- Bedrooms
- 2+1
- Bathrooms
- 2
- Size
- 1,200–1,399sq ft
- Per sq ft
- $939at the range’s middle
- Tax a year
- $5,8622026 tax year
- Parking
- 11 underground
- Days on market
- Members
The brief
About Ph1-169 John St
Ph1-169 John St is a 2+1-bedroom, 2-bathroom condo in Kensington-Chinatown, Toronto, listed for sale at an asking price of $1,219,880 (MLS® C14137778).
An expansive terrace, unobstructed wraparound southeast views and over 10-foot ceilings set the stage for penthouse living at 169 John Street. Offering nearly 1,400 sq. ft. of interior space plus a nearly 500 sq. ft. terrace, this sun-drenched two-bedroom loft pairs striking industrial character with an exceptionally spacious layout. Approximately $150,000 has been invested in a full renovation, blending beautiful contemporary finishes with the loft's distinctive design. Exposed concrete ceilings, columns and ductwork complement expansive windows that capture sweeping city views. The open-concept living and dining areas offer plenty of room to entertain, anchored by a stunning brand-new kitchen with high-end appliances, a gas stove, ample cabinetry and a large island with breakfast-bar seating. A dedicated home office enjoys views of the CN Tower, while the primary bedroom features a walk-in closet and ensuite bath. Step onto the terrace, complete with a gas line and water line, for outdoor dining, summer barbecues and evenings above the city. Ensuite laundry, parking and a locker complete the package. Ideally situated in a boutique mid-rise building at Queen West and John, steps from acclaimed restaurants, shopping, the AGO, Four Seasons Centre and transit, with the Financial District within easy reach. Generous space, distinctive loft design and an exceptional downtown setting.
Insights
Condition Score
Good71/1001 documented update signal
Source: Listing age, structured features and disclosed update language; not an inspection.
Cashflow Quality
Shortfall14/100−$3,366/mo against the cost of owning (20% down, 4.8%, 25 yrs)
Source: Median of 8 condos with 3 bedrooms for lease in Kensington-Chinatown right now. Cost of owning counts the mortgage, property tax and the condo fee.
Condition uses listing-record signals, not an inspection.
The home
Key facts
- Tax
- $5,862 / 2026
- MLS® number
- C14137778
- Board
- TRREB MLS®
- Property Type
- Condo Apt
- Days on market
- Size
- 1200-1399 sqft
- Listed on
- Parking
- 1 Underground, 1 Parking
Property details
Property
- Property Type
- Condo Apt
- Style
- Apartment
- Community
- Kensington-Chinatown
- Municipality
- Toronto
Building
- Size
- 1200-1399 sqft
- Construction
- Concrete
Inside
- Bedrooms
- 2+1
- Bathrooms
- 2
- Bathroom Details
- 1 × 4pc Flat, 1 × 3pc Flat
- Basement Type
- None
- Kitchens
- 1
Parking
- Garage Type
- Underground
- Garage
- 1
- Additional Parking
- 0
- Total Parking
- 1
Utilities
- Cooling
- Central Air
- Heating Type
- Forced Air
Additional
- Fireplace
- No
- Den
- No
- Family room
- No
- Condo maint.
- $1,261
Rooms
Room details unavailable
The listing source did not provide room-level measurements or features.
Listing history
Buy/sell history for Ph1-169 John St, Toronto, Ontario
Sale history on this site covers the last 2 years, the window permitted under the TRREB MLS® VOW agreement.
| Date Start | Date End | List Price | Price | Event | Listing ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date StartN/A | N/A | $1,219,880 | N/A | For Sale | C14137778 |
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The numbers
Mortgage Calculator
Plan with the current asking price
CMHC insurance: not required at 20% down. Payments use Canadian semi-annual compounding.
Mortgage Details
4.8% · 5-year term · 25-year amortization · 20% down
- Total down payment
- $243,976
- Total mortgage amount
- $975,904
- Total interest payment
- $693,896
- Total purchase cost
- $1,913,776
- Mortgage payment
- $5,566/mo
Cash Flow Analysis
If you rented this home out at 20% down
Break-even down payment
68%Monthly carrying cost
$7,316- Rent $3,950
- Shortfall $3,366
Rental income opens at $3,950, the median asking rent of 8 comparable homes for lease in Kensington-Chinatown. Type over it with the rent you expect. This is a planning tool, not advice.
Land transfer tax on this home
- Ontario land transfer tax
- $20,873
- Toronto municipal land transfer tax
- $20,873
- Total land transfer tax
- $41,746
- First-time buyer rebates (Ontario up to $4,000 + Toronto up to $4,475)
- −$8,475
- Total for first-time buyers
- $33,271
See how this is worked out
- 0.5% on the first $55,000
- $275
- 1.0% from $55,000 to $250,000
- $1,950
- 1.5% from $250,000 to $400,000
- $2,250
- 2.0% from $400,000 to $1,219,880
- $16,398
- Ontario total
- $20,873
Toronto’s municipal tax uses the same brackets at this price, so it adds another $20,873.
An estimate at the asking price, for a home with one or two single-family residences. Your lawyer confirms the exact amount.
Estimate
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The estimate is an automated value built from public and MLS® data. It is not an appraisal; ask Kassaundra Dobson, Broker of Record for a full comparative market analysis.
Comparable sales
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The land
Land and environment
Public records about this location. Not part of the MLS® listing and not provided by the listing brokerage.
Water and conservation3
- Not in Toronto and Region Conservation Authority’s mapped regulated areaAt the address
- No mapped wetland within 120 m120 m
- No water-supply well recorded within 250 m68 test or monitoring holes also recorded.250 m
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority · Province of Ontario open data
Planning and building activity5
- Outside the Greenbelt, Oak Ridges Moraine and Niagara Escarpment plan areasAt the address
- 84 building permits issued within 250 m in the last 2 years250 m
- 26 open development applications within 250 mAn application is a proposal: it may change, be refused or never be built.250 m
- Nearest airport: 1.8 km1.8 km
- Mapped parcel: about 5,300 sq ftMeasured from the municipal parcel map, which can differ from the survey and from the lot size in the listing.At the address
Province of Ontario open data · Municipal building permits · Municipal development applications · toronto.parcels
Around the home2
- Nearest rail line: 860 m860 m
- A trail on the Ontario trail network within 1 km1 km
Province of Ontario open data
Environmental records4
- No licensed pit or quarry within 2 km2 km
- No recorded oil, gas or salt well within 250 m250 m
- 2 facilities within 1 km report pollutant releases to Environment CanadaThe nearest is Enwave Energy Corporation — Pearl Street Steam Plant, 490 m away. Facilities report to the National Pollutant Release Inventory above set thresholds; reporting a release is not a finding of harm.1 km
- 1 federal contaminated site within 1 kmAll of them are closed. The federal inventory covers federal land only, not provincial or private sites.1 km
Province of Ontario open data · Government of Canada open data
Power and internet3
- Electricity is distributed here by Toronto Hydro-Electric System LimitedAt the address
- Wired internet 50/10 Mbps or faster is listed at this locationFixed wireless 50/10 Mbps or faster. LTE mobile coverage listed. ISED’s National Broadband Data at the nearest household point (20 m from the listing); 50/10 Mbps is its top category and includes faster plans. Confirm with a provider for this address.At the address
- Across the surrounding area: fibre to the home, cable, DSL internet listedFibre to the home: Beanfield Metroconnect, Bell, CIK Telecom, Dotto One, FibreStream, Rally, Rogers. Cable: Rogers. DSL: Bell. Fixed wireless: Rogers, SkyChoice Communications. Mobile: Bell, Freedom Mobile, Rogers, Telus. Satellite: Xplore. ISED’s list for the surrounding ~25 km² area; check with a provider for this address.Area-wide
Ontario Energy Board · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Each record is placed at the distance its own line states. None of it is an inspection of the property. Confirm anything that matters to you with the municipality, Toronto and Region Conservation Authorityor the record’s publisher.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Contains information made available under the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Open Data Licence v1.0.
Heritage and ravine protection
- Not found on the Heritage Register
- Not in a mapped Heritage Conservation District
- Not in the mapped ravine protection area
What this means: None of these City records was found at this address. That does not rule out other approvals, such as a conservation authority permit, so check before you plan work.
City of Toronto Heritage Register, Heritage Conservation Districts and the Ravine and Natural Feature Protection by-law, read at this address from the City’s maps. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.
Zoning
Zone
R (f4.5; d1.0) (x459)By-law
569-2013Municipality
Toronto1 f4.5
Frontage: at least 4.5 m.
2 d1.0
Density: floor area is capped at 1.0 times the lot area.
3 x459
Site-specific exception 459: this site has rules of its own, written in the by-law.
4 Where this is written
Chapter 10, section 10.10 of By-law 569-2013 · Exception 900.2.10(459)
5 What that means in practice
These are the zone’s rules, not permission for this lot. What can be built also depends on the exceptions, overlays and setbacks that apply here. Confirm with the City before you plan.
City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013, read at this address from the City’s zoning map. Open the City’s zoning map. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.
Permit history
1 building permit cleared at this address in the City’s file.
Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only)Closed
Install a premise isolation backflow device
Issued August 9, 2019
City of Toronto Open Data — cleared building permits, which begin in 2017. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.
Signals around this home
Changing nearby. 6 open development applications within 800 m of this home.
160 JOHN STSite planApplication Received
Proposed change of use from office to a hotel occupancy with ground floor modifications.
100 m away156 JOHN STSite planApplication Received
Proposed change of use from office to a hotel occupancy with ground floor modifications.
120 m away50 STEPHANIE STOfficial plan or zoning amendmentUnder Review
Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for an 11-storey purpose-built rental residential building atop a 3-storey podium. The proposed development contains a total gross floor area of 11,198 square metres, with a total number of 163 dwelling units. The proposed building is connected to the existing 24-storey rental apartment building through a 1-storey podium element. Together with the existing building, the proposal will result in a combined unit count of 444 rental residential units. The Official Plan Amendment is required to redesignate the lands from Neighbourhoods to Apartment Neighbourhoods.
150 m away259 RICHMOND ST WPlan of subdivisionUnder Review
180 m away259 RICHMOND ST WOfficial plan or zoning amendmentAppeal Received
Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a mixed-use development including two buildings, 37 and 42 storeys in height (131.0 metres and 145.2 metres, respectively, including mechanical penthouses). Proposed uses include two levels of retail, seven levels of office space, a daycare, the replacement of the existing movie theatre, an on-site publicly accessible privately owned open space and 693 residential units. The total gross floor area proposed is 80,334m2, consisting of 49,983m2 of residential floor area, and 30,351m2 of non-residential floor area. Two levels of below grade parking are proposed with 231 vehicle and 829 bicycle parking spaces. (Enacted as by-law 949-2022. Third-party appeal received.)
180 m away142 JOHN STOfficial plan or zoning amendmentAppeal Received
Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a mixed-use development including two buildings, 37 and 42 storeys in height (131.0 metres and 145.2 metres, respectively, including mechanical penthouses). Proposed uses include two levels of retail, seven levels of office space, a daycare, the replacement of the existing movie theatre, an on-site publicly accessible privately owned open space and 693 residential units. The total gross floor area proposed is 80,334m2, consisting of 49,983m2 of residential floor area, and 30,351m2 of non-residential floor area. Two levels of below grade parking are proposed with 231 vehicle and 829 bicycle parking spaces. (Enacted as by-law 949-2022. Third-party appeal received.)
180 m away
City of Toronto Open Data — Development Applications and Building Permits (cleared permits since 2017). An application is a proposal: it may change, be refused or never be built. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.
The market
Condos for sale in Kensington-Chinatown right now
- For sale now
- 83
- Median asking price
- $650K
- New in 7 days
- 11
- Price cuts
- 24%
Middle half: $519K to $862K
32 in 28 days
20 listings
This home is asking 88% above the median, higher than three quarters of them.
See all homes in Kensington-ChinatownAsking prices and counts of the MLS® listings on this site as of today. Asking figures only, never sold or leased prices.
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The street
Map and tour
Transit nearby
| Station | Lines | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Osgoode Station | TTC subway: Line 1 Yonge-University | 350 m |
| St Patrick Station | TTC subway: Line 1 Yonge-University | 500 m |
| St Andrew Station | TTC subway: Line 1 Yonge-University | 600 m |
| Queen Station | TTC subway: Line 1 Yonge-University | 1 km |
| Union Station | TTC subway: Line 1 Yonge-UniversityGO Transit train: Barrie, Kitchener, Lakeshore East, Lakeshore West, Milton, Richmond Hill, StouffvilleUP Express train | 1.1 km |
The nearest subway, light rail, train, bus rapid transit stations 5 km, as the crow flies. Source: TTC schedule data (GTFS) from the Toronto Transit Commission under the Open Government Licence – Toronto; GO Transit and UP Express schedule data (GTFS) from Metrolinx under the Open Government Licence – Ontario – Metrolinx, downloaded October 18, 2026. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Data used in this product or service is provided with the permission of Metrolinx. Metrolinx makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, with respect to the Data and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or currency of the data used in this product or service. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario – Metrolinx.
Schools nearby
| Elementary | Type | Distance | EQAO average 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogden Junior Public SchoolToronto DSB | Public · grades JK–6 | 350 m | 72%Grade 6 average |
| Beverley SchoolToronto DSB | Public · grades JK–8 | 700 m | — |
| St Michael's Choir (Jr) SchoolToronto CDSB | Catholic · grades 1–8 · French Immersion | 1.2 km | 99%Grade 6 average |
| École élémentaire Gabrielle-RoyConseil scolaire Viamonde | French-language public · grades JK–6 | 1.7 km | 96%Grade 6 average |
| Secondary | Type | Distance | Grade 9 math 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heydon Park Secondary SchoolToronto DSB | Public · grades 9–12 | 550 m | 8%Grade 9 math |
| Subway Academy IIToronto DSB | Public · grades 9–12 | 700 m | — |
| St Michael's Choir (Sr) SchoolToronto CDSB | Catholic · grades 9–12 | 1.2 km | 96%Grade 9 math |
| Collège français secondaireConseil scolaire Viamonde | French-language public · grades 9–12 | 1.7 km | 86%Grade 9 math |
EQAO: share of students at or above the provincial standard, 2024–25 (Ontario open data). These are the schools nearest this home, not the schools it is assigned to: boundaries change, and some schools take students by application. Confirm with the board before you buy. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
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