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688 Sheppard Ave E

City of Toronto

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How is this building rated?
85/100 · City of Toronto building-evaluation score · as of Jul 29, 2025
Who operates this building?
Operated by Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc · manages 70 RentSafe buildings in Toronto.
Has this property been altered?
4 building permits on record since 1997, most recently Apr 14, 2014.
4 development applications on file (Draft Plan of Subdivision, Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment, Site Plan Approval), most recently filed May 7, 2026.
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What’s the zoning here?
RM (f24.0; a1100; d0.75) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
9 active development records within 250 m of this address.
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  • Building permits
  • Zoning by-law designation
  • 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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  1. 2026

    1 filing · most recent May 2026
    View permits (1)

    1. May 7, 2026

      Application

      Under Review

  2. 2021

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

    1. Oct 31, 2021

      Application

      Closed

  3. 2020

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

    1. Jan 30, 2020

      Application

      Appeal Received

  4. 2019

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

    1. Nov 12, 2019

      Application

      Appeal Received

  5. 2014

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

    1. Apr 14, 2014

      replace fire alarm panel $6K
View 3 earlier years

  1. 2009

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

    1. May 13, 2009

      Install one 2 inch backflow preventer with expansion tank $5K

  2. 2007

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

    1. May 30, 2007

      Upgrade existing fire alarm system $18K

  3. 1997

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

    1. Dec 25, 1997

      FIRE PUMP

Nearby Development

Within 250 m

Active and recent development within 250 m of this address.

9 locations shown

  • 1

    680 Sheppard Ave E

    Demolition
    29 m
  • 2

    680 Sheppard Ave E

    Zoning Changes
    30 m
  • 3

    676 Sheppard Ave E

    Renovation
    107 m
  • 4

    635 Sheppard Ave E

    Zoning Changes
    126 m
  • 5

    685 Sheppard Ave E

    Renovation ×2
    127 m
  • 6

    29 Whittaker Cres

    Committee of Adjustment
    132 m
  • 7

    1 Greenbriar Rd

    Zoning Changes
    133 m
  • 8

    29 Whittaker Cres

    New Build Demolition
    140 m
  • 9

    699 Sheppard Ave E

    New Build
    148 m
2

New Build

3

Renovation

2

Demolition

1

Committee of Adjustment

3

Zoning Changes

Development 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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688 Sheppard Ave E in Toronto has 4 building permits on record dating back to 1997, most recently on April 14, 2014.