Finch began in 2023. Expect construction around the station for some years, and a busier hub at Yonge and Finch when the extension opens. The transit, schools and walkability details are in the data panel on this page.
What to read before you buy
With the fee covering heat and hydro, the corporation pays the energy bill for the whole building. That shared cost is part of what you are buying, so the budget in the status certificate deserves as much attention as the suite itself.
Ask for the last three years of budgets and look at the utility line, the reserve fund contribution and the change in fees year to year. A reserve contribution that has been held down to keep fees flat is a warning sign. One that has been rising steadily usually means the board is planning ahead for the work a building of this age needs.
Also ask whether the board has discussed sub-metering hydro. Some older bulk-metered corporations have looked at it, and if it happens it would change both your fee and your own bills.
About $738 a square foot, the highest on the street
Condos.ca puts the building average at about $738 per square foot. That is above its twin, The Paramount, at about $598, above Park Lane at about $714 and well above Park Palace at 8 Pemberton at about $585. The higher figure is mostly about suite size: small suites sell for more per square foot than large ones, even in the same year of construction.
When I checked there were two suites for sale, asking between $449,999 and $495,000, with monthly fees between about $688 and $976. Two suites were listed for rent. With so few listings, the recorded sales in the data panel are a better guide than any asking price.
For a first-time buyer, the attraction is a low entry price near Yonge and Finch with very few bills outside the fee. For an investor, the high fee eats into rental returns, so run the numbers carefully before you buy here to rent out.
If you are choosing between The Plaza and a newer one-bedroom nearby, put the full monthly costs side by side: fee, hydro, heating and cooling, and parking. Then compare the purchase prices. The answer is not always the one the fee chart suggests.
Building specifications
| Building name | The Plaza |
| Address | 29 Pemberton Avenue, Toronto |
| Developer | Pemberton Group (per condos.ca) |
| Storeys | 16 |
| Total suites | 132 |
| Year completed | 1997 |
| Condo corporation | MTCC-1164 |
| Registered | 27 October 1997 |
| Property management | Crossbridge Condominium Services (per condos.ca) |
| Suite sizes | About 484 to 982 sq ft |
| Maintenance fees | About $1.18 per sq ft across active listings |
| Fees include | Air conditioning, common elements, heat, hydro, building insurance, parking and water |
Amenities at The Plaza
The Plaza has a compact, practical amenity list: a concierge and security guard, a gym, a party room and a meeting room. There is no pool, which keeps one of the costliest items out of the reserve fund. For most owners here, the shopping and services along Yonge do the work that a bigger amenity floor would do elsewhere.
Jatin’s honest take on The Plaza
Who this building suits
First-time buyers and single downsizers who want a smaller suite near Yonge and Finch with almost every bill folded into one payment. It suits people who will ride the subway and value a quieter side street. It suits investors less, because the all-inclusive fee cuts into rental income. It also suits a buyer who wants to stay in this part of Yonge long term and would rather have one predictable monthly payment than several utility bills.
What I’d want you to check
At about 29 years old, the building is in the window for window, balcony, elevator, roofing and garage work, so read the reserve fund study and look for any recent or planned special assessment in the status certificate. Look at the utility line in the budget and how the fee has changed over the last few years. Check the pet rules, since condos.ca shows a pet restriction, and confirm parking is attached to the suite.
The value question
At about $738 a square foot with heat, hydro and parking included, The Plaza is a sensible entry point near Yonge and Finch if you count total monthly cost rather than fee alone. If you need more space, The Paramount next door gives you larger suites with the same fee package at a lower price per square foot. Either way, the building’s age means the reserve fund study, not the asking price, is the document that decides whether a suite here is a good buy.
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The Plaza — frequently asked questions
Who built The Plaza at 29 Pemberton Avenue?
Condos.ca credits Pemberton Group, and lists 1997 as the year built.
What do the maintenance fees include?
Condos.ca lists air conditioning, common elements, heat, hydro, building insurance, parking and water.
Why is the fee per square foot so high?
The fee covers hydro and heat, which most nearby buildings bill separately, and smaller suites push fee per square foot up. Compare total monthly costs, not fee alone.
How big are the suites?
Condos.ca lists suites from about 484 to 982 square feet.
How many storeys and suites are there?
The Plaza is 16 storeys with 132 suites.
How does it compare with The Paramount next door?
The Paramount is a 12-storey, 173-suite twin with larger suites, up to about 1,570 square feet, averaging about $598 a square foot against about $738 here.
Who manages the building?
Condos.ca lists Crossbridge Condominium Services. Confirm the current manager in the status certificate.
Does The Plaza have a pool?
No pool is listed. Amenities include a concierge, a security guard, a gym, a party room and a meeting room.
Are pets allowed?
Condos.ca shows a pet restriction. Read the declaration and rules before you buy.
What is changing nearby?
Metrolinx is extending Line 1 north from Finch Station into York Region, with early works at Finch under way since 2023.
How much is rent at The Plaza?
The median lease at The Plaza over the last 12 months was $2,225/mo, from 22 leases. Units typically leased in 17 days.
What does each unit type cost at The Plaza?
Over the last 24 months: One-bedrooms rented for $2,200/mo; Two-bedrooms rented for $3,000/mo. Each median uses three or more deals.
Do mostly owners or renters live at The Plaza?
Mostly renters. Of the deals here in the last 24 months, 95% were leases and 5% were sales.
Can you Airbnb a unit at The Plaza?
Only in limited cases. Toronto allows short-term rentals only in your principal residence, a whole unit for at most 180 nights a year, with a $390 yearly City registration and 6% accommodation tax. The City’s register shows no active short-term rental registrations at this address. The condo’s declaration and rules can ban short stays outright, so check them in the status certificate.
Has The Plaza had elevator outages?
None on record. Ontario requires residential buildings to report elevator outages of 48 hours or more to TSSA, and this address has no reported outage since July 2022.
What schools is The Plaza zoned for?
For TDSB public schools, the address is zoned for Finch Public School (Elementary, JK–5), Cummer Valley Middle School (Middle, Gr 6–8), Earl Haig Secondary School (High school, Gr 9–12). Catholic and French-language schools are listed on this page by distance. Boundaries change, so confirm with the board before you buy.
What is the closest subway or GO station to The Plaza?
The nearest subway is Finch station (Line 1 Yonge–University), 0.2 km away; the nearest GO station is Old Cummer GO on the Richmond Hill line, 3.7 km; the closest bus is the Finch East (TTC bus). Distances are straight-line from the building.
What is the Walk Score of The Plaza?
Walk Score 96, Transit Score 100 and Bike Score 64. Most daily errands can be done on foot.
What restaurants and shops are near The Plaza?
Within about a 10-minute walk: Tehranto Restaurant (Restaurant), Yonge Street Food Court (Restaurant), Pizza Nova (Pizza), Zui Beer Bar (Restaurant), Burrito Place (Mexican). The closest grocery store is H Mart, 0.3 km away.
Which parks are near The Plaza?
Finch Parkette, Bishop Park, 36 Holmes Avenue Park are the closest green spaces.
What is my unit at The Plaza worth?
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Two units, same floor plan,
$90,000 apart.
That happens constantly in condos — one has the parking, the right exposure, or a board that keeps the reserve fund healthy. A model can’t see your status certificate. I can.
About the author — Jatin Dua, Toronto condo broker
I’m Jatin Dua, Broker of Record at RE/MAX Quantum Realty. I work condo buildings across Toronto and the GTA every week, including Willowdale, Yonge & Sheppard, Bayview Village and North York Centre. What buyers and sellers usually need is someone who knows the individual buildings: which exposures get the light, which corporations keep healthy reserve funds, and which units are priced past what they will appraise for.
If you’re buying or selling at The Plaza, I’ll give you the honest version — including when I think you should walk away. Reach me at [email protected] or 833-330-1925, or book a free consultation.
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