8 Gloucester St
Toronto, Ontario M4Y
A 34-storey, 231-unit private rental building built in 2021.
- Property manager
- Tricon Residential Inc
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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.
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Fire and life safety 2
- Plumbing and drains 2
- Alterations 2
- Demolition 1
- Oct 2024
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
Revision - to hvac layout.HVAC - Proposal to construct interior alterations for a new coffee bar with 30 seats or less.
Permit 23 238260 HVA
- Mar 2024
Fire and life safety · Electromagnetic Locks · Closed
REV 01Electronic Maglock Installation
Permit 23 173150 FSU
- Dec 2023
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal to construct interior alterations for a new coffee bar with 30 seats or less.
Permit 23 238260 PLB
- Dec 2023
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal to construct interior alterations for a new coffee bar with 30 seats or less.
Permit 23 238260 HVA
- Dec 2023
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal to construct interior alterations for a new coffee bar with 30 seats or less.
Permit 23 238260 BLD
- Jul 2023
Fire and life safety · Electromagnetic Locks · Closed
Electronic Maglock Installation
Permit 23 173150 FSU
Show 3 older permits
- Jun 2019
Demolition · Demolition · Closed
Proposal to demolish the existing non-residential buildings at 6 & 8 Gloucester St.
Permit 19 169131 DEM
- Nov 2001
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - install fix 2nd fl:. 1 fl. dr., 3 w.c., 6 urinals, 4 w.b.,
Permit 01 193240 PLB
- Nov 2001
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
install partitions on portion of 2nd fl for washroom fac., HOLD for Historical approval
Permit 01 193240 BLD · est. $8,000
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
71/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit91
69.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Wellesley (1 Yonge-University Line), 210 m.
- Parks & trees42
11.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 50 m. 396 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling98
Within 1 km: 9.95 km of protected lanes, 2.05 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.05 km of shared routes. 19 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Joseph'S College School, 430 m), plus 13 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities67
Within 1 km: 3 libraries, 1 community centre, 9 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety12
9 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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Safety
Church-Wellesley
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (34% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (7.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (33% of the city median).
- HomicideAmong the lowest
Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% 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
305 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly University Of Toronto Leslie L Dan Pharmacy Building
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, 570 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
Open Space
- Category
- Open space
- Zone label
O- Height limit
- 30 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
- 94
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
55 Isabella St · 170 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-03-17
The application proposes to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a 75-storey mixed-use building (250.5 metres including mechanical penthouse) containing 92 square metres of ground floor retail space, 1,064 square metres of office space, and 84
City record568 Church St · 290 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2026-02-20
Combined Official Plan & Zoning By-law amendment for a 36-storey purpose built rental mixed-use tower atop a 5-storey podium with 409 residential rental units and retail at grade.
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 | Church-Yonge Corridor | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,698 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,922 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,536 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,008 | $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 2023). Not resident reviews.
100 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 34
- Units
- 231
- Built
- 2021
- Elevators
- 4
- Managed by
- Tricon Residential
- Heating
- Forced air gas
- Air conditioning
- Central air
- Laundry
- None on site
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Bike parking
- 231 indoor
- Amenities
- Outdoor pool, indoor recreation room, outdoor rec facilities, indoor exercise room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 13
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