Toronto address · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth
717 1/2 Queen St E
The City of Toronto has 3 building permits since 2017 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.
- Closed
Heating and ventilation · Special ventilation system
Proposal to install a kitchen exhaust in an existing ground floor restaurant - "Island Spice Food"
Applied Sep 6, 2019 · issued Oct 1, 2019 · completed Sep 16, 2025 · Permit 19 217076 MSA
- Closed
Plumbing · Fixtures/Roof Drains: other
Proposal to install a plumbing fixtures in an existing ground floor restaurant - "Island Spice Food"
Applied Sep 6, 2019 · issued Oct 1, 2019 · completed Oct 3, 2023 · Permit 19 217078 PSA
- Closed
Drains and site services · Site service
Installation of new watermain connection to new severed property
Applied Aug 29, 2019 · issued Oct 7, 2019 · completed Dec 12, 2023 · Permit 19 213501 STS
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
- Approved
6 storeys · 15 homes · Mixed use
180 m away · Site plan · Approved · filed Apr 28, 2023
- Under appeal
18-40 Lewis Street, 21-53 Broadview Avenue and 344 Eastern Avenue
12 storeys · 340 homes · Mixed use
180 m away · Site plan · Under appeal · filed Jul 5, 2022
- Under review
9 storeys · 85 homes · Residential
270 m away · Site plan · Under review · filed Sep 15, 2022
- Under appeal
15 storeys · Residential
360 m away · Rezoning · Under appeal · filed May 27, 2021
Neighbours’ Committee of Adjustment files within 250 m
45 Baseball Pl · Minor variance
To permit a vehicle dealership use and vehicle service use (Downtown Automatic Group Cadillac) within the existing ground floor commercial unit of the mixed-use building.
180 m away · filed Feb 27, 2026 · Refused
64 Saulter St · Minor variance
To alter the existing two-storey row house dwelling by constructing a complete third storey addition (attic space which will be used as habitable space).
160 m away · filed Nov 13, 2025 · Approved
26 Lewis St · Minor variance
To construct a new three-storey 16-unit apartment building that will span over 3 lots (municipally known as 24 Lewis Street, 26 Lewis Street and 26B Lewis Street). This apartment building will contain a total of four residential dwelling units, with front and rear basement walkouts, front and rear porches (platforms) with stairs, front and rear second storey balconies, front and rear rooftop patios with access enclosures, no long-term bicycle parking spaces, and no automobile parking spaces.
200 m away · filed May 2, 2025 · Approved
26 Lewis St · Consent
To obtain consent to sever a portion of land for the purpose of a lot addition and to create new easements/rights-of-way.
200 m away · filed May 2, 2025 · Approved
24 Lewis St · Consent
To obtain consent to sever a portion of land for the purpose of a lot addition.
200 m away · filed May 2, 2025 · Approved
24 Lewis St · Minor variance
To construct a new three-storey 16-unit apartment building that will span over 3 lots (municipally known as 24 Lewis Street, 26 Lewis Street and 26B Lewis Street). This apartment building will contain a total of six residential dwelling units, with front and rear basement walkouts, front and rear porches (platforms) with stairs, front and rear second storey balconies, front and rear rooftop patios with access enclosures, no long-term bicycle parking spaces, and no automobile parking spaces. Also, to construct a one-storey detached ancillary building in the rear yard (one garden suite) with a…
200 m away · filed May 2, 2025 · Approved
786-788 Queen St E · Minor variance
To construct a new six-storey mixed-use building (with stepping down of heights towards the rear lot line), containing 15 residential dwelling units, and one commercial unit (to be located on the ground level).
190 m away · filed Dec 19, 2024 · Approved
44 Saulter St · Minor variance
To alter the existing two-storey townhouse dwelling (with two residential dwelling units) by constructing a new rear second storey deck with stairs.
200 m away · filed Feb 12, 2024 · Approved
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.