Mid-Rise (Apartments)
HG Planning & Development brings experience across apartment projects ranging from rental and mixed-use developments to more complex urban housing proposals.
Our work supports projects through planning analysis, policy interpretation, development applications, urban design review, and alignment across municipal staff and consultant teams. We focus on clear strategy, strong project positioning, and practical solutions that help move apartment projects forward through the approvals process.
Courtyard Apartment Typology
Location: Vancouver
Type: Courtyard Apartment / Mid-Rise Residential
Role: Planning Strategy, Urban Design & Typology Development
Description:
A courtyard-based apartment typology combining a five-storey front building with a four-storey rear building to create a shared internal open space. The configuration improves light access, livability, and unit orientation while maintaining density within a mid-rise form. The project reflects a design-led approach to housing delivery, balancing urban design quality with practical development outcomes and market feasibility.
Courtyard Townhouses over Commercial Podium
Location: Vancouver
Type: Courtyard Townhouse over Commercial Podium/ Mixed-Use
Role: Planning Strategy, Urban Design & Typology Development
Description:
A hybrid residential typology integrating townhouse units above a commercial podium to activate the street while introducing ground-oriented housing within a denser urban context. The approach balances retail viability, livability, and scale transitions, offering a practical alternative to conventional mixed-use forms while enhancing both public realm and residential quality.
Courtyard Apartment & Townhouses
Location: Vancouver
Type: Courtyard Apartment + Townhouses
Role: Planning Strategy, Urban Design & Typology Development
Description:
A hybrid residential typology combining a perimeter apartment building with ground-oriented townhouse units to mediate between higher-density development and adjacent low-rise neighborhoods. The configuration establishes a shared internal courtyard while activating the street edge with individual entries, improving livability, privacy, and contextual integration.
Applied Residential & Mixed-Use Apartments
Location: Vancouver
Type: Mid-Rise Residential & Mixed-Use
Role: Development Planning & Urban Design
Description:
A series of mid-rise residential and mixed-use projects demonstrating adaptable apartment typologies across diverse urban conditions. From active commercial frontages to neighbourhood infill, the work reflects a consistent approach to delivering efficient density, livable units, and strong public interfaces.
Each project responds to its context through clear massing, frontage articulation, and integration of landscape and ground-oriented uses, while maintaining a buildable and market-ready framework.
Commercial & Office Development
Image: Cascadia Green Development & Shape Architecture
Location: North Vancouver
Type: Commercial (Retail & Office)
Role: Development Planning & Urban Design
Description:
A commercial development integrating retail and office uses within a compact urban framework. The project emphasizes a clear structural expression and active ground-floor interface, strengthening its relationship with the public realm while accommodating flexible office space above.
The approach demonstrates how commercial typologies can be strategically configured to support evolving workspace demands, while maintaining efficient circulation, buildability, and long-term adaptability.
These projects reflect an approach to mid-rise developments where scale, program, form, and site conditions are carefully aligned to support efficient approvals, tenant flexibility, and long-term asset performance.