Strategic Planning Services.

Creating detailed architectural designs and plans for residential, commercial, or public buildings, including conceptual design, schematic design, and design development.

Our Expertise Includes:

• Official Plans & Secondary Plans: Aligning projects with municipal growth strategies.
• Zoning By-Laws & Amendments: Navigating land use policies and regulatory changes.
• Development Feasibility & Concept Planning: Assessing project viability and optimizing land use.
• Site Plan Approvals: Managing applications, negotiations, and municipal coordination.

The site plan approval process requires strategic foresight, regulatory expertise, and a proactive approach. Our team ensures projects move efficiently through approvals—avoiding costly delays and unlocking land potential faster.

Urban Initiatives specializes in infill development, mid-rise housing, and mixed-use planning—creating walkable, transit-oriented communities that complement existing neighbourhoods while accommodating sustainable growth.

Our Expertise Includes:

• Mid-Rise & Townhouse Infill Projects: Thoughtfully designed developments that integrate seamlessly into urban neighbourhoods.
• Mixed-Use Developments: Strategically combining residential and commercial spaces to enhance vibrancy.
• Transit-Oriented Planning: Supporting accessibility and sustainable urban expansion.

For large-scale projects on previously undeveloped land, we provide comprehensive land planning, infrastructure coordination, and project execution to ensure communities are well-integrated and future-ready.

Our Expertise Includes:

• Community & Neighborhood Master Plans: Structuring development for long-term growth.
• Parks, Trails & Open Space Integration: Designing green spaces that enhance livability.
• Infrastructure & Servicing Coordination: Ensuring developments align with municipal servicing requirements.

Urban Initiatives provides specialized planning support to municipalities, public agencies, and institutional partners seeking an experienced, objective voice in the development process. With over 40 years of applied planning and development experience, our team delivers trusted third-party insight into development proposals, municipal planning strategies, and regulatory submissions.

We assist public-sector clients with the review and refinement of official plans, secondary plans, and strategic policies, ensuring they are actionable, community-aligned, and responsive to evolving development pressures. Our approach bridges policy intent with on-the-ground implementation, helping municipalities move from big-picture planning to practical execution.

Our Expertise Includes:

• Reviewing submissions and studies to ensure clarity, feasibility, and compliance.
• Advising on policy and regulatory updates based on best practices and local precedents.
• Offering financial strategy input, including incentive structures, cost benefit assessments, and land evaluation for public-sector projects.
• Supporting fundamental strategies around community building such as the planning for public amenities, transit, and open space integration in public service contexts.
• Ability to review, develop and advise on official plans, secondary plan or policy studies.

Our team goes beyond traditional planning by integrating financial strategy, project team management, and development execution into every stage of the process. We work alongside landowners and developers to ensure that projects are not only approved, but financially and operationally viable.

Our Expertise Includes:

• Project Team Creation & Management: Assembling and leading teams of engineers, environmental consultants, and architects.
• Financial Feasibility & Portfolio Planning: Aligning entitlements with investment strategies to maximize project success..
• Marketing & Exit Strategy – Preparing approved developments for sale, joint ventures, or full build-out.