Toronto address · Ward 13, Toronto Centre
97 River St
The City of Toronto has 2 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
Demolition
83-97 RIVER STREET AND 2/4 LABATT AVE. Demolish of the eight existing buildings on site, to construct a 34 storey condominium building. With four and a half levels of below grade parking. Piling, Shoring, Excavation will be required. (20 151669 STE 28 ECS)
Applied Nov 12, 2020 · issued Nov 21, 2025 · completed Apr 27, 2026 · 1 home removed · Permit 20 217720 DEM
- Closed
Small residential project · Addition(s)
To alter the existing two-storey semi-detached dwelling by constructing a new two-storey front addition (25.8 m2) and completing interior alterations to the basement washroom and second floor washroom (47.4 m2)
Applied Dec 6, 2013 · issued Dec 18, 2013 · completed Jan 13, 2026 · Permit 13 275054 BLD
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
- Under review
430 homes · Residential
70 m away · Condominium · Under review · filed Nov 4, 2021
- Under review
747-761 Dundas Street East and 2 Mark Street
48 storeys · 1,197 homes · Mixed use
110 m away · Rezoning · Under review · filed Oct 8, 2025
- Approved
591-620 Dundas Street East and 325 Gerrard Street East
Residential
290 m away · Condominium · Approved · filed Jun 22, 2023
- Under appeal
15 storeys · Residential
320 m away · Rezoning · Under appeal · filed May 27, 2021
- Under review
15 storeys · 151 homes · Residential
430 m away · Condominium · Under review · filed Nov 8, 2021
- Under review
9 storeys · 85 homes · Residential
470 m away · Site plan · Under review · filed Sep 15, 2022
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.
220 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…
60 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.
140 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.
30 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.
170 m away · filed Feb 13, 2024 · Approved
150 River St · Consent
To obtain consent to create two easements/right-of-ways.
230 m away · filed Nov 4, 2021 · 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.
80 m away · filed Mar 17, 2021 · Approved
591 Dundas St E · Minor variance
To legalize and maintain ten undersized residential parking spaces provided for the 11-storey and 29-storey mixed-use building under construction, of which four parking spaces are located on the P3 parking level, and six parking spaces are located on the P2 parking level.
240 m away · filed Sep 22, 2020 · 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.