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Live · Development pipeline · Fairview · 44.666°N 63.623°W

Fairview

45 tracked developments totalling 2,375 units in the pipeline — 1,749 already under construction, against 11,046 existing dwellings.

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2,375
units in pipeline
74%
under construction
$226M
permit value

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Fig. 01

The pipeline

Of 2,375 tracked units, 1,749 are under construction — 74% of the area's pipeline.

1,749Under construction178Completed222Inactive11Proposed215Approved

Fairview is building: most of its tracked pipeline is already under construction rather than still on paper.

1,749 of its 2,375 pipeline units are under construction, led by 3490 Joseph Howe Dr (324 units) and 3495 Joseph Howe Dr (168 units). The area holds 11,046 existing dwellings today.

This quarter

2completed · 6 units6newly filed2approved1permitted1broke ground

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. 03

Common questions

What people ask about building in Fairview — answered from the live record.

How many units are under construction in Fairview?

1,749 units across 22 developments are under construction — about 74% of the area's 2,375-unit pipeline.

How many developments are tracked in Fairview?

45 developments, totalling 2,375 pipeline units from proposal through completion, against 11,046 existing dwellings.

What is the largest development in Fairview?

3490 Joseph Howe Dr, a 324-unit under construction development, followed by 3495 Joseph Howe Dr (168 units) and 3331 Westerwald St (164 units).

Where is development concentrated in Fairview?

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 Fairview?

Zoning in Fairview 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 Fairview 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 Fairview?

We compute what your lot can become — zoning, massing, the financing stack — and develop it end to end.

Underwrite your parcel

A fixed-fee feasibility study, credited toward the development fee if the project proceeds.