Toronto Laneway Housing Project
The Star’s article about garden suites discusses the benefits that this new housing typology could have in Toronto and the current status of the draft amendments. The article also features Craig Race who discusses how like laneway suites, garden suites can become a successful solution to generating more housing opportunities in and around Toronto.
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Toronto Life’s article about The Leslie Laneway House discusses the challenges of design during the pandemic, highlighting potential delays in cost and construction. The article also features the homeowners of this laneway suite who now live there and enjoy life on the lane.
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Toronto Life’s article, ‘Stay in Your Lane’ by Philip Preville discusses the housing shortage in Toronto and how laneway suites can help to offset this issue. In addition, the article dives into the typical construction costs for a laneway suite development as well as the additional advantages of gentle densification that the laneway suite housing typology offers.
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NOW Magazine’s article by Julia Mastroianni addresses important questions about laneway suites in Toronto like, who laneway housing is for, the costs to build a laneway suite, and what a property would require to qualify for a laneway suite. We discuss laneway suite eligibility with the author.
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As the article asks: “Do you have adult children who are ready to leave the nest, but can’t yet afford their own home? Do you want to live in a particular area of Toronto, but find the costs too prohibitive? Do you want to set up a home office or entertainment center in a uniquely separate space? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you may want to embrace living Laneway Style! Our senior manager, Tony Cunha, discusses laneway suites with the Feldberg real estate team particularly within the context of changing lifestyles brought about by the pandemic. He reports that “while about half of our clientele are investors, at least 20-25% of all suites are now ‘home-away-from-home office’ spaces – that is, they are being converted into work spaces, hobby, or entertainment spaces used by the primary home owners.”
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