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12 York St · Toronto

Ice Condos

341 registered short-term rentals at this addressCondo — exempt from RentSafeTO inspections & signs
No City rating
This building has no RentSafeTO score — and never will under current rules.

The City's evaluation program covers purpose-built rental buildings only. Condos are exempt, so no inspection score and no colour-coded sign exist for this address. Resident reviews are the only record. Why condos have no signs →

Our read — from public records & cited coverage
  • One of the most-discussed buildings in the city: a 326-page resident thread on UrbanToronto documents recurring elevator failures, frequent fire alarms, and management complaints
  • Extremely high short-term-rental density; widely covered as a 'ghost hotel' before entering an official Airbnb partnership in 2023 (BlogTO, CBC); repeatedly the most-named building in Reddit 'worst building' threads (2024-2025)
  • A viral 2021 resident video documented false fire alarms multiple nights a week; a two-alarm fire in an upper-floor unit of 14 York made city-wide news in April 2024 (Global News)
  • A fatal shooting inside a short-term-rental unit was reported by CBC in March 2025; Toronto Police issued a warning about rental scams targeting the complex in 2021
  • Signs of cleanup from 2025: a Condominium Authority Tribunal decision against a board director (BlogTO, May 2025), fob-access upgrades, and a new 24/7 security contract from June 2026

Building facts

Ward
Spadina-Fort York
The City holds little to no data for this building — condos are exempt from RentSafeTO, so facts like elevator counts, heating type, and amenities are never filed. Know this building? Add what you know in a review below or tell us directly — we'll publish verified facts here.

Short-term rentals

341 active short-term-rental registrations at this address. High counts can mean hotel-style turnover in hallways and elevators.

Source: City of Toronto Open Data, Short Term Rentals Registration (refreshed daily).

Links & coverage

Resident reviews

No published resident reviews yet. If you've lived at Ice Condos, you know things no dataset does — two minutes of your experience saves the next renter months of regret.

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Elevator wait times
Pests
Noise
Heat & hot water
Management
Deposit / key money returned
Were the elevators out of service in the past month?

Known issues worth flagging if you have first-hand knowledge: Kitec plumbing, special assessments, chronic elevator outages, pest treatments, heat/water interruptions, short-term-rental churn.

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