# A prototype for low-rise intensification

**Published by:** [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/)
**Published on:** 2017-03-07
**Categories:** huron-sussex, laneway-housing, laneway-suite, low-rise, low-rise-intensification, secondary-suites, toronto, u-of-t, uncategorized, university-of-toronto
**URL:** https://brandondonnelly.com/a-prototype-for-low-rise-intensification

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Laneway housing is back in the news here in Toronto. Last week the University of Toronto reported that they would like to build 50 laneway houses within the Huron-Sussex neighborhood and that they are aiming to start a 2 house pilot project some time in 2018. Here is a drawing from their Planning Study:What you see is mid-rise infill (orange) along the main streets and low-rise infill (purple) along the secondary streets and laneways. There’s also a “living lane” that runs north-south through the neighborhood. I know we’ve talked a lot about laneway housing and neighborhood intensification on this blog, but I hadn’t seen the above plan before. And I wonder if we aren’t going to look back at this neighborhood plan as a prototype for low-rise intensification.

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