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488 UNIVERSITY AVE

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
No building permits on record for this address.
2 development applications on file (Draft Plan of Condominium, Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment), most recently filed Nov 13, 2018.
What could change around it?
18 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • 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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  1. 2018

    1 filing
    View permits (1)
    1. Nov 13, 2018

      Application

      Closed

  2. 2012

    1 filing
    View permits (1)
    1. Aug 28, 2012

      Application

      Closed

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

21 locations shown

  • 1

    480 University Ave

    Renovation
    8 m
  • 2

    [E] UNIVERSITY AVE [BRANCH] / From: DUNDAS ST W / To: EDWARD ST

    Scheduled Construction
    58 m
  • 3

    [E] UNIVERSITY AVE [BRANCH] / From: EDWARD ST / To: ELM ST

    Scheduled Construction
    63 m
  • 4

    443 University Ave

    Renovation
    67 m
  • 5

    438 University Ave

    Renovation ×3
    69 m
  • 6

    449 University Ave

    Renovation
    91 m
  • 7

    255 Dundas St W

    Renovation
    115 m
  • 8

    505 University Ave

    Renovation ×2
    117 m
  • 9

    525 University Ave

    Renovation ×5
    131 m
  • 10

    [E] UNIVERSITY AVE [BRANCH] / From: ELM ST / To: GERRARD ST W

    Scheduled Construction
    137 m
  • 11

    425 University Ave

    Renovation
    147 m
  • 12

    234 Simcoe St

    Renovation
    153 m
  • 13

    439 University Ave

    Renovation ×3
    153 m
  • 14

    129 Mc Caul St

    Renovation
    181 m
  • 15

    550 University Ave

    Renovation
    182 m
  • 16

    400 University Ave

    Renovation ×5
    189 m
  • 17

    123 Edward St

    Renovation
    192 m
  • 18

    180 Dundas St W

    Renovation ×3
    195 m
  • 19

    393 University Ave

    Renovation ×3
    198 m
  • 20

    124 Edward St

    Renovation
    205 m
  • 21

    55 Centre Ave

    Renovation
    211 m
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Renovation

3

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.