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Shaun Lovell, Real Estate SalespersonRight At Home Realty, Brokerage289-813-3318

Toronto address · Ward 13, Toronto Centre

5 Defries St

The City of Toronto has 11 building permits since 2017 (1 still open) on record for this address.

Building permits

Every permit the City lists for this address since 2017, and any still open from before, newest first.

  • Alternative solution

    Alternative solution application for the sanitary sewer from the control chamber.

    Applied Feb 8, 2022 · completed Apr 12, 2022 · Permit 22 111808 ALT

    Cancelled

  • Alternative solution

    Alternative Solution for the installation of standpipe and hose systems

    Applied Sep 28, 2021 · completed Sep 29, 2021 · Permit 21 218630 ALT

    Approved

  • Conditional permit · Partial permit - structural framing

    Conditional Permit - Part Permit - Proposal to construct a 37 storey condominium residential tower with 580 units including 4 levels of parking

    Applied May 4, 2021 · issued Jun 4, 2021 · completed Aug 20, 2021 · Permit 19 262243 STR

    Closed

  • Conditional permit · Partial permit - foundation

    Conditional Permit - Proposal to construct a 37 storey condominium residential tower with 580 units including 4 levels of parking

    Applied Sep 21, 2020 · issued Jan 6, 2021 · completed Jun 4, 2021 · Permit 19 262243 FND

    Cancelled

  • Drains and site services

    Drain - Proposal to construct a 37 storey condominium residential tower with 580 units including 4 levels of parking

    Applied Dec 17, 2019 · issued Jan 6, 2021 · completed Nov 12, 2025 · Permit 19 262243 DRN

    Closed

  • New building

    Proposal to construct a 37 storey condominium residential tower with 580 units including 4 levels of parking

    Applied Dec 17, 2019 · issued Oct 4, 2021 · completed Nov 17, 2025 · 580 homes added · Permit 19 262243 BLD

    Closed

  • Drains and site services · Inside and outside drains

    Drain - Proposal to construct a 37 storey condominium residential tower with 580 units including 4 levels of parking

    Applied Dec 17, 2019 · issued Apr 20, 2022 · completed Nov 14, 2025 · Permit 19 262243 STS

    Closed

  • Heating and ventilation

    HVAC - Proposal to construct a 37 storey condominium residential tower with 580 units including 4 levels of parking

    Applied Dec 17, 2019 · issued Aug 3, 2021 · completed Oct 30, 2025 · Permit 19 262243 HVA

    Closed

  • Plumbing

    Plumbing - Proposal to construct a 37 storey condominium residential tower with 580 units including 4 levels of parking

    Applied Dec 17, 2019 · issued Aug 3, 2021 · completed Nov 12, 2025 · Permit 19 262243 PLB

    Closed

  • Addition or alteration · Shoring

    Proposal for piling, shoring, and excavation of the lands located between 1, 5, and 25 Defries Street for the purpose of soil remediation.

    Applied Oct 24, 2019 · issued May 22, 2020 · completed Aug 12, 2024 · Permit 19 240595 BLD

    Closed

  • Demolition

    Proposal for demolition of existing 2 storey build for future development of a 37 storey residential condominium building with 3 level below grade parking.

    Applied Jun 26, 2019 · issued Sep 4, 2019 · completed Apr 24, 2020 · Permit 19 179035 DEM

    Closed

Committee of Adjustment

No applications to the City's Committee of Adjustment for this address since 2017. That's where an owner asks for a minor variance (a small exception to the zoning by-law) or a consent to divide a lot.

What’s planned nearby

Development sites within 500 m

Neighbours’ Committee of Adjustment files within 250 m

  • 60 Wascana Ave · Minor variance

    To construct a new rear one-storey detached ancillary building (one-car garage) abutting the laneway.

    250 m away · filed Jul 22, 2026 · Hearing scheduled

  • 111 River St · Minor variance

    To alter the development standards for the 34-storey mixed-use building (approved under Site Specific Zoning By-Law 839-2021), by increasing the height and number of storeys (from 34-storeys to 40-storeys (including a 6-storey podium)), gross floor area, number of dwelling units, and permitted projections to accommodate the garbage vent chute and mechanical penthouse. Also, to reduce the percentage of the required two or three bedroom dwelling units or larger, building setbacks, resident parking spaces, bicycle parking spaces, and the width of stacked bicycle parking spaces. There will be a t…

    120 m away · filed Sep 23, 2025 · Approved

  • 131 River St · Minor variance

    To alter the existing one-storey detached building by permitting a vehicle service shop use on this lot.

    160 m away · filed Sep 12, 2025 · Approved

  • 83 River St · Minor variance

    To alter the development standards, as approved under Site Specific Zoning By-law 122-2023 (OLT), by increasing the building height (from a 34-storey residential building to a 37-storey residential building, inclusive of seven rental replacement units), and constructing a four-and-one-half levels of an underground parking garage.

    110 m away · filed May 1, 2024 · Approved

  • 41 River St · Minor variance

    To alter the existing five-storey mixed-use building containing 26 residential dwelling units and 3 artist studios (on the ground level), by constructing an additional residential dwelling unit within the mechanical penthouse, for a total of 27 residential dwelling units.

    210 m away · filed Feb 13, 2024 · Approved

  • 25 Nicholas Ave · Minor variance

    To alter the development proposal for a 28-storey mixed-use building including a four to six-storey podium and 24 three-storey back-to-back townhouses by permitting 11 undersized parking spaces.

    180 m away · filed Mar 17, 2021 · Approved

  • 39 River St · Minor variance

    To demolish the existing two-storey detached dwelling and construct a four-storey apartment building (stacked townhouse development) with a total of 10 residential units and rooftop terraces.

    200 m away · filed Jun 5, 2020 · Approved

  • 555 Shuter St · Consent

    To obtain consent to the technical severance for two parcels of land that have merged on title. These parcels are Parcels of Tied Land (POTL's) associated with Toronto Common Elements Condominium No. 1964.

    220 m away · filed Feb 11, 2020 · Approved

Everything planned in Toronto Centre

From the City of Toronto’s open data: building permits (active, and cleared since 2017), Committee of Adjustment applications and address points, this record updated Sep 29, 2026, and the development sites from its Development Applications data. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Construction cost estimates and contractors’ names are left out on purpose, and nothing here names an owner.