THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
Summerhill and Deer Park occupy the residential belt along the Yonge Street corridor between Bloor Street and St Clair Avenue -- a stretch of midtown Toronto that has been one of the city's most established residential addresses for over a century. The neighbourhood is anchored at its southern end by Rosedale subway station and at its northern end by Summerhill station, with the full Yonge Street corridor and its independent retail and dining infrastructure running between them.
Scrivener Square -- a small residential precinct tucked between Yonge Street, Price Street, and the parkland to the east -- is the neighbourhood's most private address. Birch Avenue, a quiet cul-de-sac off Yonge, is its most recently developed boutique residential street. The neighbourhood's defining character is the combination of walkability and residential calm that very few midtown addresses produce.
THE YONGE STREET CORRIDOR
Summerhill's Yonge Street stretch is one of the city's most characterful independent retail corridors. The Five Thieves gourmet food cluster -- a collection of specialty food merchants concentrated on a short stretch of Yonge -- has made Summerhill a destination for serious cooks across the city. The North Toronto Station LCBO, housed in the heritage 1916 CPR station building, is one of the most architecturally significant building repurposings in Toronto. Boxcar Social, Terroni, and a constellation of independent restaurants serve a resident demographic that values quality over volume.
THE BUILDINGS
Summerhill's luxury condo market has developed meaningfully in the past five years. Thornwood II at 25 Scrivener Square -- completed 2004 by Cresford Developments with Brian Gluckstein interiors -- remains the neighbourhood's most established boutique address, with 135 suites, valet parking, and ceiling heights reaching 11.5 feet in the best-configured suites.
One Roxborough West at 1086 Yonge Street is North Drive's 12-storey boutique of 27 all-corner suites, with occupancy targeted for late 2026. 36 Birch Avenue -- also North Drive, with the same Richard Wengle and Michael London design team as 10 Prince Arthur -- delivered 27 two-storey townhome residences on a Summerhill cul-de-sac in 2022.
Further north, One Delisle at 1 Delisle Avenue is Studio Gang's first Canadian project: 47 storeys, 356 suites, a Himalayan salt room, and a spiraling form that is the most architecturally significant residential building to arrive in midtown Toronto in a generation. 1 Marlborough Avenue -- Devron's forthcoming masonry building above a restored 1930s Pierce-Arrow showroom at the Rosedale-Summerhill boundary -- is launching fall 2026.
THE MARKET
Summerhill's condo market trades at a meaningful discount to Yorkville's boutique tier while delivering comparable neighbourhood quality. The Thornwood II and One Roxborough West buyer is typically the buyer who has eliminated Yorkville on the grounds of commercial density and found Summerhill's quieter Yonge Street character more consistent with how they want to live. Freehold properties in the neighbourhood range from approximately $2 million for a smaller renovated Victorian to $6 million for the largest properties on the most significant streets.
To buy or sell in Summerhill or Deer Park, connect with Nissan Michael and Grace Chan at mryorkville.com.
