Published 7 September 2026 · Updated 5 October 2026 · By Jatin Dua, Broker of Record, RE/MAX Quantum Realty
Building at a glance · Islington–City Centre
Vivid Condominiums in one look.
1 Michael Power Place, Etobicoke, Toronto
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How you get around
Scores from Walk Score®
Walk Score
Walker's Paradise
Transit Score
Rider's Paradise
Bike Score
Very Bikeable
Transit, nearest first
- 2626 BurnhamthorpeMiWay bus0.2 km
- 4040 Junction-Dundas WestTTC bus0.2 km
- 5050 BurnhamthorpeTTC bus0.4 km
- 2Islington stationLine 2 Bloor–Danforth0.4 km
- GOKipling GOMilton line · weekdays0.9 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.
Elementary & middleJK–8
Islington Junior Middle School
44 Cordova Ave
0.4 km · ~6 min walk
Zoned for this address
High schoolGr 9–12
Etobicoke Collegiate Institute
86 Montgomery Rd
0.9 km · ~14 min walk
Zoned for this address
Catholic elementary
Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School
0.9 km · ~14 min walk
Nearest, confirm zoning
Catholic elementary
Our Lady of Peace Catholic School
1.0 km · ~16 min walk
Nearest, confirm zoning
Catholic secondary
Bishop Allen Academy Catholic Secondary School
2.3 km
Nearest, confirm zoning
French-language · MonAvenir (Catholic)
École élémentaire catholique Sainte-Marguerite-d'Youville
2.1 km
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 Vivid Condominiums actually trade for
| Unit type | Sold | Median price | Leased | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bed | 10 | $498,750 | 17 | $2,300/mo |
| 1 bed + den | 10 | $525,000 | 9 | $2,400/mo |
| 2 bed | 2 | too few | 12 | $2,875/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 Vivid Condominiums
Do mostly owners or renters live here?
Renter-heavy building. Of 62 deals here in the last 24 months, 39 were leases and 23 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 Vivid Condominiums?
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 Vivid Condominiums
- 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.
Japanese
Ikkoi Sushi & Ramen
0.3 km · ~5 min walk
Japanese
Toji Sushi
0.3 km · ~5 min walk
Restaurant
Resurrection Restaurant + Bar
0.3 km · ~5 min walk
Thai
Thai Room Grand
0.3 km · ~5 min walk
American
Cravin Kitchen + Lounge
0.4 km · ~6 min walk
Café
Galata Turkish Café
0.3 km · ~5 min walk
Places from OpenStreetMap. Check hours before you go.
Parks nearby
- Fairfield Park
- Chestnut Hills Park
- Echo Valley Park
Prices: TRREB MLS® System aggregate medians for 1 Michael Power Place, last 12 months (updated 5 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.
Vivid Condominiums at 1 Michael Power Place is a 20-storey building of about 250 suites, completed in 2015 by Pemberton Group.
Of all the buildings I have researched in the Islington area, this one has the most usable transit information: sources put Islington station at roughly a ten-minute walk and Kipling GO at about fifteen. Those are consistent with the figures published for the building next door, which is the kind of cross-check that makes a number believable. One thing is genuinely unresolved — whether there is an indoor pool.
The building
Twenty storeys, roughly 250 suites, 2015, Pemberton Group as developer. Suite configurations run one bedroom, one bedroom plus den, two bedroom and two bedroom plus den, with published sizes from about 570–580 square feet at the low end to roughly 1,120 at the top.
That is a tighter size range than most towers of this era, and it tells you the building was designed for a specific buyer: singles, couples and downsizers rather than families. If you need a genuine three-bedroom, this is not the building.
What this building has actually traded for: the last 12 months
Resales and leases recorded on the TRREB MLS® System for 1 Michael Power Place, 5 October 2025 to 5 October 2026.
Over the past 12 months, units here sold for a median of $518,373 after a median 27 days on market, at about 98% of the asking price. Leased units rented for a median of $2,400 a month.
Source: TRREB MLS® System data, compiled by Jatin Dua, Broker of Record, RE/MAX Quantum Realty, Brokerage. Aggregate figures only; individual sale prices are not published on this page. Medians exclude zero and null values; samples under three are shown as counts only. The information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Updated 5 October 2026.
Michael Power Place is a community, not a street with a building on it
1 Michael Power Place does not stand alone. It sits within a cluster that includes Palais at Port Royal Place at number 3 and the Port Royal Place towers at 5, 7, 9, 11, 15 and 17. Several of the facilities you will see listed for Vivid — a splash pad, a playground, a gazebo — are, on the balance of the evidence, shared community facilities rather than things belonging exclusively to 1 Michael Power Place.
When facilities are shared across corporations, there is normally a shared facilities agreement setting out who pays what share of what. That agreement is part of what you are buying into, and it is disclosed with the status certificate.
Read it. It is the difference between “the building has a splash pad” and “my corporation contributes X per cent to the cost of a splash pad it does not own.” Both can be perfectly fine. Only one of them is what most buyers assume.
The pool question
One database lists an indoor pool at Vivid. Another source’s detailed amenity write-up — which lists a gym with change rooms and a sauna, a cards room, a billiards room, a boardroom, a library, a media room and a party room, with concierge — does not mention a pool at all.
That is a real conflict, not a rounding error. A pool is not something a thorough amenity description forgets. It is possible the pool is a shared Michael Power Place facility rather than a Vivid facility, which would explain both entries. I cannot confirm that.
If a pool matters to your purchase, do not take it from a listing. Ask the listing agent to point to it on the amenity floor plan, or look at the declaration.
Transit, and why I believe these numbers
Sources put Islington station at about a ten-minute walk from 1 Michael Power Place and Kipling GO at about fifteen. The same source family publishes a ten-minute Islington walk for 3 Michael Power Place next door.
Two adjacent addresses producing the same figure is a weak but real consistency check — and, more importantly, ten minutes is a plausible number. Compare that with the “1 minute walking distance” claims the same databases print for buildings elsewhere in Etobicoke, which are physically impossible. A number that could be true, published consistently for neighbouring addresses, is worth more than a precise-sounding number that cannot be.
Still measure it yourself. Ten minutes in July and ten minutes in February, carrying groceries, are different walks.
What I could not verify
- The architect. One source names Burka Architects. I found no confirmation from the firm. Single-sourced.
- The corporation number. Reported as TSCC 2457, from one database. Confirm it through the Condominium Authority of Ontario registry.
- The property manager. One source names Performance Property Management. Contracts change; confirm on the certificate.
- The phasing relationship between Vivid and the other Michael Power Place buildings — which came first, which shares what. Unresolved.
- Any published litigation or special assessment. None found; that is not the same as none existing.
The takeaway
Vivid is a sensible, well-located 2015 tower with a realistic ten-minute subway walk and a suite mix aimed squarely at one and two-person households. Two things to nail down before you commit: whether the pool you saw in a listing actually belongs to this corporation, and what the shared facilities agreement across Michael Power Place obliges your corporation to pay. Both are answered by documents, not by websites.
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Building data for 1 Michael Power Place
Pulled from City of Toronto open data · Etobicoke-Lakeshore · read 18 October 2026
Most recent permits here
- New Building New Building · Inspection · 2005-12-21To construct a 20 storey, 252 unit condominium tower with 4 levels of below grade parking. Building **G**
- Partial Permit Partial Permit - Shoring · Inspection · 2005-12-21Part Permit - To construct a 20 storey, 253 unit condominium tower with 4 levels of below grade parking. Building **G** -…
What is proposed nearby
- Site plan application · 1243 Islington Ave · 441 m awayProposed 61-storey mixed use building.
- Site plan application · 1276 Islington Ave · 331 m awayProposed infill development of a 35-storey, 25,700.63 square-metre, purpose-built rental building containing 375 residential units, and 262 parking spaces provided between four levels of…
- Rezoning / Official Plan amendment · 1243 Islington Ave · 441 m awayApplication to amend the Zoning By-law at 1243 Islington Avenue to permit a 61 storey (191-metre, excluding mechanical penthouse), comprising 702 dwelling units and…
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Registered unit counts and plan numbers come from the City’s register of residential condominiums (2002–2018), so buildings registered before 2002 show no plan data here. Permits and development applications come from the City’s open data and are updated automatically. Always confirm details with the status certificate before you buy.
Frequently asked questions
How far is Vivid Condominiums from Islington subway station?
Sources put it at roughly a ten-minute walk, with Kipling GO station about fifteen minutes on foot. Those figures are consistent with what the same sources publish for the building next door at 3 Michael Power Place, which makes them more believable than most published walk times.
Does Vivid Condominiums have an indoor pool?
Sources disagree. One database lists an indoor pool; another source’s detailed amenity description does not mention one. It may be a shared Michael Power Place community facility rather than a Vivid amenity. Confirm it on the amenity floor plan or the declaration before assuming.
How many units and storeys does Vivid have?
About 250 suites over 20 storeys, completed in 2015 by Pemberton Group. Suites run one bedroom through two bedroom plus den, roughly 570 to 1,120 square feet.
What is a shared facilities agreement and why does it matter here?
Where several condominium corporations share amenities — as appears to be the case across Michael Power Place — a shared facilities agreement sets out each corporation’s share of the costs. It is disclosed with the status certificate and directly affects your maintenance fee.
Are there three-bedroom units at Vivid?
The published suite mix is one bedroom, one bedroom plus den, two bedroom and two bedroom plus den, topping out around 1,120 square feet. This is not a building designed for families needing a true third bedroom.
What is the condominium corporation number for 1 Michael Power Place?
Reported as TSCC 2457, from a single listings database. Verify it free through the Condominium Authority of Ontario registry search rather than relying on a published figure.
How much do condos at Vivid Condominiums sell for?
Over the last 12 months the median resale at Vivid Condominiums was $518,373, across 12 sales. The typical unit sold in 27 days at about 98% of the asking price. That works out to roughly $710 per square foot.
How much is rent at Vivid Condominiums?
The median lease at Vivid Condominiums over the last 12 months was $2,400/mo, from 21 leases. Units typically leased in 9 days.
What does each unit type cost at Vivid Condominiums?
Over the last 24 months: One-bedrooms sold for a median $498,750 and rented for $2,300/mo; One-bedroom-plus-dens sold for a median $525,000 and rented for $2,400/mo; Two-bedrooms rented for $2,875/mo. Each median uses three or more deals.
Are prices at Vivid Condominiums up or down since 2022?
Down about 20%. The median sold price per square foot was $885 in 2022 and $710 over the last 12 months. Pricing off 2022 comparables is the most common mistake sellers make here.
What rental yield does Vivid Condominiums offer an investor?
At a median price of $518,373 and a median rent of $2,400 a month, the gross yield is about 5.6%, before maintenance fees, property tax, insurance and mortgage interest. Net cash flow depends on the fee and your down payment, so run the numbers for the exact unit.
Do mostly owners or renters live at Vivid Condominiums?
Mostly renters. Of the deals here in the last 24 months, 63% were leases and 37% were sales.
Can you Airbnb a unit at Vivid Condominiums?
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 Vivid Condominiums 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 Vivid Condominiums zoned for?
For TDSB public schools, the address is zoned for Islington Junior Middle School (Elementary & middle, JK–8), Etobicoke Collegiate Institute (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 Walk Score of Vivid Condominiums?
Walk Score 91, Transit Score 91 and Bike Score 70. Most daily errands can be done on foot.
What restaurants and shops are near Vivid Condominiums?
Within about a 10-minute walk: Ikkoi Sushi & Ramen (Japanese), Toji Sushi (Japanese), Resurrection Restaurant + Bar (Restaurant), Thai Room Grand (Thai), Cravin Kitchen + Lounge (American).
Which parks are near Vivid Condominiums?
Fairfield Park, Chestnut Hills Park, Echo Valley Park are the closest green spaces.
What is my unit at Vivid Condominiums worth?
Use the free AI estimator at the top of this page. It uses this building’s own recent sales and adjusts for floor, view and parking, and your number appears instantly. For a written CMA, I will price your exact unit against the latest comparable sales.
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Sources
Everything above that is a number or a name comes from one of these. Anything I could not source, I have marked as unverified in the text.
- condos.ca — Vivid Condominiums, 1 Michael Power Pl. Year built, 20 floors, 250 units, developer, corporation number, property manager, amenity list including the disputed indoor pool, and suite size range. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- strata.ca — 1 Michael Power Pl, Vivid Condos. Developer, architect attribution, the detailed amenity description that omits a pool, suite configurations and the Islington and Kipling GO walking times. Accessed 7 September 2026.
- Condominium Authority of Ontario — condo registry search. Free verification of any Ontario condominium corporation number. Accessed 7 September 2026.
Related reading
- The Etobicoke condo directory — every condominium corporation I could find, by neighbourhood
- Boutique low-rise condos between Islington and Kipling
- The condos within walking distance of Islington station
- All of my Etobicoke real estate writing
About the author — Jatin Dua, Etobicoke real estate agent
I’m the Broker of Record at RE/MAX Quantum Realty, 799 The Queensway in Etobicoke, a few minutes from every building on this page. I work with buyers, sellers and investors across Mimico, Humber Bay Shores, New Toronto, Long Branch, Alderwood and the Stonegate–Queensway corridor. I write these building guides the way I’d brief a client at my own kitchen table: what is documented, what isn’t, and where the published numbers disagree with each other.
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