255 Richmond St E
Toronto, Ontario
A 224-unit condominium registered in 2004 (TSCC 1625).
- Living score
- 70/100
- Units
- 224
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
1 bylaw investigation at this address since Sep 2025.
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.
- Zoning 1
- Sep 2025
ZoningBylaw· Closed
Case 25 222601 ZON 00 IR
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City building permits
6 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Plumbing and drains 3
- Parking garage repair 1
- Alterations 1
- Fire and life safety 1
- May 2017
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposed cancrete repairs to existing parking garage.
Permit 17 165716 BLD · est. $200,000
- Jun 2015
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
4" backflow prevention device.
Permit 15 177601 PSA · est. $7,500
- Nov 2013
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal to repair fire damage to unit #626 in existing apartment building.
Permit 13 268993 BLD
- Jan 2003
Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Closed
Install sprinkler system in conjunction with BP 01 191018
Permit 03 101542 FSU · est. $60,000
- Aug 2002
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
install underground drains,Discharging in to Sump pits) in connection with bp permit 02-132442 (foundation)
Permit 02 132442 PLB
- Aug 2002
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
install 300mm storm drain, 200 mm sanitary drain, 200 mm water service, 8 cb, 3 sub pumps, 1 scupper drain, fixtures: basement 58 fd, 1st fl: 12 ks, 1- 2comt ks, 11 dw, 18 wb, 11 bt, 2 shower, 16 wc, 9 wm, 21 fd 2nd fl: 29 ks, 29 dw, 9 wb,…
Permit 01 191018 PLB
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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.
- Transit82
49 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Queen (1 Yonge-University Line), 750 m.
- Parks & trees40
10.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 180 m. 489 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling95
Within 1 km: 9.3 km of protected lanes, 2.2 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.25 km of shared routes. 15 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby85
13 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Ecole Elementaire Gabrielle Roy, 440 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 1 library, 5 community centres, 20 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety19
6 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
Moss Park
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.4× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.6× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (7.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (64% of the city median).
- HomicideHigher than most
Higher than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× 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, 750 m away
15.9 tonnes a year from 3 facilities, mostly Toronto Metropolitan University
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
- Street Health, 650 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
Commercial Residential
- Category
- Mixed use
- Zone label
CR SS1 (x339)- Height limit
- 90 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
- 35
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
115 Jarvis St · 160 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2025-11-17
Zoning By-law Amendment to permit a proposed 50-storey (164.5 metre) tall mixed-use building containing 596 residential units, 105 square metres of retail space at grade and 4 levels of underground parking for 142 vehicles. The proposed gro
City record150 Sherbourne St · 280 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2024-01-19
Site Plan Control application for a 7,544.3 square metres City of Toronto community centre to replace the existing John Innes Community Centre.
City record150 Sherbourne St · 280 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-03-17
Proposed underground transit station for the Ontario Line at Moss Park.
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 | Moss Park/Regent Park | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,278* | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,987 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,484 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,904 | $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.
- 2017
- 0.52% lower rent · 3 of 22 units notified
- 2018
- 0.54% lower rent · 3 of 21 units notified
- 2019
- 0.44% lower rent · 2 of 18 units notified
Where several units are listed, the cut shown is the median. Source: City of Toronto, Tenant Notification for Rent Reduction, 2014–2025.
Building facts
From the City of Toronto’s inventory of condominiums registered 2002–2018. Not resident reviews.
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 224
- Condo plan
- TSCC 1625
- Registered
- September 2004
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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