A small collection of resources we publish for owners considering significant work. Each document is the product of real project experience, written carefully, designed to be kept. We share them freely — no registration, no email gate — in the belief that informed clients make better decisions and build better buildings.
What custom residential construction actually costs in 2026 — and what determines where in the range your project lands. Entry custom through ultra-luxury, with the soft costs people forget and the contingency that makes a budget realistic.
Download PDF ↓For business owners, restaurateurs, retailers, and tenants planning a fit-out. Shell delivery conditions, cost ranges by use type, tenant improvement allowance dynamics, permit timelines, and what to negotiate before signing the lease.
Download PDF ↓For owners of Toronto's 4,500 designated heritage properties. What designation actually restricts, how the Heritage Permit process works, what conservation work realistically costs, and the financial incentives available to owners doing it well.
Download PDF ↓On what the firm develops as principal, the thesis behind small-lot intensification in established Toronto neighbourhoods, and the kinds of partnerships we welcome with landowners who care about what gets built.
Download PDF ↓What your property qualifies for, what it costs, and what to ask before you commit. Toronto's 2018 laneway suite by-law and 2022 garden suite expansion created one of the most significant residential opportunities the city has seen in a generation.
Download PDF ↓Most builders will not tell you the cost of pre-construction until after you have signed. We will. An honest accounting of the work that precedes the work — what it includes, what it costs, and the questions to ask before agreeing to anything.
Download PDF ↓We add to this library deliberately. New documents are published when the work has been done to justify them — not before.