One in-house team that plans, designs, permits and builds multi-unit rental housing. From lot to building permit in 3 to 4 months, and from lot to rent in about 18.
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A vision gets sold by people who cannot build it. The work passes through five separate firms, each protecting itself, and the owner carries every delay. By the time the problems show, too much is spent to walk away.
Drawings priced by one firm, built by another. Every gap between them becomes a change order.
Designs that were never tested against zoning come back from the city again and again.
The architect blames the contractor, the contractor blames the drawings, and you pay the carrying costs.
We take a single property and turn it into a purpose-built rental: designed, permitted and built by one team, so it produces income sooner than the traditional route. You own the land and the building. We deliver it.
*Projected gross monthly rent for a completed, fully leased 4 to 6 unit multiplex with a garden suite, based on current market rents in the project area. Rents, costs and timelines vary by property, municipality, financing and market conditions and are not guaranteed.
Where others subcontract, we keep every stage in-house. The people who draw your building sit beside the people who price it, approve it and build it.
"Development is not just about maximizing yield. It is about creating buildings that are profitable, meaningful, and make their communities better."
Ontario needs rental housing, and governments have rewritten the rules to get it built. Lots that could hold one home a few years ago can often hold several today.
Provincial law now allows up to three homes on most urban residential lots, as of right.
Multiplexes of up to four homes are permitted citywide, garden suites in most rear yards, and up to six storeys and 60 units on many major streets.
Federal mortgage insurance programs exist specifically to support new purpose-built rental construction.
GST and the Ontario portion of HST have been removed on qualifying new purpose-built rental housing.
General information only. Rules, programs and eligibility vary by municipality and project and change over time. We confirm what applies to your site during the feasibility stage.
We study your land, the zoning and the numbers, and tell you plainly what the site can carry and whether it is worth doing.
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From a single lot to a six-storey building or an existing office or retirement home, these are the paths our partners take. We will tell you honestly which one fits your property.
We replace or convert a single-family house into a purpose-built 4 to 6 unit multiplex, using pre-designed models that save time and keep quality consistent.
A detached garden suite adds a self-contained rental home behind an existing or new building, often the fastest way to add income to a property you already own.
Under the City of Toronto's Major Streets policy, many residential lots fronting major streets can now hold apartment buildings of up to six storeys and up to 60 units. We test the site, design to the new permissions and take it through approvals and construction.
Older office buildings often have the structure, services and location to become residential rentals. We assess the building, redesign the floor plates for suites, and deliver the conversion under one roof.
Retirement and care buildings already have suites, corridors and shared services. We re-plan them into self-contained rental apartments, reusing what works and upgrading what the code requires.
If a project has stalled on approvals, cost or a contractor who walked away, we assess what exists, re-plan what is needed, and take it to occupancy.
Major Streets permissions apply to eligible sites in the City of Toronto. All options are subject to zoning, building code, site conditions and approvals. We confirm what applies to your property during feasibility.
Because design, permits and construction sit in one office, a CitiBuild multiplex starts earning roughly ten months before one built the traditional way. Every month saved is a month of carrying costs you do not pay and rent you collect sooner.
Four recent projects across Ontario, each designed, permitted and built by the same in-house team.
Multi-unit residential
Apartment building conversion
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For generations, families have grown and steadied their wealth the same way: by owning well-built property that people need to live in. We help you build yours properly, on land you own, so the building and the income it produces stay in your hands.
CitiBuild is an architecture, development and construction company. We do not sell securities, manage money or provide investment, tax or legal advice, and nothing on this page is an offer or a promise of any financial return. All real estate development carries risk. Please speak with your own financial, tax and legal advisors.
If yours is not here, ask it directly. A principal will answer.
No. We are an architecture, development and construction company. You own the land and the building. We plan it, get it approved and build it. For investment, tax and legal questions, we work alongside your own advisors.
No. We can build on a property you own, or help you evaluate lots in your target area before you buy. On our roadmap, the lot is under contract in month 1.
Because planning, design and construction sit in one office, changes are caught early and priced before they become problems. Component costs are fixed in advance wherever possible.
For a 4 to 6 unit multiplex with a garden suite, about 18 months from lot to a fully leased building: permits in 3 to 4 months, then 12 months of construction. The traditional route usually takes 8 to 9 months to permit and 14 to 18 months to build.
Navigating zoning is our job, not yours. City comments and plan adjustments are built into months 2 to 4 of the schedule, and our in-house planners and architects handle them directly.
Usually through a combination of your own capital or equity and construction financing. Where your project qualifies, we also identify government-supported rental financing programs and municipal incentives that can lower your costs.
Yes. Once the first project is underway, many owners use the same team and playbook for the next one.
Yes. A good share of our partners arrive after a difficult first attempt. We assess what exists, re-plan what is needed, and finish it.
There is no single template. It depends on whether you bring land, capital, building capacity or a combination. That is the purpose of the introduction.
Tell us a little about your property and goals, then pick a time that suits you. It takes about two minutes.
(905) 264-8063 · info@citibuild.ca · 301 Chrislea Road, Woodbridge