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700 Bay St

City of Toronto

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Has this property been altered?
188 building permits on record since 1997, most recently Jul 21, 2025.
2 development applications on file (Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment, Site Plan Approval), most recently filed Mar 21, 2016.
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What’s the zoning here?
CR (x96) · as of Feb 20, 2026
What could change around it?
33 active construction records within 250 m of this address.
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  • Nearest park & green space
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  • Property standards orders (ML&S)
  • Fire safety inspections
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  • 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

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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. 2025

    1 filing
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  2. 2023

    8 filings
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  3. 2022

    17 filings
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  4. 2021

    15 filings
    View permits (15)
    1. Mar 15, 2021

  5. 2020

    17 filings
    View permits (17)
View 23 earlier years
  1. 2019

    8 filings
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    1. Jul 23, 2019

    2. May 27, 2019

  2. 2018

    15 filings
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  3. 2017

    3 filings
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  4. 2016

    21 filings
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    1. Mar 21, 2016

      Application

      Closed

  5. 2015

    4 filings
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  6. 2014

    6 filings
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    1. Sep 16, 2014

      Application

      Closed

  7. 2013

    7 filings
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  8. 2012

    1 filing
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  9. 2011

    10 filings
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  10. 2010

    5 filings
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  11. 2009

    3 filings
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  12. 2008

    16 filings
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  13. 2007

    1 filing
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  14. 2006

    2 filings
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  15. 2005

    1 filing
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  16. 2004

    2 filings
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  17. 2003

    2 filings
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  18. 2002

    1 filing
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  19. 2001

    6 filings
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  20. 2000

    10 filings
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    1. Sep 14, 2000

  21. 1999

    2 filings
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  22. 1998

    5 filings
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  23. 1997

    1 filing
    View permits (1)

Nearby Construction

Within 250 m

Active and recent construction within 250 m of this address.

35 locations shown

  • 1

    686 Bay St

    Renovation ×4
    36 m
  • 2

    76 Gerrard St W

    Renovation
    40 m
  • 3

    68 Gerrard St W

    Renovation
    43 m
  • 4

    2 addresses at this point

    Renovation ×15
    69 m
  • 5

    175 Elizabeth St

    Renovation ×4
    95 m
  • 6

    ELIZABETH ST (TO) / From: WALTON ST / To: GERRARD ST W

    Scheduled Construction
    105 m
  • 7

    655 Bay St

    Renovation ×2
    106 m
  • 8

    ELIZABETH ST (TO) / From: ELM ST / To: WALTON ST

    Scheduled Construction
    106 m
  • 9

    44 Gerrard St W

    Renovation
    109 m
  • 10

    2 addresses at this point

    Scheduled Construction ×2
    110 m
  • 11

    63 Elm St

    Zoning Changes
    129 m
  • 12

    59 Elm St

    Zoning Changes
    130 m
  • 13

    67 Elm St

    Zoning Changes
    130 m
  • 14

    57 Elm St

    Zoning Changes
    131 m
  • 15

    65 Elm St

    Zoning Changes
    131 m
  • 16

    61 Elm St

    Zoning Changes
    132 m
  • 17

    55 Elm St

    Zoning Changes
    132 m
  • 18

    170 Elizabeth St

    Renovation ×2
    147 m
  • 19

    ELIZABETH ST (TO) / From: EDWARD ST / To: ELM ST

    Scheduled Construction
    150 m
  • 20

    761 Bay St

    Renovation ×5
    153 m
  • 21

    33 Gerrard St W

    Renovation
    156 m
  • 22

    889 Bay St

    Renovation
    182 m
  • 23

    8 Elm St

    Renovation
    194 m
  • 24

    112 Elizabeth St

    Renovation
    197 m
  • 25

    201 Elizabeth St

    Renovation
    203 m
  • 26

    384 Yonge St

    Renovation ×3
    205 m
  • 27

    633 Bay St

    Renovation
    205 m
  • 28

    420 Yonge St

    Zoning Changes
    215 m
  • 29

    610 Bay St

    Development Permits Zoning Changes
    230 m
  • 30

    150 Gerrard St W

    Renovation ×3
    233 m
  • 31

    610 Bay St

    Renovation
    239 m
  • 32

    604 Bay St

    Development Permits Zoning Changes
    244 m
  • 33

    604 Bay St

    Renovation ×2 Demolition
    245 m
  • 34

    366 Yonge St

    Renovation
    248 m
  • 35

    382 Yonge St

    Renovation
    249 m
52

Renovation

1

Demolition

2

Development Permits

10

Zoning Changes

5

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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700 Bay St in Toronto has 188 building permits on record dating back to 1997, most recently on July 21, 2025.