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HGTV Canada’s article focuses on smart and creative ways that real estate hopefuls can break into the market and get a head start on their real estate portfolio. Our project images were featured and the article notes that homes with laneway suites could offset the strain of mortgage payments through rental income.  Laneway suite rental averages have proven to be higher than comparable condo rentals. As Laneway suites become more popular, the article notes that lots accommodating laneway housing will carry a bigger premium in the future ensuring growth on your initial investment.

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Urban Toronto’s Isaac Khouzam puts it perfectly: “A laneway house requires a laneway; a feature that is common in the city’s older “streetcar suburbs” near the core, but which many post-war suburban neighbourhoods lack. Garden housing, on the other hand, can be built almost anywhere, bringing the benefits of contextually sensitive intensification to a wider swath of this city.” Despite its similarities to laneway housing, garden housing presents its own unique challenges and opportunities. Khouzam explores these differences in his article featuring Lanescape’s Co-founder, Craig Race.

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Recognizing the success of Toronto’s first crop of Laneway Suites, the Globe and Mail’s John Lorinc considers the “sequel” to the city’s recent efforts in diversifying affordable housing options through accessory dwelling units. Joining other laneway development experts, Lanescape’s Craig Race weighs in on how Toronto’s Garden Suites Policy might take shape, and which factors will affect these developments. If approved, the new policy could qualify hundreds of thousands of Toronto properties for increased housing flexibility.

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Garden Suites are on the way! Similar to laneway suites, this exciting new housing frontier promises to offer new options for multi-generational living scenarios at a city-wide scale. Lia Grainger from the National Post speaks with Lanescape’s Craig Race and Tony Cunha on how the current laneway housing policy can inform future Garden Suite development. If approved, the new Garden Suites policy will provide thousands of Torontonians the ability to house their loved ones, just steps away from their back door.

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Garden Suites are on the path to becoming Toronto’s newest housing typology! Residential properties that do not have laneway access might soon be able to bring additional density to Toronto’s low-rise neighbourhoods.

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