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253 King St E

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
4 building permits on record since 2012, most recently Apr 18, 2017.
2 development applications on file (Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment, Site Plan Approval), most recently filed Jul 24, 2008.
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What’s the zoning here?
CR SS1 (x339) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
28 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • Property boundaries (parcel)
  • Planning & environmental constraints
  • Flood plain & conservation regulation (TRCA)
  • Heritage Register status
  • Building footprint & massing
  • Nearest fire station
  • Nearest TTC transit stop
  • Nearest park & green space
  • Street-tree density
  • Building violations & orders
  • Property standards orders (ML&S)
  • Fire safety inspections
  • Rental building condition rating
  • Rent-reduction notices
  • Business licences
  • Short-term rental registrations
  • Multi-tenant (rooming) house licences
  • Sign permits
  • Development applications
  • Committee of Adjustment (zoning variances)
  • Local Appeal Body appeals
  • Food inspections (DineSafe)
  • Liquor licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

Contains information made available under the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)'s Open Data Licence v 1.0

Source: Statistics Canada, Forward sortation areas, digital boundary file, 2021 Census. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.

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Building permit timeline

Year-grouped permit history. Permits collapse under each year.

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2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
  1. 2017

    3 filings
    View permits (3)
  2. 2012

    1 filing
    View permits (1)
  3. 2008

    2 filings
    View permits (2)
    1. Jul 24, 2008

      Application

      Closed

    2. Jul 24, 2008

      Application

      Closed

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

25 locations shown

  • 1

    275 King St E

    Renovation
    44 m
  • 2

    154 Front St E

    Renovation ×2
    87 m
  • 3

    177 Front St E

    Renovation
    99 m
  • 4

    21 Lower Sherbourne St

    Renovation
    104 m
  • 5

    2 addresses at this point

    Scheduled Construction ×2
    114 m
  • 6

    366 Adelaide St E

    Renovation
    126 m
  • 7

    69 Sherbourne St

    Renovation
    145 m
  • 8

    317 Adelaide St E

    Renovation
    148 m
  • 9

    197 King St E

    Renovation ×2
    162 m
  • 10

    207 Front St E

    Renovation
    163 m
  • 11

    132 Front St E

    Renovation
    167 m
  • 12

    219 Front St E

    Renovation
    173 m
  • 13

    333 King St E

    Renovation ×3
    173 m
  • 14

    300 Adelaide St E

    Renovation
    181 m
  • 15

    33 Princess St

    Renovation
    192 m
  • 16

    200 King St E

    Renovation ×2
    194 m
  • 17

    25 Ontario St

    Renovation ×6
    196 m
  • 18

    227 Front St E

    Renovation
    206 m
  • 19

    PRINCESS ST / From: THE ESPLANADE / To: 50m North of The Esplanade

    Scheduled Construction
    208 m
  • 20

    25 George St

    Development Permits
    214 m
  • 21

    49 Ontario St

    Renovation Demolition
    230 m
  • 22

    GEORGE ST (TO) / From: KING ST E / To: ADELAIDE ST E

    Scheduled Construction
    232 m
  • 23

    284 King St E

    New Build Renovation
    234 m
  • 24

    176 The Esplanade

    Renovation
    239 m
  • 25

    311 Richmond St E

    Renovation
    250 m
1

New Build

31

Renovation

1

Demolition

1

Development Permits

4

Scheduled Construction

Construction activity detected within 250 m, from the City of Toronto's open data. Each pin is a City-geocoded point (which may hold more than one record/address); click for details. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.

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253 King St E in Toronto has 4 building permits on record dating back to 2012, most recently on April 18, 2017.