Live · Development pipeline · Forest Hills · 44.667°N 63.517°W
Forest Hills
46 tracked developments totalling 565 units in the pipeline — 328 already under construction, against 6,913 existing dwellings.
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The pipeline
Of 565 tracked units, 328 are under construction — 58% of the area's pipeline.
Forest Hills is building: most of its tracked pipeline is already under construction rather than still on paper.
328 of its 565 pipeline units are under construction, led by 663 Portland St (81 units) and Subdivision Application (76 units). The area holds 6,913 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.
- 663 Portland StUnder constr.81
- Subdivision ApplicationApproved76
- 651 Portland Hills DrUnder constr.74
- 19 Leonamarie DrUnder constr.64
- 57 Noah AveUnder constr.51
- 107 Noah AveCompleted6
- 119 Noah AveCompleted6
- 53 Kassi LaneCompleted6
- 128 Noah AveCompleted6
- 133 Noah AveCompleted6
- 142 Noah AveCompleted6
- 145 Noah AveCompleted6
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Common questions
What people ask about building in Forest Hills — answered from the live record.
How many units are under construction in Forest Hills?
328 units across 16 developments are under construction — about 58% of the area's 565-unit pipeline.
How many developments are tracked in Forest Hills?
46 developments, totalling 565 pipeline units from proposal through completion, against 6,913 existing dwellings.
What is the largest development in Forest Hills?
663 Portland St, a 81-unit under construction development, followed by Subdivision Application (76 units) and 651 Portland Hills Dr (74 units).
Where is development concentrated in Forest Hills?
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 Forest Hills?
Zoning in Forest Hills 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 Forest Hills 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 Forest Hills?
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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