A dark modular residential facade with large windows beneath a wide sky with clouds

A contemporary black and white residential building seen from below against a pale sky

Concrete balconies with glass rails projecting into a clear sky

Homes developed and built in Montréal

Urban Develop finds, plans and builds multi-residential, townhome, infill and mixed-use buildings on the Island of Montréal — and builds for owners who need a contractor.

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Office in Vieux-Montréal Development, construction management, general contracting, design-build

Built for the street it joins

Brick plexes with exterior stairs and balconies on a tree-lined street in autumn

Montréal is a city of narrow lots, exterior stairs, laneways and masonry. New buildings here stand beside a century of good neighbours. We develop where a well-planned building can add homes and keep the rhythm of the block.

About Urban Develop

Close view of weathered red brick and mortar

Plexes and exterior stairs, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal. Brick remains the street’s default wall.

What lasts here

Materials chosen for freeze–thaw cycles, road salt and a century of maintenance — and detailed so that water always has a way out.

Materials for a hundred winters

Grey and buff clay brick laid in a running bond — Clay brickThe city’s default wall

A concrete wall showing the lines of its formwork — Cast concreteFootings below frost depth

A greystone building in Vieux-Montréal — GreystoneMontréal limestone

Laminated timber beams against a blue sky — Engineered timberLighter structure

A concrete wall with a grid of form-tie holes — Architectural concreteForm-tie pattern left exposed

Grey stone cladding panels — Stone claddingRobust at street level

A wood-framed building under construction against the sky — Light wood framePermitted to six storeys

What we develop

Each has its own lot, code and market logic. We work within these five and know them well.

A contemporary dark-clad house beside traditional houses

Urban infill

Plex lots, garages and corner sites

A tall brick apartment building with glass corner balconies

Multi-residential

Mid-rise condominium and rental

Greystone and brick row houses with front stairs after a snowfall

Townhome communities

Ground-oriented family homes

Pedestrians on a street of stone commercial buildings in Vieux-Montréal

Mixed-use

Homes above street-level commerce

An apartment building with a brick base and light upper storeys under a cloudy sky

Purpose-built rental

Long-term rental buildings

All developments

From site to keys

Our approach in full

First, the site
Title, zoning, soils, servicing and the street around it, reviewed before an offer becomes firm.
Then, the numbers
Massing, suite mix, construction cost and schedule, tested against what the market will carry.
Then, the design
Architects and engineers working to one budget and one set of priorities.
Then, the borough
Zoning conformity, architectural review and, where needed, a variance or project-specific resolution.
Before ground
Trade pricing, procurement, a winter plan and a construction schedule people can hold to.
Finally, the building
Site supervision, quality reviews, inspections, deficiency correction and handover.

Four ways to build with us

Timber formwork and a tower crane on a construction site against the sky

Services

What could your lot hold?

A first, rough reading of a site. Set the lot and the height the zoning allows to see the floor area and an indicative number of suites.

Lot frontage15 m

A central-borough plex lot is about 7.6 m (25 ft) wide.

Lot depth30 m

Storeys allowed4

Lot coverage60%

The share of the lot the building may occupy, set by the borough bylaw.

1,080 m²gross floor area

11,625 ft²in square feet

≈ 12indicative suites

Below the 18,000 m² residential threshold at which Montréal’s Règlement pour une métropole mixte requires a housing agreement with the City.

Indicative arithmetic only: 82% net-to-gross and an average suite of 72 m² net are assumed. Setbacks, height in metres, density limits, parking, heritage and borough review all change the real answer — that is what a feasibility study is for.

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Montréal, block by block

We work on the Island of Montréal and close to its transit lines, where we know the boroughs, the soils, the trades and the street.

Rooftops of Montréal covered in snow, with brick buildings and towers in the distance

Winter shapes every decision here: frost depth, snow load, airtight envelopes and a construction schedule that keeps working in January. Designing for Montréal winters

A typical central-borough block: narrow lots back to back, a shared laneway, one lot waiting.

Office: Vieux-Montréal
Territory: Island of Montréal
Building types: Five, from plex infill to mid-rise
Delivery: CM, general contracting, design-build

Insights

All insights

Board-formed concrete wall with a regular grid of form-tie holes

Choosing materials for a hundred winters

How Montréal’s freeze–thaw cycles, road salt and long heating season shape the choice of masonry, cladding, windows, roofs and structure in a residential building meant to last.

October 6, 2026, materials and durability