2523 Lake Shore Blvd W
Toronto, Ontario M8V
A 3-storey, 10-unit private rental building built in 1910.
- Property manager
- Capreit
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Issues & maintenance
Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.
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City bylaw and health cases
6 bylaw investigations at this address since Dec 2025; 1 notice or order to comply.
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 4
- Not enough heat 2
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171999 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171998 000 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 108721 HEA 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Feb 2026· Closed
- All properties shall at all times be kept free of pests and from conditions which may encourageinfestation by pests. Namely, termites. (closed)
Case 26 112976 PRS 00 IV
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 107962 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 270967 PRS 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.
From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
45/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit30
23 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes.
- Parks & trees34
10.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 140 m. 379 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling58
Within 1 km: 1.3 km of protected lanes, 3.75 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.75 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby37
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: John English Jr Mdl School , 460 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities64
Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 8 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety80
1 collision with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Mimico-Queensway
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (5.3× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (88% of the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (50% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (86% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (80% of the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (85% 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
Gardiner Expressway, 1.6 km away
660 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Alps Auto Repair
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
- Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 8.6 km
- Sites within 1 km
- 0
Sites currently offering services, from Health Canada, updated 2026-09-15. Sites open and close; check the list for current status.
Zoning
Residential Apartment
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RA (d1.5) (x778)- Height limit
- Set by the zone
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
- 1
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
2491 Lake Shore Blvd W · 300 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-06-27
Proposal to demolish the existing commercial/residential building on the subject lands and redevelop the site with a stepped 9-storey mixed-use building, inclusive of a rooftop mechanical floor, containing retail uses at-grade and residenti
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 | Mimico | Etobicoke (South) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,237 | $1,502 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,399 | $1,493 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,537 | $1,762 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,306 | - | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,447 | $1,630 | $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. 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.
97 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 10
- Built
- 1910
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Capreit Limited Partnership
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- None on site
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Ground level garage, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Bike parking
- 40 outdoor
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 3
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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