What Makes Willowdale Great?
One of Toronto’s most vibrant and cosmopolitan urban neighbourhoods, Willowdale can be seen as the core of North York, with many high-rise residential condominium towers, and commercial spaces with youthful energy and downtown feel. Within the Willowdale neighbourhood, you’ll find everything, from sushi restaurants, Korean fried chicken, bubble tea shops, pizza joints, to a condominium/shopping mall that includes an IMAX Cineplex cinema screen. Willowdale is also home to the highest percentage of ethnic Iranians, ethnic Koreans and Chinese.
Willowdale is also the home of the Earl Haig Secondary School which is highly regarded for its Claude Watson Arts program for dance, drama, music or visual arts. York University is also just a 25 min bus ride away from Finch metro station, with makes it a popular neighbourhood for many students.
Property and Home Types
Despite all the great neighbourhood stores and shopping the Willowdale offers, the area is largely residential, and the Willowdale real estate is full single-family homes, multi-story homes, condominium townhouses and high-rise development (luxury condos and shining office towers) along Yonge Street.
If condo living is your thing, Willowdale has plenty of condos to buy or rent. Check out Gibson Square Condominiums (5168 Yonge), Royal Pinnacle (33 Empress Ave), and Hullmark Centre Condos (5 Sheppard Ave E).
Neighbourhood Specialities
The public Mel Lastman Square hosts a number of local events. The highly acclaimed Centre for the Performing Arts which hosts local and world class entertainment.
For more of a commercial vibe, stroll down Yonge Street to check out the various restaurants, shops, grocery stores, shopping mall, movie theatre on display.
The convenience and selection of all the nearby bars, restaurants, grocery stores, movie theatre, shopping mall along Yonge street means that you won’t be disappointed living here. If you’re a movie buff, you’ll want to check out Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk multiplex, which plays the latest popular movies.
Schools Nearby
- Finch Public School (GR. JK-05)
- Cummer Valley Middle School (GR. 06-08)
- Georges Vanier Secondary School (GR. 09-12)
- Earl Haig Secondary School (GR. 09-12)
Transportation
Don’t have a car, or just don’t want one? Luckily you don’t need one in Willowdale. The neighbourhood is highly accessible by subway. There are four subway stations: Bayview, Finch, North York Centre, and Sheppard–Yonge station. The metro line provides easy access to the downtown core as well.
Future Outlook
With so many great places nearby to shop, eat and relax, Willowdale is truly an area that offers convenience for everyone is one of the best places to live in Toronto. This is why even more new condo projects north of Finch street, are being planned, adding more density along Yonge street.
If you want to learn more about this area, to invest or live here just email your questions to info@haushunt.com or send a message here and we’ll see how we can work together!
Trivia Time: You made it to the end! Here’s a little known trivia fact: Howie Mandel is from Willowdale!