An Urban Design Brief is a report prepared as part of a complete land use planning application that provides urban design guidance to development proponents and outlines the merits of a development proposal within the context of the applicable urban design policies and guidelines.
Our recent urban design experience includes preparation of Urban Design Briefs for the following development proposals:
- 215-217 King Street West, Hamilton – Proposed 14-storey mixed use building located along a transit priority corridor
- 10785-10817 McLaughlin Road, Brampton – Proposed 7-storey residential apartment building in Northwest Sandalwood Parkway Secondary Plan Area 2A
- 8330 Woodbine Avenue, Markham – Proposed 14-storey (192-room) hotel developed as second phase to existing hotel development
- 365 Hood Road, Markham – Proposed 15-storey (181-suite room) hotel developed as part of first phase of 2-phase development
- Southwest Corner of Mearns Avenue/Concession Road 3, Bowmanville – Proposed 12-storey (212 residential dwelling unit) mixed use building and 10 townhouse blocks (63 dwelling units)
- 10 Garrison Street, Ottawa – proposed infill 3-storey (10 dwelling unit) residential apartment building
- 6179 Lundy’s Lane, Niagara Falls – proposed 10-storey mixed use building
- 232 Cameron Crescent, Keswick – 380-unit multi-storey residential building (seven storeys with 248 units + 132 units in levels 8-20 of the 20-storey tower) and a 2-storey commercial building..