85 Lowther Ave
Toronto, Ontario M5R
A 8-storey, 44-unit private rental building built in 1955.
- Property manager
- Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
1 bylaw investigation at this address since Nov 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
- Nov 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 260234 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
6 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Balcony repair 3
- Fire and life safety 1
- Alterations 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Jul 2025
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Proposal for replacement of Fire Alarm Control Panel and remote annunciator on Ground Floor only
Permit 25 193049 FSU · est. $20,000
- Feb 2024
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Proposed local masonry and local concrete repairs
Permit 24 113008 BLD · est. $45,000
- Sep 2022
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Balcony rehabilitation and guard replacement (optional) to an Existing Apartment Building.
Permit 22 210227 BLD · est. $100,000
- Sep 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
permit for new backflow valve in existing apartment building
Permit 09 170422 PSA · est. $5,000
- Jan 2003
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Permit Issued
Guard rail replacement around repaired balconies. No permit fee required. See Original permit 02-182772-00 for structural general review com. certificate.
Permit 02 182772 BLD
- Oct 2002
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Inspection
balcony repairs on west side plus ramp repair, excluding guard rail rebuild around repaired balconies.
Permit 02 182772 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
52/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit97
93.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 7 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: St George (1 Yonge-University Line), 200 m.
- Parks & trees8
3.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 80 m. 514 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling93
Within 1 km: 7.2 km of protected lanes, 4.7 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.9 km of shared routes. 9 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby14
2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Huron Street Jr Public School , 200 m), plus 13 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities53
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 0 community centres, 17 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety24
5 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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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, 1.5 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
- 0
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
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.
86 / 100City inspection score, June 2024. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 8
- Units
- 44
- Built
- 1955
- Elevators
- 1
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Ground floor, 8AM-10PM
- Pets
- Allowed - as per lease agreement
- Parking
- Underground garage
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 15 indoor
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 11
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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