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Downtown Halifax
47 tracked developments totalling 3,794 units in the pipeline — 2,301 already under construction, against 11,420 existing dwellings.
Open Downtown Halifax in the live map© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap · 47 tracked developments · open any in the live map
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The pipeline
Of 3,794 tracked units, 2,301 are under construction — 61% of the area's pipeline.
Downtown Halifax is building: most of its tracked pipeline is already under construction rather than still on paper.
2,301 of its 3,794 pipeline units are under construction, led by 1551 Hollis St (462 units) and 1565 Granville St (350 units). The area holds 11,420 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 →Planning regime: this area falls under the Regional Centre plan area.
Read the Regional Centre plan (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 StCompleted291
- 1315 Lower Water StCompleted235
- Subdivision ApplicationUnder constr.219
- 1468 Queen StCompleted216
- 1523 Birmingham StUnder constr.179
- 2185 Gottingen StUnder constr.175
- 2002 Gottingen StUnder constr.174
- 1645 Granville StCompleted172
- 2254 Barrington StUnder constr.159
- 2215 Gottingen StUnder constr.142
All 47 developments on the live map (free account) →
Project links open the live Halifax Developments Map — a free account, and your link lands on the exact project you clicked.
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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?
2,301 units across 23 developments are under construction — about 61% of the area's 3,794-unit pipeline.
How many developments are tracked in Downtown Halifax?
47 developments, totalling 3,794 pipeline units from proposal through completion, against 11,420 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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