Metropolitan Essex

While some prospective buyers are out in search of a brand new, shiny glass tower, others prefer to know that the kinks in their future home have been worked out already. The Metropolitan Essex would appeal to the latter camp, since the building has been on the market for nearly three decades now.

Built in 1991 by Polygrand Developments Inc., the base of the building at 296-298 Jarvis Street is made up of huge white bricks, establishing the scale of the building and an overall feel of grandeur.

There are no hotel-like amenities to be found at the Metropolitan Essex, but rather access to actual hotel amenities. Residents living at 296-298 Jarvis can make use of the extras located in the attached Ramada Plaza Hotel, including a full-sized indoor pool and sauna, a gym, and squash courts — all they have to do is walk across the enclosed pedestrian bridge to get there.

Benefiting those brave enough to drive in the congested streets of downtown Toronto, there’s also plenty of parking available at the Metropolitan Essex. Car owners or not, all residents can feel secure knowing there is onsite security in the building, and life is made just that much more comfortable thanks to the commercial businesses that are located in the building on street level.