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489 Melrose Ave

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
5 building permits on record since 2009, most recently Dec 23, 2009.
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What’s the zoning here?
RD (f9.0; a275) (x1463) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
10 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • Liquor licences

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Building permit timeline

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

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2009
  1. 2009

    5 filings
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    1. Dec 23, 2009

    2. Nov 30, 2009

    3. Nov 26, 2009

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

14 locations shown

  • 1

    496 Melrose Ave

    New Build Demolition
    53 m
  • 2

    499 Melrose Ave

    Renovation ×2
    55 m
  • 3

    496 Melrose Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    55 m
  • 4

    163 Ledbury St

    Renovation
    103 m
  • 5

    508 Deloraine Ave

    Renovation
    151 m
  • 6

    524 Melrose Ave

    Renovation
    167 m
  • 7

    446 Melrose Ave

    Renovation
    180 m
  • 8

    440 Melrose Ave

    New Build Renovation Demolition
    202 m
  • 9

    440 Melrose Ave

    Committee of Adjustment ×2
    205 m
  • 10

    492 Fairlawn Ave

    Committee of Adjustment
    216 m
  • 11

    492 Fairlawn Ave

    Renovation
    230 m
  • 12

    515 Old Orchard Grv

    New Build Demolition
    231 m
  • 13

    466 Fairlawn Ave

    New Build
    238 m
  • 14

    547 Melrose Ave

    Renovation
    249 m
4

New Build

9

Renovation

3

Demolition

4

Committee of Adjustment

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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489 Melrose Ave in Toronto has 5 building permits on record dating back to 2009, most recently on December 23, 2009.