{"id":2266,"date":"2026-10-28T08:02:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T13:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/10\/28\/inside-summerhills-88m-luxury-rental-the-grapefruit-fountain-that-stopped-traffic\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T08:02:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T13:02:02","slug":"inside-summerhills-88m-luxury-rental-the-grapefruit-fountain-that-stopped-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/10\/28\/inside-summerhills-88m-luxury-rental-the-grapefruit-fountain-that-stopped-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Summerhill&#8217;s $88M Luxury Rental: The Grapefruit Fountain That Stopped Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The James at Scrivener Square is nearing completion in Toronto&#8217;s coveted Summerhill neighbourhood, and it&#8217;s not just another luxury rental tower. Rising 23 storeys near Yonge and Price streets, this <strong>127-unit market-rate rental development<\/strong> by Tricon Residential and Diamond Corp is turning heads with its finishing touches\u2014including a showstopping, bubbling grapefruit fountain that&#8217;s become a neighborhood talking point.<\/p>\n<p>Designed by acclaimed architectural firms COBE Architects and Graziani + Corazza Architects, The James stands <strong>88.21 metres tall<\/strong> and features completed red brick facades, soaring glazed entrances, and a pedestrian retail mews. The development&#8217;s pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance? A custom mosaic grapefruit water feature that recreates a citrus cross-section with intricate wedge-shaped tiles and a central bubbling outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond aesthetics, The James represents a significant shift in GTA rental supply at the luxury end of the market. The project also integrates with the TTC&#8217;s Summerhill station expansion, creating a new second entrance through the plaza\u2014expected to open in Q1 2028.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full story on UrbanToronto to see construction progress photos and learn more about this innovative Summerhill landmark.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- RealEstateToday Source Article --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none\" data-original-url=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2026\/10\/fizzy-grapefruit-finishing-touches-james-scrivener-square.62051\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2026\/10\/fizzy-grapefruit-finishing-touches-james-scrivener-square.62051\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the original article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- RealEstateToday Instagram Handles --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none\" data-instagram-handles=\"@triconresidential,@cobearchitects\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summerhill&#8217;s luxury rental tower The James nears completion with 127 units and an eye-catching grapefruit fountain. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s inside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[383,814,447,1202,1201,207],"class_list":["post-2266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-residential","tag-condo-development","tag-construction-update","tag-gta-real-estate","tag-luxury-rentals","tag-summerhill","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}