Hillcrest Village - The Josie Stern Team

Hillcrest Village boasts beautiful tree-lined streets making one feel far away from the buzzing city. Thanks to the many one-way streets and cul-de-sacs minimizing traffic and a high number of multi-functional green areas nearby, including the magnificent Cedarvale Park to the north and Hillcrest Park to the south, these quiet neighbourhoods are often coveted by families. Through the new trend of the so-called “Westward movement” of Toronto’s culture and nightlife, its many commercial streets host new trendy restaurants and shops.

Josie’s results-oriented approach was recognized in 2002 by the Toronto Star when they featured her as “a personality that influences a neighbourhood” and “a real estate agent with a mission.” They recognized that through her hard work over the last 13 years, Hillcrest Village had become a trendy and desirable area. Fourteen months after this article was written, the same newspaper reported that this area was one of two that had appreciated the most in central Toronto that year.

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Young professionals, singles, and families now join residents who have been living in the neighbourhood their whole life. Further west along St. Clair is Corso Italia, home to the second largest Italian community in Toronto, infusing the area with Italian culture. There are significant Latin American, Spanish, and Portuguese communities contributing to its growth and making a significant impact as well. Cedarvale to the north and Forest Hill to the east of Humewood are home to large Jewish communities whose children are making their way to Hillcrest Village, joining a large migration of young entrepreneurs, professionals, and young families from various religious and cultural backgrounds who are drawn to the vibrancy of Hillcrest Village real estate.

These two areas, Humewood and Hillcrest, are forever bonded by the new St. Clair Avenue West Streetcar Project which divides these two areas between north and south. The new streetcar project was developed to expedite traffic, to encourage more people to walk the streets, promote new business development and business improvement, as well as to beautify its streetscape. It will, undoubtedly, enhance the desirability and beauty of Hillcrest Village.

Real Estate – Hillcrest Village Bound

The friendly neighbourhood of Hillcrest Village, Toronto has always been a quiet residential area where families live for decades. Loved by its residents, many of Irish and Italian origins, it always remained in the shadow of the more well-to-do neighbourhoods such as Forest Hill, Cedarvale, and the Annex. This started to change when Josie Stern, now a successful real-estate agent in Toronto, got her first listing in the area. Realizing there was great potential in this vibrant community, she started to promote the area and its many advantages. Josie essentially became its ambassador, helping to move things forward. Combining her business skills with personal interest in the lives of its residents, and devotion to the neighbourhood where she sold her very first house, she gradually became more involved in the local community.

Almost 25 years and 1,400 sold homes later, the “Josie Stern” for sale sign is ubiquitous in Hillcrest Village. Today, the area is thriving, injected by entrepreneurial spirit, new business development, an explosion of lifestyle living condominiums, a new railway system, and dozens of new eateries, as well as arts- and community-based programs that cement this vibrant community. Hillcrest Village is finally being recognized for all the great things it can offer, becoming a popular destination for young professionals and singles starting yet another interesting era for the neighbourhood.

Hillcrest Village

Hillcrest Village is defined by the borders of these streets: Vaughan Road to the North, Davenport Road to the South, Bathurst Street to the East, and Oakwood Avenue to the West.

Hillcrest

Hillcrest is among the quieter neighbourhoods in the city and is a perfect getaway. Thinking twice about its name, you probably wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Hillcrest is nestled on the ridge of the Davenport Escarpment. As a result, the rich topography in the area creates particularly charming streets with some great views. Some of the oldest houses in Hillcrest were built in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The detached houses near Hillcrest Park are younger, originating between 1910 and 1930.

Humewood

The locals call Humewood “The Woods“ because of its many streets with lovely names ending with the word “-wood.“ A typical address here could be Cherrywood, Pinewood, or Maplewood Avenue. Highly popular architectural styles among Torontonians as Tudor, English Cottage, and Edwardian can be found in Humewood real estate. The buildings built between 1910 and 1925 come in various shapes and sizes. The distinct look of a Tudor house is created by the use of decorative half-timbering, steeply pitched roofs, narrow front doors and windows, and large chimneys with decorative brick, stonework, and chimney pots. The much smaller and more streamlined English Cottage style, with asymmetrical shapes, is often adored for its cozy, irregularly-shaped rooms.

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