Real Estate
April home sales
So far this year, Jan. 1 to the end of April, semi-detached homes in Leaside and Bennington Heights are doing better than detached homes compared to last year. This year the average cost of semi-detached …more
Month: June 2014
Stories
The family that wears those great hats
Eleanore Wynn’s favourite Leaside location is her own home, the house on Randolph Rd, where she’s lived all her life, first with her parents and now on her own. “My parents paid $5,000 for it …more
Stories
The perfect location for business and home
[media-credit name=”TI Group” align=”alignright” width=”300″][/media-credit]When clients and friends speculate on why Dave Smith and his wife, Anna, chose the Leaside industrial park for their two businesses, many are surprised that the answer has nothing to …more
Stories
LEASIDE STOCK INDEX
Montreal-based Jacob is a women’s fashion retailer catering to the middle market. In early May it announced it’s closing its doors after 35 years in business. Apparently it can’t cut it in Canada’s über competitive …more
Stories
Almost like living on another planet
In 1944 my parents, Fred and Ann King, bought the last house on Berney Cres. (behind the Garden Court Apartments) in South Leaside for $5,000. I lived there with my younger twin brothers and six …more
John Parker
Why we need a BIA in Leaside
It’s 1967. A young man named Alex Ling operated a successful small store on Bloor St. West, catering largely to the local community. Then his world changed. In that year the Bloor-Danforth subway opened. Former …more
Leaside Residents Association
What good are bylaws we can’t enforce?
Finally it’s spring and when you open your windows for fresh air you hear birdsong. Chances are, though, you also hear the sounds of construction. On practically every street homeowners are adding additions, having renovations …more
Community
Leaside 100 finished with a profit
As the last week of April came and went, perhaps you were thinking….“This time last year we celebrated Leaside’s 100th anniversary in grand style. That was a really great party! And the other events, the …more
Business
Change is constant at Leaside Business Park
Arguably one of Leaside’s biggest retail success stories is Moms to be and More, the 12,000-square-foot baby boutique at the corner of Bayview and Manor Rd. Over the past 13 years owner Karen Judd and …more
Stories
Artwork will be part of this year’s garden tour
There’s a little piece of Casa Loma right here in Leaside, a weather vane of the Angel Gabriel. A prototype of the one that sits on top of a pergola in Lady Pellet’s gazebo at …more