From the City's report regarding the inclusion of this property on the Heritage Registry:
"Located on the west side of the street between Belsize Drive and Manor Road East, the property at 1618 Bayview Avenue contains a two-storey commercial building that was first recorded in the City Directory in 1949.

The property at 1618 Bayview Avenue has cultural heritage value for the design of the commercial building as a representative example of a “Main Street Row” identified by the two-storey scale, the glazed commercial storefront with residential or commercial units in the upper floor, and the simplified Modernist detailing with the horizontal lines and the lack of ornamentation typical of those dating to the post-World War II era in North Toronto and Leaside.

Contextually, the property at 1618 Bayview Avenue is valued for the role of the commercial building in defining, supporting and maintaining the historical mid-rise streetscape character of the thoroughfare between Millwood Road and Eglinton Avenue East as the “Main Street” connecting the communities of North Toronto and Leaside. The building at 1618 Bayview Avenue is historically, visually and physically linked to its setting on the west side of the street where it is part of a contiguous row of commercial buildings with a shared setback in the extended block between Belsize Drive and Manor Road East."