Centennial / Port Union - east Scarborough's modern lakeside suburb

Centennial Scarborough (CDN 133) is the easternmost lakeshore neighbourhood of the City of Toronto, bordered by Port Union Road and the Rouge River to the east, Hwy 401 / Kingston Road to the north, Lawrence Avenue East / Lawson Road to the west, and Lake Ontario to the south. Within Centennial, the historic Port Union postal village - with its village commercial strip on Port Union Road - is the local centre. The neighbourhood is sometimes referenced as 'Port Union' or 'Centennial-Port Union' for that reason.

Centennial / Port Union is Scarborough's youngest established neighbourhood - much of the housing stock dates from the 1990s through the 2010s, with a substantial inventory of modern detached two-storey homes, executive townhomes, and new-build condo townhomes by the GO station. Lot sizes vary from compact townhouse footprints to executive detached lots on the streets closer to the lake. The neighbourhood has the relative uniformity of a planned community, with curving subdivision streets and a clean, modern feel that is unusual for Scarborough.

The defining infrastructure is the Rouge Hill GO station, on the Lakeshore East line, sitting on the eastern edge of Centennial / Port Union. Peak trains run roughly every 15-20 minutes to Union Station, and off-peak service has been steadily increasing under GO Expansion. The Lakefront Trail runs along the south edge of the neighbourhood with the Port Union Waterfront Park - one of the more dramatic stretches of public waterfront in Toronto - directly accessible. The TTC 116 Morningside and 905 Eglinton East express buses connect Centennial / Port Union to the rest of the subway and rapid-transit network.

Schools, parks and lifestyle reinforce Centennial / Port Union's family-suburban identity. Joseph Howe Sr PS, Charlottetown Sr PS, William G. Davis JPS and a strong roster of TCDSB elementary schools serve the elementary catchments. Sir Oliver Mowat CI is the local public secondary school. Adams Park, Port Union Waterfront Park and the Lakefront Trail give residents some of the best lake access in east Toronto. The Rouge National Urban Park is a 5-minute drive east.

From a real estate perspective Centennial / Port Union is one of the more rewarding lakeshore Scarborough markets because the buyer pool is unusually well-defined: families upgrading from semis in West Hill, Pickering or Ajax buyers wanting Toronto addresses, downsizers looking for low-maintenance new build townhomes near the GO. Sellers who treat the marketing properly - drone photography of the lake, professional video of the GO commute, accurate floor plans - consistently outperform homes that rely on a basic MLS listing. That is the standard we set.