THE ARCHITECTURE
36 Birch is a development by North Drive at 36 Birch Avenue in Summerhill -- the same developer responsible for 10 Prince Arthur in Yorkville and One Roxborough West on Yonge Street. The design team assembled for this project is the same one that produced 10 Prince Arthur: architect Richard Wengle, interior designer Michael London, and landscape designer Janet Rosenberg & Studio. The combination of these three practices on a four-storey boutique townhome building on a quiet Summerhill cul-de-sac is an unusual deployment of resources. It is also the reason the building is what it is.
27 two-storey residences are organised in a four-storey building, with two distinct typologies: Garden Residences at grade, with private outdoor patios and fenced BBQ areas; and Sky Residences on the upper floors, with private rooftop terraces. Every suite spans two levels -- the floor plate of a townhouse rather than a flat -- giving the building a residential quality that stacked condominium layouts do not produce.
The building's position on Birch Avenue -- a quiet, shaded cul-de-sac adjacent to Ramsden Park and a local school -- gives it a street character consistent with the freehold residential neighbourhood that surrounds it. The architectural treatment is in keeping: Richard Wengle's design communicates quality without drawing attention, which is exactly what a building on this street should do.
THE RESIDENCES
Suite sizes run from 2,086 to 3,186 square feet across the collection, with pricing from $3,290,000 to $4,250,000. Every suite includes two parking spaces and a storage locker -- the same provision that North Drive made at 10 Prince Arthur, reflecting the developer's understanding of who buys into their buildings and what they require.
10-foot coffered ceilings on the main level. Signature fluted glass foyers and dens. Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances throughout the kitchen. A luxury range of interior finishes carried consistently across the collection. Gas fireplaces in the principal living spaces. Large private terraces -- rooftop for Sky Residences, fenced patios for Garden Residences -- with BBQ connections and maintained landscaping.
The two-storey layout deserves particular attention. A suite that spans two levels does not feel like a condominium in the way that a flat does. There is a ground floor and an upper floor. There are stairs. There is the physical differentiation of public space (living, dining, kitchen) and private space (bedrooms, bathrooms) that freehold residential architecture has always understood and that single-level condominium design has always flattened. For the buyer who has lived in a house and wants to continue living in something that feels like one, 36 Birch is the most considered answer in Summerhill.
THE LOCATION
Birch Avenue begins at Yonge Street in Summerhill, just south of the Summerhill LCBO and the North Toronto Station heritage building, and terminates at a small local park. Ramsden Park -- one of the city's most beautiful neighbourhood parks, with tennis courts, a skating rink, and the kind of landscape that takes a century to develop -- is steps away. Summerhill subway station is a five-minute walk north. The Yonge Street corridor of boutique restaurants, specialty merchants, and the Five Thieves gourmet food cluster is at the corner.
For a buyer who wants Summerhill access from a residential address that feels entirely removed from Yonge Street, Birch Avenue is the answer. The street is a cul-de-sac. It exists for the people who live there and no one else. 36 Birch is at the end of it.
PARKING AND PETS
Every suite includes two parking spaces and a storage locker. 56 vehicle parking stalls serve the building's 27 households. Pet policies are governed by the condominium corporation's current declaration; buyers should confirm specific rules through the status certificate before purchasing. Nissan Michael can coordinate that review.
THE MARKET
36 Birch completed in 2022 and 2023, placing it in the active resale market with the advantages of recent construction -- current build quality, full warranty history, and a known specification. At $3.29 million to $4.25 million, the building is priced below the boutique Yorkville tier (10 Prince Arthur, 89 Avenue) and above the standard Summerhill condo market, reflecting both the quality of the North Drive product and the particular value of a two-storey, private-terrace townhome at a Summerhill cul-de-sac address.
With only 27 residences, the building's available inventory is perpetually limited. When a suite comes to market at 36 Birch, the buyer who is looking for this specific combination -- North Drive quality, Richard Wengle design, Summerhill address, two-storey layout, private terrace -- has typically been watching the building for some time.
Looking to buy or sell at 36 Birch? Contact Nissan Michael -- Mr. Yorkville -- for current availability, recent sale context, and expert representation at this Summerhill address.
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