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Lifestyle Housing

What these projects share is the need for tailored servicing, thoughtful site design, and a regulatory approvals pathway that accounts for their particular operational and regulatory requirements.

Lifestyle housing covers a wide range of residential models — age-in-place and retirement communities, land-lease communities, seasonal resorts, purpose-built rentals, and campus housing. What these projects share is the need for tailored servicing, thoughtful site design, and a regulatory approvals pathway that accounts for their particular operational and regulatory requirements.

Many lifestyle housing projects are located in rural or edge-of-settlement areas where municipal water and wastewater services are unavailable. Where private water and wastewater systems are required, Crozier deploys its hydrogeology and private services teams to meet those challenges and keep projects moving forward.

Crozier’s land development and transportation engineering anchors each lifestyle housing project. Through more than 10,000 projects across Ontario, Crozier has cultivated deep relationships with Canada’s most respected planning and architecture firms, environmental consultants, and legal advisors. We connect the right specialists to every file, those who know the specific municipality, the specific agency, and the approval pathway the project demands. Complementary disciplines including structural engineering, hydrogeology, environmental consulting, and landscape architecture are brought to bear as each project requires. The result is lifestyle housing that delivers both the regulatory compliance and the resident experience that operators, owners, and communities expect.

Balmoral Village

Collingwood, Ontario

Edgewood Suites

Village of Dundalk, Ontario

The Grand Canal
Retirement Residence

Welland, Ontario

The items below represent the studies, reports, and approvals most frequently required for lifestyle housing projects. Every file is different — this is a curated highlight, not an exhaustive list.

Studies & Deliverables We Prepare

  • Functional Servicing Reports (FSR)
  • Site Plan Drawings
  • Traffic Impact Studies (TIS)

Approvals & Permits We Help Secure

  • Municipal Site Plan Approval (SPA)
  • Zoning By-law Amendments (ZBA)
  • Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA)

Frequently Asked Questions

What approvals does a lifestyle housing project need in Ontario?

Lifestyle housing projects typically require Municipal Site Plan Approval (SPA), Zoning By-law Amendments (ZBA), and an Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) from the MECP. Projects on private water and septic may also require Health Unit Approvals, and Conservation Authority Permits apply where regulated features are present.

What studies and deliverables are typically required for lifestyle housing developments?

A typical file includes a Functional Servicing Report (FSR), Traffic Impact Study (TIS), and Site Plan Drawing package. Where municipal services are unavailable, private communal or individual water and wastewater system design is also required, which Crozier addresses as part of the project scope.

How long does the approvals process take?

Site Plan Approval typically takes 9 to 18 months for these projects, with timelines extending where Zoning By-law Amendments, Health Unit approvals, or MECP approvals are required.

Who does Crozier work with?

Crozier works with developers and operators of age-in-place and retirement communities, land-lease community operators, resort and seasonal housing developers. Crozier connects the right planning, environmental, and legal specialists to every file through relationships built across more than 10,000 Ontario projects.

Explore the Full Range of What Crozier Delivers

Every project requires a different combination of studies, reports, and approvals. Visit our dedicated hub pages to explore the complete list of deliverables Crozier prepares and the entitlements we routinely facilitate across all market sectors.

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