AssetAvenue Studies · Ottawa and Toronto
What can be built on your lot?
Enter an address for a free quick read in about ten seconds. When the numbers are worth a closer look, order a study: the building drawn to scale and checked provision by provision.
Free. No account needed to see the numbers.
Beyond the envelope
What else the quick read checks
- Permitted uses
- What the zone allows, residential or not: industrial and commercial lots get their uses and floor area
- Three scenarios
- Multiplex, as-of-right maximum and the height nearby approvals reached, each with units, land value and charges at permit
- Levers
- One storey more, one neighbour assembled, transit parking relief: units and land value each one adds
- Constraints
- Heritage, flood plain, ravine and airport layers checked on the lot, with the source of each
- Nearby activity
- Planning applications within 500 m: how many, how tall, how many approved
What you get
Free in ten seconds
- QR-001Zoning summaryZone, height limit, setbacks and density, with the by-law named
- QR-101Site planThe lot line traced from City records, yards marked in metres
- QR-201Typical floorUnits laid out inside the envelope, with areas and unit mix
- QR-301SectionStoreys against the height limit, beside what stands there today
- QR-501ScenariosMultiplex, as-of-right and precedent cases with land value and charges
- QR-601Site contextHeritage, flood and transit layers, and applications within 500 m
The full study
Drawn to scale, checked provision by provision
A 21-sheet PDF: zoning compliance, floor plans for every level, elevation and section, parking, structure, mechanical, a 2024 Building Code review and an exterior render. Pages below are drawn for a sample lot.
FS-002Zoning compliance
Every provision of the by-law: required, proposed, section, status
FS-103Floor plans
Each level drawn to scale, unit by unit, with areas, doors and exits
FS-101Site plan
Lot line, setbacks, envelope, waste route and exits to the street
FS-202Building section
Measured height against the limit, average grade, basement test
Studies
Three depths, one model
Zoning memo
$950CAD, before tax
Every zoning provision for the lot in one compliance table, with the unit mix, gross and net area and parking count it allows.
2 business days · no revision round
Order this studyAs-of-right study
$2,900CAD, before tax
Zoning compliance table, site plan, floor plans and street elevation for the largest building allowed without a variance.
7 business days · 1 revision
Order this studyFull feasibility package
$3,900CAD, before tax
As-of-right study plus parking, section, structural, mechanical and fire concepts, a building code review and a photoreal exterior render.
12 business days · 1 revision
Order this studyHow a study runs
- 1Pick the lot and pay. From the Develop map or by address. Choose the study and your program preferences: parking, rooftop terrace.
- 2Lot check. Zoning, parcel geometry and your uploads are reviewed before work starts. If the lot can't be studied, the order is refunded.
- 3Study. Program decided from the by-law, scheme drawn to scale, every figure computed from one model and checked.
- 4Delivery. The PDF lands on your order page, with one revision on the as-of-right and full studies.
Questions
- Which lots can you study?
- Ottawa and Toronto lots under their current zoning by-laws. Other Ontario municipalities on request before ordering.
- Do I need a survey?
- No. The lot comes from municipal parcel data. A survey, if you have one, makes setbacks and areas exact; upload it on your order page.
- Can I use the study for a permit?
- No. It shows what the zoning allows and what fits. A permit set is drawn and sealed by an architect and engineers, and the study is the brief they start from.
- What if the by-law needs an interpretation?
- It is marked “confirm” on the compliance table and listed in the summary, so it can go to a zoning determination or pre-consultation.