Live · Development pipeline · Downtown Halifax · 44.646°N 63.573°W
Downtown Halifax
44 tracked developments totalling 3,874 units in the pipeline — 2,505 already under construction, against 11,483 existing dwellings.
Open Downtown Halifax in the live map© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap · 44 tracked developments · open any in the live map
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The pipeline
Of 3,874 tracked units, 2,505 are under construction — 65% of the area's pipeline.
Downtown Halifax is building: most of its tracked pipeline is already under construction rather than still on paper.
2,505 of its 3,874 pipeline units are under construction, led by 1551 Hollis St (462 units) and 1565 Granville St (350 units). The area holds 11,483 existing dwellings today.
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Zoning & what you can build
Zoning is set by HRM's land-use by-laws and depends on the parcel, overlays, and site conditions.
What you can build by-right in Halifax → Look up zoning at HRM →Fig. 02
The largest developments
The biggest by unit count. Every tracked project is on the live map.
- 1551 Hollis StUnder constr.462
- 1565 Granville StUnder constr.350
- 1871 Albemarle StUnder constr.291
- 1315 Lower Water StCompleted235
- Subdivision ApplicationProposed219
- 1468 Queen StCompleted216
- 2185 Gottingen StUnder constr.175
- 2002 Gottingen StUnder constr.174
- 1645 Granville StCompleted172
- 1523 Birmingham StUnder constr.168
- 2254 Barrington StUnder constr.159
- 2215 Gottingen StUnder constr.142
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Common questions
What people ask about building in Downtown Halifax — answered from the live record.
How many units are under construction in Downtown Halifax?
2,505 units across 22 developments are under construction — about 65% of the area's 3,874-unit pipeline.
How many developments are tracked in Downtown Halifax?
44 developments, totalling 3,874 pipeline units from proposal through completion, against 11,483 existing dwellings.
What is the largest development in Downtown Halifax?
1551 Hollis St, a 462-unit under construction development, followed by 1565 Granville St (350 units) and 1871 Albemarle St (291 units).
Where is development concentrated in Downtown Halifax?
Development is tracked from HRM permits and planning applications and mapped to each parcel — open the live map to see exactly where the active projects sit.
What can you build by-right in Downtown Halifax?
Zoning in Downtown Halifax is set by HRM's land-use by-laws; what a specific parcel can support depends on its zone, overlays, and site conditions — read what you can build by-right on a Halifax lot, look up the official by-law on HRM's ExploreHRM, or we'll compute it for your lot.
Who tracks Downtown Halifax development data?
Helio Urban Development synthesizes the pipeline from HRM building and development permits, planning and subdivision applications, and PVSC assessment.
Own a parcel in Downtown Halifax?
We compute what your lot can become — zoning, massing, the financing stack — and develop it end to end.
Underwrite your parcelA fixed-fee feasibility study, credited toward the development fee if the project proceeds.
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