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Residential

Meeting the Demand for Housing

By 2050, 2.5 billion more people will live in cities, demanding housing that is sustainable, affordable, and socially connected. Our approach to multi-family residential design supports smart growth and walkable neighborhoods with building wellness initiatives, integrated carbon-reduction strategies, innovative construction technologies, and resilient infrastructure. Every solution is guided by principles of design excellence, urban regeneration, inclusive context, and marketability.

Advancing Design Intelligence
Our dedicated Residential team maximizes every square foot through informed space planning and standards, leveraging our executed portfolio and robust knowledge base of program metrics. The data drives adaptable, efficient designs that respond to changing housing needs and emerging living models.

 

Embracing Unified Urbanism
Collaboration across disciplines — from architects and engineers to developers and city officials — is pivotal to accelerating incentives and approvals to expedite next-generation housing to market. We design with the understanding that buildings, landscapes, mobility, and communities operate as one integrated ecosystem.

 

Enabling Technology Innovation
Across our portfolio, we bring people, design, and technologies together, using generative tools to explore solutions that balance creativity with performance. Our goal is to create beautiful buildings while strengthening proformas and streamlining speed-to-market, maximizing return on investment and long-term value for investors and communities alike.

Street-level rendering of illuminated Lincoln Residential tower at dusk.
Arthur on Aberdeen residential tower with brick and glass façades beside an elevated transit line at sunset.
Fishtown Urby mixed-use residential building featuring a large graphic mural facade.
Sunlit rooftop patio with wooden pergola and seating overlooking an urban skyline.
1529 N Fremont St. integrated into a transitional urban neighborhood with street trees and ground-floor retail.
Exterior of Tamarisk NorthShore Deerfield Senior Residences overlooking a landscaped pond and gardens.
An urban courtyard surrounded by mid-rise brick buildings, with people walking, biking, and sitting among landscaped greenery.
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High-Rise

Tall building design is a powerful expression of signature residences that create connected vertical communities shaping vibrant cities.

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Low + Mid Rise

Neighbourhood-scale mixed-use, transit-oriented developments that support the “missing middle” to align with community needs.

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Adaptive Reuse

Office and hotel conversions present strategic solutions for underperforming assets to help meet urgent housing demands.

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Attainable Housing

Affordable, supportive, and transitional housing that prioritizes flexible, sustainable communities with measurable social impact.

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Seniors Living

High-quality, age-inclusive design promoting wellness, active lifestyles, meaningful experiences, and a strong sense of belonging.

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Student Housing

Inclusive student residence hubs connecting learning, amenities, and social spaces into the broader community footprint.

See Student Housing Portfolio

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