135 Isabella St
Toronto, Ontario M4Y
A 9-storey, 79-unit private rental building built in 1960.
- Property manager
- Berkley Property Management Inc.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
4 bylaw investigations at this address since Mar 2025; 1 still open.
A case starts with a complaint or an officer’s visit, so it is not a finding against the building. In a condo, a complaint about one unit is filed under the building’s address.
- Repairs and upkeep 3
- Garbage 1
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 237846 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 254620 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 184256 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 127211 WST 00 IR
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Bylaw investigation activity (open cases, and those closed in the last two years) and residential health hazards.
City building permits
9 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 4
- Plumbing and drains 3
- Parking garage repair 1
- Fire and life safety 1
- Jul 2021
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Parking garage repairs phase 1 - and waterproofing repairs on the garage roof slabe and localized conrete repairs.
Permit 21 185389 BLD
- Apr 2018
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Proposal for balcony concrete slab repairs in existing apartment building.
Permit 18 137441 BLD · est. $250,000
- Apr 2013
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Proposal to re-stucco east and west sides of existing apartment building (530m2)
Permit 13 155764 BLD · est. $20,000
- Oct 2010
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install 1 backflow prevention device in an existing apartment building.
Permit 10 278583 PSA · est. $2,900
- Aug 2005
Alterations · Fire Damage · Closed
Interior alterations & minor balcony renovations due to fire damage in unit 905 of existing apartment building (existing 9 storey apartment building)
Permit 05 169859 BLD
- Feb 2002
Plumbing and drains · Other(PS) · Closed
replace additional 8 hot water risers
Permit 02 109203 PSA
Show 3 older permits
- Dec 2001
Plumbing and drains · Fixtures/Roof Drains: Other · Closed
replace hot water riser.with Copper pipe) No PLANS.)
Permit 01 205469 PSA · est. $10,000
- May 1998
Alterations · Unknown · Cancelled
MAKE INTERIOR ALTERATIONS ON 3RD FLOOR. STE 306 BP
Permit 98 016957 BLD · est. $500
- Jun 1996
Fire and life safety · Unknown · Closed
CARRY OUT REMEDIAL WORK TO COMPLY WITH THE RETROFIT PROVISIONS OF THE FIRE CODE. LG
Permit 96 017181 FSU · est. $20,000
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Cleared permits and active permits. Contractors are named only on permits filed since 2017.
From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
70/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit83
49.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Sherbourne (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 350 m.
- Parks & trees53
13.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 220 m. 488 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling90
Within 1 km: 6.1 km of protected lanes, 2.8 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.45 km of shared routes. 18 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Monsignor Fraser College - Isabella Campus, 80 m), plus 10 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 3 libraries, 1 community centre, 12 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety8
10 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
North St.James Town
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (26% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.7× the city median).
- ShootingsLower than most
Lower than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (59% of the city median).
- HomicideLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (66% of the city median).
How often police recorded each crime for every resident of the whole neighbourhood, averaged over 2023–2025. Places many people visit but few live in, like downtown, rank high for that reason alone, so this is not part of the living score.
Air
Don Valley Parkway, 1.4 km away
None reported
Bands: traffic is high within 150 m of an expressway and moderate within 500 m; industrial is moderate under a tonne a year and high above. The industrial bands are ours, for orientation only: ChemTRAC totals mix substances of very different toxicity. Releases are self-reported to the City’s ChemTRAC program. For today’s readings see Air Quality Ontario.
Supervised consumption services
- Nearest site
- Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 80 m
- Sites within 1 km
- 1
Sites currently offering services, from Health Canada, updated 2026-09-15. Sites open and close; check the list for current status.
Zoning
Residential
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d2.0) (x498)- Height limit
- 18 m
Zoning By-law 569-2013, from City of Toronto open data. Exceptions (“x” numbers) and site-specific amendments can change what is allowed; check the City’s zoning map before relying on it.
Nearby change
- Open planning applications within 300 m
- 95
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
94 Isabella St · 270 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-04-10
This application proposes to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a residential building with a height of 228.5 metres (69 storeys, inclusive of the mechanical penthouse), reflecting changes to the built from the original application (File No.
City record30 Huntley St · 120 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-12-11
To permit the construction of two buildings, with building heights of 56 and 60 storeys and approximately 1,362 dwelling units, and a POPS. The project retains portions of the existing heritage listed buildings at 122-124 Isabella Street, 3
City record
Rezonings, site plans and subdivisions submitted in the last five years and still open.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Data as of 2026-10-03. Transit from TTC weekday schedules; parks, trees, cycling, schools, libraries, community centres, child care, collisions, crime, expressways, ChemTRAC releases, planning applications and short-term rental registrations from open.toronto.ca; Bike Share stations from Bike Share Toronto; supervised consumption sites from Health Canada.
From CMHC and the City of Toronto
Rent
Average rents nearby
Monthly rent in purpose-built rental apartments, October 2025.
| Bedrooms | North St. James Town | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,448 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,739 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,164 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,844 | $2,163 | $1,917 |
Averages over every unit, including long tenancies under rent control, so they run below what a new lease costs today. Condominium units rented out by their owners are not included. “-” means too few units were surveyed to publish; * marks an estimate CMHC rates poor. Source: CMHC Rental Market Survey, under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Rent reductions after property-tax cuts
When a rental property’s tax falls by more than 2.49%, Ontario law cuts its rents by a matching share, and the City writes to the tenants.
The City’s lists for 2014–2025 have no rent-reduction notices for this address.
Source: City of Toronto, Tenant Notification for Rent Reduction, 2014–2025.
Building facts
From the City of Toronto’s RentSafeTO registry, as reported by the landlord (registered 2017). Not resident reviews.
82 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 9
- Units
- 79
- Built
- 1960
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Berkley Property Management Inc.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Main floor, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage
- Visitor parking
- Paid
- Bike parking
- 30 indoor
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 13
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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