485 Huron St
Toronto, Ontario M5R
A 13-storey, 70-unit private rental building built in 1965.
- Property manager
- Cromwell Management Inc.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
2 bylaw investigations at this address since Feb 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.
- Garbage 1
- Repairs and upkeep 1
- Sep 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 233225 WST 00 IR
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 112508 PRS 00 IR
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City building permits
14 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 9
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Parking garage repair 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Sep 2026
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Application Acceptable
REV01: Revision to permit 26 119469 HVA 00 MS for proposed design change for HVACHVAC - Proposal to convert vacant space on ground floor to a new suite.
Permit 26 119469 HVA
- Jun 2026
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal to convert vacant space on ground floor to a new suite.
Permit 26 119469 PLB
- Jun 2026
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Permit Issued
HVAC - Proposal to convert vacant space on ground floor to a new suite.
Permit 26 119469 HVA
- Feb 2026
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Inspection
Proposal to convert vacant space on ground floor to a new suite.
Permit 26 119469 BLD · est. $7,500
- Jan 2026
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Cancelled
Proposal to convert vacant space on ground floor to a new suite.
Permit 26 109216 BLD · est. $7,500
- Aug 2020
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal to renovate the lobby finishes in the existing apartment building.
Permit 20 187652 BLD · est. $50,000
Show 8 older permits
- Jan 2019
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Revision #01 - Changes to interior layout.Proposal for interior alterations to install lockers and bicycle racks on the P-1 garage level of an existing apartment building.
Permit 17 259072 BLD
- Sep 2018
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Interior alterations to corridors on floors 2-12 within existing apartment building.
Permit 18 225819 BLD
- Apr 2018
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
proposal for concrete repair to parking garage and podium deck.
Permit 18 146318 BLD · est. $3,000,000
- Nov 2017
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal for interior alterations to install lockers and bicycle racks on the P-1 garage level of an existing apartment building.
Permit 17 259072 BLD
- Sep 2017
Alterations · Addition(s) · Cancelled
Proposal for addition of entrance vestibule. Scope of work extends vestibule below second floor balcony - new floor area.
Permit 17 226561 BLD · est. $50,000
- Feb 2017
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Proposal for concrete slab repairs and guard replacement to the balconies of an existing apartment building.
Permit 17 120983 BLD
- Mar 1998
Alterations · Unknown · Closed
INSTALL MAGLOCKS ON B1 PARKING LEVELS (W23)/SP
Permit 98 014187 BLD · est. $2,000
- Jun 1997
Alterations · Unknown · Closed
CONSTRUCT A BLOCK WALL, POUR SLAB TO MEET EXISTING GARAGE SLAB TO FACILITATE A COMPACTING ROOM AND BINS. BASEMENT COMPACT ROOM - PARTITION.
Permit 97 017618 BLD · est. $10,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
56/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit97
90.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Spadina (1 Yonge-University Line), 240 m.
- Parks & trees2
2 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 40 m. 424 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling92
Within 1 km: 6.9 km of protected lanes, 4.5 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.8 km of shared routes. 10 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Huron Street Jr Public School , 180 m), plus 13 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities31
Within 1 km: 1 library, 0 community centres, 15 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety51
3 collisions 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
Annex
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.8× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (6.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% of the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Lower than 69 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (78% 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
No expressway within 2 km
3.9 tonnes a year from 4 facilities, mostly University Of Toronto Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories
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, 1.4 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
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d2.0) (x902)- Height limit
- 14 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
- 13
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
4 Spadina Rd · 290 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-27
Site Plan Approval for a 36-storey mixed-use building containing 431 residential dwelling units (including 24 rental dwelling replacement units), retail at-grade and in the concourse levels and 2 levels of office space. The site includes a
City record328 Bloor St W · 270 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2021-12-07
Site Plan Approval for a 37-storey mixed-use building atop an 8-storey base building, having a non-residential gross floor area of 627.9 square metres and a residential gross floor area of 31,231.27 square metres. A total of 366 residentia
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 | University/Annex | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,553 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $2,050 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,199* | $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.
100 / 100City inspection score, August 2024. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 13
- Units
- 70
- Built
- 1965
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Cromwell Management Inc.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 8AM TO 10PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, ground level garage, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Bike parking
- 4 indoor
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 11
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