2259 Bloor Street West · Bloor West Village, Toronto · Ontario.
Currently three storeys and a full lower level in prime Bloor West Village with Right Of Way — approx. 6,000 total square feet.
2259 Bloor Street West is a three-storey brick commercial building with a full lower level, on the south side of Bloor between Durie Street and Beresford Avenue — in the middle of Bloor West Village, and between Runnymede and Jane subway stations.
The ground floor has a storefront directly onto the Bloor sidewalk. The two floors above have their own street entrance and stair. The interiors have been opened up to the structure, and the rear of the lot has a paved area reached by a registered right-of-way to Beresford Avenue.
The lot is designated Mixed Use Areas in the Official Plan and zoned Commercial Residential, fronting a 27-metre-wide Bloor Street — the planning framework behind the six-storey concept TACT Architecture has prepared for the site.
A glazed storefront directly on the Bloor Street sidewalk, in the continuous brick streetwall of Bloor West Village. Retail, service or office use at grade, with signage band above.
Two full office floors of roughly 1,430 to 1,450 square feet each, with windows front and back and a separate entrance and stair from Bloor.
Ceilings open to the wood joists and partitions down to the studs. A new owner plans the space from a clean start, without first paying to remove someone else's fit-out.
The upper floors have their own street entrance and stair, so ground-floor and upper-floor tenants can operate independently.
A full lower level of 1,342 square feet with open space, private rooms, utility and storage — useful as back-of-house for a ground-floor tenant.
Vital registered right-of-way to Beresford Avenue in favour of 2259 Bloor, critical for parking and land assembly coverage, unique to this stretch of properties on Bloor.
Toronto (Bloor West Village), Ontario M6S 1N8
Floor plans of all four levels.
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2259 Bloor Street West sits on the street that invented the Business Improvement Area, one of Toronto's most revered shopping areas.
Between High Park and the Humber River, north of Swansea and walking distance to the lake — a destination main street of more than 400 shops, restaurants and services, served by three subway stations.
A Brief History
The land north of Bloor between Jane and Runnymede is annexed by the City of Toronto, and over the following decades it fills with the brick houses that still line its side streets. Pictured: crews laying streetcar track at Bloor and Runnymede in 1917.
A vaudeville and movie house opens on Bloor Street West. It later served as a bingo hall and a bookstore, was designated under the Ontario Heritage Act in 1990, and is now a Shoppers Drug Mart.
The Bloor–Danforth line reaches Runnymede and Jane stations. Shoppers who once rode the Bloor streetcar can now ride downtown in minutes, and new suburban malls pull trade away from the street.
Local merchants ask the City to collect a small levy from every business and return it to an elected board. On September 16, 1970, Bloor West Village becomes the first Business Improvement Area anywhere in the world.
The first budget was $47,500 for 275 merchants — tree lights, flower boxes and benches. The idea has since spread to thousands of districts around the world, and Toronto alone has more than 80.
Few main streets in the city carry this many financial institutions within a short walk.
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The Wealth Strategies Group office is almost next door. The Bloor West branch is at 2397 Bloor Street West.
Buduchnist Credit Union's Bloor West branch, commercial credit office and corporate head office.
Full-service branch, with TD Waterhouse wealth services on the strip.
Branches of both banks on the same stretch of Bloor, west toward Jane.
BMO Bank of Montreal at 2330 Bloor Street West, and CIBC near Runnymede Road, completing the big five.
Ontario's largest credit union, on the north side of Bloor near Runnymede.
A historic park to the east, a river valley to the west, and the lake to the south.
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About 161 hectares of trails, gardens, oak savannah, the zoo and Grenadier Pond, with more than a million visitors a year.
Neighbourhood parkland south of the Village with tennis courts, a playground and an outdoor rink.
The quiet ravine and pocket parks of Swansea, on the residential streets between Bloor and the lake.
The Humber valley trails run from the lake north past Old Mill and Étienne Brûlé Park, for walking, running and cycling.
The waterfront walking and cycling trail along Lake Ontario, joining the Sunnyside boardwalk and the Humber Bay Arch Bridge.
Sunnyside Beach, the Palais Royale and the western beaches, a short drive or ride south.
Public, Catholic and French options, all within the neighbourhood.
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TDSB public secondary school, grades 9 to 12, with an enriched integrated arts and sciences program.
Kindergarten to Grade 8, offering both English and French Immersion, with strong arts and music.
Toronto Catholic District School Board, kindergarten to Grade 8, steps from Jane station.
TDSB elementary school serving the Swansea neighbourhood south of Bloor.
TDSB elementary school serving Baby Point and the Humber side of the Village.
French Immersion at Runnymede, French-language schools nearby, and French enrichment for preschoolers in the Village.
On the subway, minutes from the highways, a straight run downtown.
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The building sits between two Line 2 Bloor–Danforth stations, so commuters pass the storefront twice a day.
A direct subway ride east to Bloor–Yonge, the Annex and Yorkville, with no transfer needed.
Another of the west end's great main streets, a short drive or bike ride east.
The Gardiner is reached down Parkside Drive or South Kingsway. It runs east to downtown and the waterfront, and west to Highway 427 and the QEW toward Mississauga and Oakville.
Toronto Pearson is reached by car along the Gardiner and Highway 427, or by transit: Line 2 east to Dundas West, then the UP Express from Bloor station to the airport.
Across the Humber, The Kingsway, Old Mill and Etobicoke are close by car or subway.
A settled, walkable neighbourhood main street, anchored by long-established merchants and financial institutions, with steady local foot traffic and direct subway access. The figures below are drawn from public sources.
Shops, restaurants and services along Bloor between South Kingsway and Ellis Park Road.
Bloor West Village created the world's first Business Improvement Area.
High Park, Runnymede and Jane stations on Line 2.
Highly sought after. Located within a community of substantial residents, properties, parks, and schools.
Sitting in the heart of Bloor West Village in Toronto's west end — between High Park and Jane TTC stations, a short walk to High Park, and minutes from the Humber River trails and the Lake Ontario waterfront.
Click here for Bloor West BIA →Preliminary six-storey mixed-use concept by TACT Architecture — retail use at grade, eight homes above. An incredible opportunity to assemble a significant parcel with right of way laneway designation.
The owner commissioned TACT Architecture to study what the site could support. Their package, dated April 30, 2025, reviews the Official Plan, the City's 2024 Mid-Rise Building Design Guidelines and the zoning by-law, and tests two façade options on the same building.
The scheme places a retail unit and the residential lobby at grade, with waste, mechanical and storage behind. Floors two to four each hold a two-bedroom and a one-bedroom suite; floors five and six each hold a three-bedroom suite, or can repeat the typical floor. A mechanical penthouse sits on top, stepped back from Bloor.
Under the 2024 guidelines, height follows street width at a 1:1 ratio, and Bloor's 27-metre street width points to about 27 metres. Because the lot is shallow, a 7.5-metre rear setback applies, with no rear stepback needed up to 20 metres, or six storeys. The current zoning permits a density of 2.5 times the lot area and a height of 14 metres.
Front elevations of Design Option A and Design Option B.
Site plan, upper floors, section, zoning, Official Plan, aerial view and survey.
The storefront, the floors opened to the structure, the lower level and the right-of-way laneway.
Bloor Street frontage, rear elevation and the paved right-of-way laneway to Beresford Avenue.
Upper floors opened to the structure, the stair, and the lower level with its services.
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