Lawrence Park Property Management

Lawrence Park is bounded by Lawrence Avenue to the north, Bayview Avenue to the east, the Blythwood Ravine and Sherwood Park to the south, and Yonge Street to the west. The neighbourhood was laid out in 1907 as Canada’s first planned garden suburb, with curving streets, deep residential lots averaging 50 to 80 feet of frontage, and deed covenants that required every house to be detached and constructed of brick or stone. More than a century later, that original planning framework still governs the housing stock: roughly 94% of properties are detached single-family homes, and high-rise density is absent from the interior. That composition makes Lawrence Park property management mainly focused on detached single family homes for rental and management.

The neighbourhood falls under TRREB district C04 in the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board’s MLS system. Buttonwood Property Management has managed investment properties in the C04 corridor since 2011. Each lease we manage in the neighbourhood is subject to:

• Ontario Residential Tenancies Act
• Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO)
• Ontario Human Rights Tribunal
• Ontario Building Code
• Ontario Fire Code
• Vacant Home Tax (City of Toronto)
• CRA’s Non-resident Tax Withholding on Rental Income (NR4/NR6)

History of Lawrence Park

The neighbourhood takes its name from John Lawrence, a farmer and tanner whose holdings formed the northern parcel of what would become the community. In 1907, the Dovercourt Land, Building and Savings Company acquired roughly 150 hectares of farmland in what was then the separate municipality of North Toronto. The company’s founder, Wilfrid Servington Dinnick, intended the site as an exclusive residential enclave modelled on the English garden-suburb movement pioneered at Letchworth and Hampstead.

In 1908, Dinnick retained British surveyor Walter Brooke to design the street network. Brooke laid out winding roads that followed the natural contours of the ravine terrain rather than imposing a grid, and he set aside ravine land for public parks. The covenants attached to each lot required detached brick or stone construction, minimum setbacks, and minimum house values that kept the neighbourhood homogeneously upper-middle-class as it filled in. North Toronto was annexed by the City of Toronto in 1912, and construction proceeded through three major pauses: the First World War, the Great Depression, and the Second World War. Lawrence Park did not reach full build-out until the 1950s, a forty-year construction arc that produced an architectural range spanning Edwardian, Tudor Revival, Georgian, Colonial, and early modernist styles.

The Housing Stock in Lawrence Park

The dominant housing type in Lawrence Park is the two-storey detached brick home on a 50-to-80-foot lot. Most surviving houses date from the 1920s through the 1950s, though a steady rebuild cycle has replaced a share of the original inventory with larger custom homes that respect the neighbourhood’s streetscape conventions. Semi-detached and row housing are effectively absent from the interior streets.

Condominium and apartment inventory is narrowly concentrated along the Yonge Street corridor at the neighbourhood’s western edge. A small cluster of low-rise and mid-rise buildings sits between Lawrence and Blythwood, with additional density extending north toward Yonge and York Mills. The interior streets of Lawrence Park remain almost exclusively single-family residential, with no high-rise towers inside the covenant-protected core.

Rental inventory consists of whole-house rentals on the interior streets, and condo units in the Yonge corridor buildings. For detached homes, management is responsible for rental, management and both interior as well as the house exterior. For condominium units, management focuses on lease compliance, tenant coordination, and keeping the unit aligned with the building’s operational rules.

Residential Buildings in Lawrence Park

The neighbourhood’s multi-unit residential inventory is concentrated on a short stretch of Yonge Street between Lawrence and York Mills, with the Rosewell Avenue complex as the one interior exception.

• 3018 Yonge Condos (3018 Yonge Street). A 12-storey, 179-suite condominium completed in 2015 by Lanterra Developments at the former Yonge-Lawrence Toyota site. Suites range from 729 to 1,209 square feet, with one-bedroom and two-bedroom layouts predominating.

• The Lawrence Park Condominiums (2727 Yonge Street). A 7-storey, 101-unit condominium completed in 1997. Suites span roughly 800 to 2,700 square feet. The building carries a full amenity set including a fitness room, rooftop deck with barbecues, pool, sauna, and party room.

• Lawrence Park on Rosewell (451-485 Rosewell Avenue). A 6-storey, 336-unit low-rise condominium complex completed in 2005 by Tower Hill Development Corporation. Suites span 468 to 2,093 square feet across studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom layouts. Amenities include concierge service, fitness, library, and guest suites.

• Residences of Muir Park (2900 Yonge Street). A 9-storey, 72-unit condominium completed in 1987 by Costain. Suites run larger than the neighbourhood average, including several two-bedroom-plus-den layouts with views onto Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens.

• The Winslow (2781 Yonge Street). A 9-storey, 61-unit boutique condominium completed in 2023 by Devron Developments. The building sits directly across Yonge from Lawrence Station and has become the most recent meaningful addition to the neighbourhood’s multi-unit stock.

• Lawrence Park Apartments (2875 Yonge Street). A 5-storey, 17-unit rental building originally completed in 1920 and fully renovated in recent years. Select suites overlook Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens.

• Chatsworth Apartments (2928 Yonge Street). An art deco rental building completed in 1929 and managed by CAPREIT, with generously sized suites, hardwood floors, and archway detailing across studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom layouts.

Buildings Under Construction

Lawrence Park’s interior is fully built out and unlikely to densify given the covenants still attached to most interior lots. Development is instead concentrated along the Yonge corridor and on a small number of infill sites near Chatsworth Drive.

• The Chatsworth Residences (33 Chatsworth Drive). A 4-storey, 29-suite boutique condominium by Parkset Developments and Times Group on an infill site within the residential core. Construction began in October 2024, with occupancy targeted for 2027.

• The Aston Residences (3180 Yonge Street). A 12-storey, 109-unit mid-rise condominium by NYX Capital at Yonge and Fairlawn, designed by Richard Wengle Architect. Ground-floor retail anchors the podium. Pre-construction, with estimated occupancy in 2029.

• 2674 Yonge Street. A mid-rise condominium at Yonge just south of Lawrence, in the pre-construction phase with unit count to be confirmed at registration.

For those buyers, the management partner selected before occupancy will shape how the real estate asset performs over time to ensure optimal return on investment.

Market Prices: Renting and Buying in Lawrence Park

Whole-house rentals for detached homes in Lawrence Park typically range from $6,500 to $14,000 per month depending on size, condition, and lot position, with the larger homes on Dawlish Avenue, Blythwood Road, and Cheltenham Avenue commanding the top of that range. The median rent across the neighbourhood sits at roughly $7,400 per month. Condominium units along the Yonge corridor run $2,200 to $2,800 for one-bedroom suites and $2,800 to $3,800 for two-bedroom layouts.

The purchase market in Lawrence Park reached a median sale price of approximately $5.12 million for detached homes in the 2024-2025 cycle, with properties trading at 96% of asking and averaging 37 days on market. Condominium units averaged roughly $902,000 over the same period. Lawrence Park was ranked the wealthiest neighbourhood in Canada in the 2011 National Household Survey, and its property values have tracked that position through every subsequent market cycle.

Transit and Walkability in Lawrence Park

Walk Score rates the interior residential streets between 50 and 72, reflecting the deliberate low-density planning of the original garden suburb. Addresses along Yonge Street score significantly higher. The neighbourhood carries a Transit Score of 78 to 84 and a Bike Score ranging from 63 to 87 depending on proximity to the ravine trails.

Public transit. Lawrence Station on TTC Line 1 (Yonge-University) anchors the southwest corner of the neighbourhood at Yonge and Lawrence. The station completed a full accessibility upgrade with elevator service in December 2025. Surface routes include the 52 Lawrence West, 162 Lawrence-Donway, and 11 Bayview. The 61 Avenue Road North runs along the western perimeter.

Cycling. The ravine trail network connecting Blythwood Ravine Park, Sherwood Park, and Sunnybrook Park provides off-road cycling routes south toward midtown and east toward the Don Valley system. The Yonge Street bike lanes carry commuter cyclists north and south along the corridor.

Driving. Bayview Avenue provides direct access to the Don Valley Parkway for commuters heading downtown or north to Highway 401. Mount Pleasant Road connects south through midtown to the downtown core, and Lawrence Avenue provides east-west crosstown access.

Schools in Lawrence Park

Lawrence Park’s school catchment is consistently among the top-performing in the TDSB and is a primary driver of family demand across both the owner and tenant markets.

Blythwood Junior Public School (2 Strathgowan Crescent, JK-6) serves the southern portion of Lawrence Park with an enrolment above 400 students. The school site sits within the Blythwood Road Heritage Conservation District.

John Ross Robertson Junior Public School (130 Glengrove Avenue West, JK-6) serves the western half of the neighbourhood, drawing families to the streets between Yonge and Avenue Road.

Glenview Senior Public School (401 Rosewell Avenue, Grades 7-8) serves as the neighbourhood’s intermediate school, with students feeding in from Blythwood and John Ross Robertson.

Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute (125 Chatsworth Drive, Grades 9-12) is the neighbourhood’s secondary school, with roughly 1,255 students enrolled in the 2024-2025 academic year. LPCI opened in 1936 and has operated continuously as one of the TDSB’s strongest academic institutions.

How Buttonwood Manages Lawrence Park Properties

Tenant screening is where outcomes are determined. The proprietary processes and procedures Buttonwood uses have been developed across thousands of tenancies throughout the GTA since 2011. The results are uncommon in the industry and the low eviction rate is the main reason to drive referrals. Lawrence Park attracts senior finance and legal professionals relocating from other GTA submarkets, executive tenants on corporate assignment, families drawn by the LPCI and Blythwood catchments, and international investors purchasing heritage homes as long-term holds.

Once a qualified tenant is placed, management covers rent collection, maintenance coordination, lease renewal tracking, and annual rent increase notices under the Ontario Residential Tenancies Act. Property owners based outside Canada benefit from our non-resident tax compliance services, including CRA withholding obligations and NR4/NR6 reporting.

Managing detached houses and condo units in Lawrence Park requires hands-on involvement and oversight: this requires deep expertise and Buttonwood offers a comprehensive end-to-end solution to real estate investors.

Working with Lawrence Park Landlords

Lawrence Park’s landlord base is distinct from the condominium-heavy corridors elsewhere in midtown. Most owners we work with hold a single family detached investment property, often acquired as a long-term family asset rather than a yield-first purchase. Whether the property is a Georgian house on Dawlish Avenue, a Tudor on Cheltenham Avenue, or a condo unit in one of the Yonge corridor buildings, the management principles are the same: rigorous screening, transparent reporting, direct and open communication, and an experienced team that handles all maintenance, repairs and emergencies on your behalf.

Buttonwood delivers a value proposition that is affordable, carries the best reputation within the industry, and applies an uncommon level of expertise and ethical standard that both landlords and tenants deserve. More than 70% of our business comes through referrals.

• #1 Individual Associate — Units KW Canada 2025 — Top 5 Individuals (Keller Williams Portfolio Realty)
• Platinum Award 2024 (iPro Realty Ltd.)
• Platinum Award 2023 (iPro Realty Ltd.)
• Platinum Award 2022 (iPro Realty Ltd.)
• President’s Award 2021 (iPro Realty Ltd.)
• Platinum Award 2020 (iPro Realty Ltd.)
• President’s Award 2019 (iPro Realty Ltd.)
• Executive’s Club Award 2017 (Kingsway Real Estate Brokerage)
• 100 Percent Club Award 2016 (Kingsway Real Estate Brokerage)

Those are not marketing claims; they are measurable results over 14 plus years of rental and management services in The Greater Toronto Area.

Our midtown portfolio extends beyond Lawrence Park. We manage investment properties in Lytton Park to the southwest, Bedford Park to the north, and Rosedale further south along the Yonge corridor.

Contact Buttonwood to discuss management of your Lawrence Park investment property.