About Here makes excellent videos about cities. Here’s their latest about missing middle housing: In my view, there are two key takeaways. The first is that cities need to spend way more time understanding the economics of missing middle housing. As Uytae Lee says in… Read More
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It’s decision time on fourplexes in Toronto
We talk a lot about “missing middle” housing on this blog and, most recently, we’ve been talking about Toronto’s proposed amendments to allow fourplexes across the city and to do away with density maximums (among other things). Well, it’s now time to make a decision.… Read More
Victoria, BC passes missing middle housing initiative
The City of Victoria, BC did a good thing last week: It passed its “Missing Middle Housing Initiative“, which means that up 6 dwelling units (their language not mine) will soon be permissible on every single-family lot in the city, and up to 12 dwelling… Read More
Development is slow
Whenever we submit a development application for a new project, we typically get a ton of inbounds from people who are looking to sell us something, partner in some way, or buy/rent space in the development. These can be positive connections and we have completed… Read More
225 Brunswick Ave is yet another example of why the missing middle is so damn hard to deliver
Building buildings is really hard. It’s hard for countless reasons, but one reason in particular is that it can be difficult to please everyone. Take parking, for example. This is often a primary concern when you’re trying to develop something new. Too little parking and… Read More
How not to build missing middle housing
Here is a good example of why “missing middle” housing is so challenging to build in Toronto, despite everyone talking about how great it would be if only we could build more of it. It’s the story of a minor variance application that was asking… Read More