Bayview Village is the draw

Transit, dining, shopping and more at the door

The saying “build it and they will come” related first to baseball, but it applies equally to subways. Here, it’s the Sheppard subway that has had people flocking to the North York corridor. The subway was one of the reasons Liberty Development chose the Bayview and Sheppard site of their new project, The Village Residences. It will be close to the Bayview subway station. “Anytime you’re going to have a subway line, of course it stands to reason you’re going to have a certain amount of condos pop up to feed that line,” says Shawn Richardson, Liberty’s director of sales and marketing. The community was a tight residential neighbourhood even before the subway, though, enjoying close access to highways 401, 404 and the Don Valley Parkway, and proximity to Yonge Street and North York General Hospital. All that increased its appeal for Liberty, too. “It’s not every location that offers you public transportation but also 400-series highways,” Richardson says. 50 Steps “Bayview Village is a fantastic mall. You pretty much have everything there,” Richardson says, and, as it happens, it is just across the street from The Village Residences. Pick up a bottle of wine at the LCBO on your way home from work, buy a book at Chapters (or just borrow one from its Toronto Public Library branch), or shop at any number of stores, from Banana Republic and the Gap, to Brooks Brothers and Pink Tartan. Or, if you don’t want to cook at home, dinner’s waiting at such restaurants as Origin North or Il Fornello. “That’s been quite a draw for people,” Richardson adds. 100 Steps While the project will have its own amenities, residents who want a little more won’t have far to go. The Sheppard Avenue YMCA is around the corner, with swimming pools, squash and racquetball courts, exercise facilities, a gymnasium and an indoor track — meaning residents won’t have any excuses to skip a workout. 300 Steps Part of the draw of North York is its proximity to parks, and this project is no different. Rean Park is only a fiveminute walk south, while Bayview Village Park is north of the project, complete with tennis and baseball for the adults, and a splash pad and playground for the little ones. “And you’ve got schools that are close by too,” Richardson adds. “There’s Hollywood Public School and St. Gabriel (Catholic School).”

Suites range f rom 468 to 1, 335 square f eet and are priced f r om t he l ow $ 300,000s. The sales office is at 591 Sheppard Ave. E., North York, and open Monday to Thursday noon to 7 p. m., Friday by appointment, and weekends and holidays noon to 6 p.m. Call 647- 622- 8408 or visit villageresidences.ca.