North Island development activity continues to advance, with new townhouse communities, affordable housing, and staff accommodations progressing through key permit and rezoning milestones.
Lost Lake Hills features a terraced fourplex arrangement that follows the natural topography, creating a cohesive neighbourhood form with central parking and pedestrian connections.
NANAIMO – 5300 Tanya Dr (multi-family new) Townhouses – Lost Lake Hills
Designer: Sylvain Group Design – Nanoose Bay Ph: 250-954-7347 sylvain @sgrdesign.ca
Developer: District Group – Vancouver Ph: 604-322-5762 info @districtgroup.ca on behalf of Lost Lake Properties – Parksville Ph: 250-248-8155
Landscape Professional: PMG Landscape Architects – Burnaby Ph: 604-294-0011 office @pmglandscape.com
Project: Twenty 2-storey fourplex buildings containing 80 townhouse units across 3.36 ha. Clustered ground-oriented units consistent with a maximum density of 24 units per hectare under steep-slope residential zoning.
Stage: Building permit application submitted January/26 for 24 units, following development permit approval in December/25 and rezoning approval in July/24.
NANAIMO – 1435 Cranberry Ave (multi-family new) Affordable Housing
Owner: City of Nanaimo – Planning – Nanaimo Ph: 250-755-4460 caleb.horn @nanaimo.ca
Applicant: Snuneymuxw First Nation – Youth and Family Society – Nanaimo Ph: 250-740-2300 info @snuneymuxw.ca
Partner: M’akola Development Services – Victoria Ph: 778-265-7489 info @makoladev.com
Architect: MacDonald Hagarty Architects (MHArchitects) – Comox Ph: 250-941-0223 admin @mharchitects.ca
General Contractor: Saywell Contracting Ltd – Nanaimo Ph: 250-729-0197 lauren @saywellcontracting.com
Landscape Professional: Biophilia Design Collective – Victoria Ph: 250-590-1156 info @biophiliacollective.ca
Project: Six-storey affordable housing development containing 42 units, 2,025 sf office space, 28,588 sf residential area, and 9 parking stalls. Includes studio, one-bed, two-bed, and three-bed layouts with outdoor amenity areas, garden beds, play space, patio, medicinal planting, and bike storage.
Stage: Building permit application submitted October/25 for 42 units, with construction anticipated to start June/26 following development permit approval in December/25.
TOFINO – 1211 Pacific Rim Hwy (multi-family new) Wickaninnish Inn Staff Housing
Architect: Leith Anderson Arch – West Vancouver Ph: 604-925-4383 leitharch @shaw.ca
Developer: Wickaninnish Inn – Tofino Ph: 250-725-3100 charles @wickinn.com
Surveyor: McElhanney – Duncan Ph: 250-748-3335 duncan @mcelhanney.com
Environmental Consultant: DR Clough Consulting – Lantzville Ph: 250-390-2901 drclough @shaw.ca
Project: Two buildings containing 25 residential units on a 3.6-acre portion of a 37-acre property. Includes single and double sleeping units, a shared kitchen, laundry, lounge, storage, and outdoor shower facilities, supporting up to 30 staff.
Stage: Rezoning application advancing for Council consideration in spring/26, following a revised submission in June/25.
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