Built to hold, not to sell.

7708 Poplar Sideroad

An infill development of four purpose‑built rental units, two bedrooms and two bathrooms each, on a single lot on Poplar Sideroad. Southern Georgian Bay is short of exactly this kind of housing, and the lot carried considerably more than it first appeared to, which is generally where the value sits on an infill site.

The project was structured to use the municipal incentives available for purpose‑built rental; without them a lot this size would not have supported four units. Construction was funded in‑house rather than on a bank construction loan, and taken out onto long‑term financing on completion. The same two people carried the design, the approvals and the build, and they own and manage the building today.

A two‑storey building set back fifteen feet from the road, four units over two floors, with the detached garage behind it and parking down the west side. Coverage of 30.3 percent on a 9,240 square foot lot, leaving 41.5 percent as landscaped open space.

14 Reid Crescent

Urban’s first development. An existing single‑family house on a 7,500 square foot lot, converted to a duplex, with a detached accessory residential unit built at the rear. Three rental units where there had been one.

It set the pattern for everything since: find the capacity the zoning already allows, build it properly, then hold and manage the result rather than selling it on. The detached unit runs to 800 square feet, forty percent of the main dwelling’s floor area, which was the ceiling the by‑law set at the time.

The existing dwelling, garage and driveway were kept as they were; the third unit is the detached building at the rear. Coverage of 29 percent against a 40 percent permission, with 64 percent of the lot left as landscaped open space.

103 Erie Street

One additional residential unit inside the existing house, making it a duplex, and a detached accessory building with its own unit at the rear: three units where there was one. Both building permits are issued.

The configuration was chosen deliberately rather than maximally: as designed, the project attracts no development charges. The detached building needed a minor variance for lot coverage, which the Town approved. Acquired in July 2025, and being delivered by Urban Development Group in early 2027.

Two units within the existing house, with the new detached building at the rear of the lot and the existing garage and driveway retained. Coverage across both detached buildings of 23 percent, permitted by minor variance against a 15 percent standard, with 44 percent left as landscaped open space.

Detached unit, floor plan