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Cabbagetown-South St. James Town · Toronto

$1,799,000

The scan

The play: Turnkey income

Two separate self-contained one-bedroom residential units plus functioning main floor ice cream bar in mixed-use corner property.

Tenanted and legal from day one, so the upside sits in the rent roll instead of the shovel.

  • Lot 8.6 m x 24.4 m (28'-3" x 80'-0")
  • Detached
TESA ScanZoning

The by-law's answer for this lot

We resolved this parcel's zoning, the site-specific exceptions registered against it, and the building forms the by-law permits without a rezoning. Every number below traces to by-law text we hold on file, and we re-check it against the City's register nightly.

Zone

R (d1.0) (x851)

Site exception

Exception 851, with parts of it still to confirm

As-of-right form

Detached houseplex, 6 unitsAs-of-right (building permit)

As-of-right envelope

223 m² (2,398 ft²)

Severance

Not supported on this lotA split would leave roughly 4.3 m (14'-2") of frontage per lot, short of what this zone allows.

Up to 7 units may be possible with an approval beyond what the by-law allows today. Ask TESA what that would take.

Still to verify on this parcel

None of these can be settled from records alone. Any one of them changes what this lot can hold.

  • Whether an apartment building could be argued here, which the by-law does not allow without a rezoning
  • The front yard setback is averaged against the neighbouring houses, so it depends on buildings that have to be measured on site
  • Which lot coverage rule governs here, which sets how much of the lot the buildings can sit on
  • Whether a garden suite still fits once the separation from the house and the rear setback are measured
  • Lot dimensions and area against a current survey, not the listing sheet

And more, depending on what the site turns up.

Have TESA check this lot properly

Zoning scan 2026-08-25

TESA ScanBuildability

A quick pass over the mapped layers, kept here for comparison. Where it disagrees with the zoning answer above, go with the zoning answer.

What you are buying, and what is left unused

The building is the asset here, so the numbers lead with what it costs per existing foot and per unit. The as-of-right envelope follows as unused permission: where it runs well ahead of what is standing, there is room to add without buying more land.

Storeys

4

Height limit

13 m (42.7 ft)

Existing floor area

2,500 to 3,000 ft²

Permitted envelope

Not available for this lot

Zone

R

This listing describes the lot as irregular, so frontage times depth would misstate it and no area is quoted here. A TESA scan measures the parcel from the survey and the City parcel fabric.Stated on the listing: See Geowarehouse

What binds it

  • On or beside the heritage registerRestricts the envelope

    A register property sits on this lot or right beside it. The register covers both listed and designated properties, and they are not the same: designation controls demolition, listing buys a delay. Confirm which, and confirm it is this address, before pricing a teardown.

  • On or beside the heritage registerRestricts the envelope

    A register property sits on this lot or right beside it. The register covers both listed and designated properties, and they are not the same: designation controls demolition, listing buys a delay. Confirm which, and confirm it is this address, before pricing a teardown.

  • On or beside the heritage registerRestricts the envelope

    A register property sits on this lot or right beside it. The register covers both listed and designated properties, and they are not the same: designation controls demolition, listing buys a delay. Confirm which, and confirm it is this address, before pricing a teardown.

  • On or beside the heritage registerRestricts the envelope

    A register property sits on this lot or right beside it. The register covers both listed and designated properties, and they are not the same: designation controls demolition, listing buys a delay. Confirm which, and confirm it is this address, before pricing a teardown.

  • Heritage conservation districtControls demolition

    Demolition is controlled here. The play is renovation, or added units inside the existing form.

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Listing updated Aug 10, 2026, 11:28 AM ET · Source: Toronto Regional Real Estate Board