Homes in Bayview Village

Houses for sale in Bayview Village Toronto Real Estate

Bayview Village original developers wanted to make good use of the countryside and ravines of the East Don River, so they began to build five houses per acre. This was unusual at the time, because many lots in the city had five houses each. This distinct feature is evident today in the large, spacious lots of many Bayview Village houses. Although the area has grown substantially, the community has managed to retain its charm as a picturesque place in the city’s north end.

The present day Bayview Village neighbourhood has its original plans from 1954 by a group of developers led by Farlinger Development Ltd. Bayview Village was hailed as "contemporary living in the countryside, at the doorstep of the urban concentration of Metropolitan Toronto." The design and layout of Bayview Village is very much influenced by the East Don Valley Parklands. Dr. E.G. Faludi, the town planner who designed Bayview Village, recognized the importance of the East Don Valley Parklands when he said "We will fit the community into the landscape and not the landscape into the community." Faludi's trademark curvilinear street pattern that follows the natural contours of the land was designed to highlight the natural beauty of the neighbourhood. Nearly a quarter of the space in Bayview Village is green. Bayview Village's winding streets and culs-de-sac are planted with mature birch, cedar, willow, spruce, pine and maple trees. Some of the Bayview Village houses are situated on ravine lots that feature views of the East Don River Valley Parklands. Several of the street names in Bayview Village recall that the area was a racehorse training stable and grounds before being developed.

Bayview Village residents are within short distance of :

• a public elementary
• a public middle school
• one private school housed in a former public elementary school
• a Catholic Elementary school located on the west side of Bayview Avenue
• There are four churches, one United church, one Greek Orthodox church, one Catholic Church. There is also one Anglican Church which is located just outside the accepted boundaries of the area.
• an upscale shopping centre of the same name serving the area in the north-east corner of Sheppard Avenue and Bayview Avenue

Most of the houses are original. However in the most recent years new development of Modern Homes are entering the Market place. To date there has only been some limited in-fill housing built within the Bayview Village area. A new development including high rise condominiums has been approved. This will be built on the north side of Sheppard Avenue on the south side of Bayview Village. This is part of the increased intensity of development in the area around Bayview Village. There are a number of new high rise and townhouse developments which it is hoped will bring in sufficient population to make the Sheppard subway a viable line (subway stations, Bayview and Bessarion, serve the neighbourhood).

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Bayview Village is in the part of the C15 district of the Toronto Real Estate Board or TREB. Contact Allen Mayer Broker so we may provide you with current available listings in this area of the Central Toronto Area.

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