25 Frederick Todd Way (The Frederick), Toronto

About the building

25 Frederick Todd Way is the last of three towers in Upper East Village, the master-planned block Camrost-Felcorp has been building out at Laird and Eglinton. Arcadis did the architecture. It stands 28 storeys, about 100 metres, with 301 units, per the draft plan of condominium filed with the City of Toronto in November 2025. The two earlier addresses in the same community are 33 Frederick Todd Way, occupied since around 2023, and 939 Eglinton Avenue East. 36 Brentcliffe Road, on the same site, is the rental building in the community.

Where the building sits in its life matters more than any of that. Occupancy began in the summer of 2026, first move-ins in August. The City's status on the plan of condominium is Draft Plan Approved, so this is interim occupancy: no registered corporation, no TSCC number, owners paying occupancy fees rather than a mortgage plus maintenance fees, and no ordinary resales until registration. If you own here and want out before then, that's an assignment, not a sale. It's also why nobody can quote you a final maintenance fee yet.

Amenities

The amenity program runs to roughly 10,000 square feet: concierge, a fitness room with a yoga studio, a hydrotherapy spa with a sauna, a massage room, a co-working lounge, a private dining room, a party and games room, and an outdoor garden with a fire pit, barbecues and a pizza oven.

As of September 2026 not all of it is finished. Amenity spaces get handed over in stages, and it's normal for the gym to open months before the spa or the outdoor deck. If one amenity is the reason you want to be here, ask what's actually open on the day you sign. I'll check before you commit.

Getting around

Line 5 Eglinton opened on February 8, 2026, and Laird station sits at Laird and Eglinton, about 460 metres from the front door, call it a seven-minute walk. That's the single biggest thing that changed about this address. West to Eglinton station on Line 1 at Yonge, and east to Kennedy on Line 2, is a train ride now instead of a bus ride.

Walk Score puts the address at 82, which matches how it feels. Groceries, hardware and a coffee are on foot, but it isn't a downtown walk-everywhere block. By car you're minutes from the Don Valley Parkway. If you're bringing a second car, confirm the unit comes with a second space rather than counting on the street.

What's nearby

SmartCentres Leaside is about a ten-minute walk up Laird: Home Depot, Best Buy, Winners, Sport Chek, a Sobeys and an LCBO in one plaza. That's unusual for a Toronto condo. Most towers put you near restaurants and a small grocer, not big-box. Bayview Avenue's shops and the Eglinton strip through Leaside proper are the other direction, and the Don Valley ravine trails are close enough to run to.

For schools, the TDSB's Find Your School tool returned Rolph Road Elementary (JK to 6), Bessborough Drive Elementary and Middle for the intermediate grades, and Leaside High (9 to 12) as of September 2026. Boundaries get redrawn, so confirm with the board before you decide on it. I haven't verified the Catholic board's catchment.

Leaside, Thorncliffe Park or East York?

This trips up almost everyone who searches the address, so here's the plain answer. The building is marketed as Leaside and that's how people talk about it. On MLS it's filed under Thorncliffe Park, TRREB district C11. The City of Toronto's own neighbourhood boundary also puts the site in Thorncliffe Park. Some listing portals label the wider area East York, the former municipality all of this sat in before amalgamation.

All four describe the same place. Nothing is wrong and nobody is misleading you. It matters for one practical reason: filter a portal on Leaside and you may not see these units at all. Search the street name instead. It also means comparable-rent data labelled Thorncliffe Park includes units here, while data labelled Leaside mostly won't.

Rent control at 25 Frederick Todd Way

Units here are exempt from Ontario's annual rent increase guideline. Section 6.1 of the Residential Tenancies Act exempts buildings where no part was occupied for residential purposes on or before November 15, 2018, and this building was first occupied in 2026. The guideline does not cap what a landlord can ask for at renewal.

Exempt is not unregulated, and this is where tenants get bad information. The landlord still has to give 90 days' written notice of any increase on the Board's Form N2, and can still only raise the rent once every 12 months. The rest of the Act applies as normal: the rent deposit is capped at one month, goes to the last month, and earns you interest every year. To check a different address, use the free rent control checker.

Asking rents by unit type, right now

From the active lease listings on my board at this address. These are asking prices on live listings, not what anything leased for, and they move as listings come and go.

For the wider picture, the rent guide breaks asking rents down by neighbourhood and bedroom count.

The rest of Upper East Village

33 Frederick Todd Way is the tower next door, occupied since around 2023. I've leased units there for both landlords and tenants, so if the floor plan you want isn't available here, it's the first place I'd look. 36 Brentcliffe Road, also on the site, is the rental building in the community.