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Yonge and eglinton

Yonge and Eglinton, once a part of the old Town of North Toronto, is also affectionately known as “Yonge and Eligible” thanks to the 20-something crowds that settled into the low and high-rise apartment buildings in the 70’s and 80’s. Today that moniker is more about lifestyle than age - while the young crowd is still here, Yonge and Eglinton is especially popular with families raising school-age children. It has everything families are looking for in a neighbourhood including good sized houses, an excellent selection of public, private and separate schools and a multitude of parks and recreational facilities. Recently, because of its centralized location, there has been massive development, including a number of big-box retailers and high density residential towers.

REAL ESTATE IN YONGE-EGLINTON

While development has concentrated around the Eglinton subway station, there are still plenty of residential homes in the immediate area. To the north the housing stock includes bungalows, as well as semi-detached and fully detached houses, built mostly between 1910 and 1940. The southernmost neighbourhood, known as Chaplin Estates, is a bit more up-scale with larger lots and grander detached houses.

LIVING IN YONGE-EGLINTON

While the young crowd is still here, Yonge and Eglinton is especially popular with families raising school-age children.

A dynamic retail core combined with quiet side streets, highly reputable schools and the nearby North Toronto Memorial Community Centre (which offers tennis, soccer, swimming and water slide, gymnasium, squash courts, a walking track, and dog friendly park), make this not only a sought-after neighbourhood but one that will remain a vibrant and successful focal point of Toronto for years to come.

SHOPPING AND FOOD IN YONGE-EGLINTON

The area is home to a variety of small retail stores, restaurants, cafés and bakeries, several big box stores and a large indoor mall with a movie theatre complex and dozens of shops and restaurants that get especially active at lunchtime when the office towers empty and high school kids get out.

Yonge-Eglinton excellent public transit access which will get a further boost with the development of the Eglinton–Scarborough Cross-town Line.

FIND A HOME IN YONGE-EGLINTON & Chaplin Estates

Contact Jen today to start your search for a property in Toronto’s Yonge-Eglinton neighbourhood and the Chaplin Estates community. Jen’s personalized approach to each situation allows for a deep understanding of your real estate needs to find the perfect home and neighbourhood that meets all your real estate goals. With decades of experience selling, designing and renovating homes across the GTA, Jen definitely brings more to the table than your average realtor.

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