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We were very pleased to see two of our @indwell.ca projects --The Station Apartments and Balaclava Crossing, featured in another Hamilton Spectator article last week! Teviah Moro`s piece focuses on St. Thomas’s effective strategy to reduce homelessness through supportive housing, and what Hamilton can learn from the city`s efforts to reach “functional zero” homelessness by 2027.

It`s encouraging to know that The Station Apartments has been a key part of this good work. In line with St. Thomas’ Compassionate Community plan, the project created 45 new supportive apartments one block from the downtown core. The new building is four storeys and includes shell space for a future single-bay firehall.

Our Balaclava Crossing project is converting a former elementary school into permanent housing for tenants with support needs. The heritage red brick building will be retrofitted to include 36 units, while a new 4-storey addition will provide 42 additional units along with ground-floor common spaces and offices. ...

Wonderful to spot a rendering by Invizij`s own, Adam Dobson, in this morning`s @hamiltonspectator! We are excited to advance the work of @indwell.ca in creating supportive affordable housing on city-owned properties at 1022-1030 Waterdown Road in Aldershot. See photo 2 for the most recent render of this lovely building design.

In Burlington and beyond, we know that affordable housing will continue to play a critical role in helping communities manage the rising cost of living. It`s good to see articles shed light on the challenging issues that shape so many of the projects we are passionate about! ...

Great news in The Hamilton Spectator today regarding the reopening of Eastwood Arena!

Earlier this year, our firm put together site concepts to explore how affordable housing could be integrated alongside a new arena facility on the property. We see huge potential here for a multi-use community asset that serves the neighbourhood on multiple fronts.

Check out our initial concepts below—we’d love to hear your thoughts! 🤔 ...

We were heartened to participate in the groundbreaking celebration for 107 permanently affordable homes for seniors and others to age in place as part of Victoria Park Community Homes. The building is coming out of the ground at the corner of Stonechurch & Redmond on the Hamilton mountain, part of the Lacoma Court community where an 8 unit building once stood.

The building will have 20% accessible units, a large common room with a roof terrace, and will be 50% more energy efficient than a building built to code. That will make a difference for tenants expenses and the planet.

Bringing complex, deeply affordable housing from the drawing board to construction requires incredible partners—major thanks to the City of Hamilton and CMHC + Build Canada Homes for investing in this vision. Vic Park is a dream to work with, as are our design partners - see below.

Congratulations to the VPCH team, with special thanks to retiring CEO Lori-Anne Gagne for her decades of impact, and a big welcome to incoming CEO Matt Bowen.
Excited to watch this rise! 🧱

Architect: @invizij
Development consultant: Flourish
Planner: @landwise.team
Civil: SLA
Landscape: Adele Pierre
Structural: Kalos
M&E: CK Eng
Solar: Zon

#InvizijArchitects #DesignImpact #CommunityHousing #HamOnt ...

Very exciting to see the work of @nithvalleyconstruction in progress, as construction nears completion on @indwell.ca `s Acorn Flats in Hamilton!

We are blown away yet again by Dave Povao`s drone photos of this special supportive housing project. We love the clean lines and of the building`s design, and the way colour blocking adds visual interest to the neighbourhood`s built environment.

Acorn Flats is intended for family housing with two and three-bedroom units. It includes eight total pods for 23 apartments and one common room. Each stair in the building is used to directly access two pods, or six apartments, with a common exterior walkway to connect stairs as a secondary egress - a design intended to create a strong connection to the outdoors. 🌿🌳🏢 ...

Perfect weather, great food, and even better company! 🥰☀⚾🏆

On Friday, we hosted our first-ever Invizij Client Appreciation Day at Corktown Park, right across from the office. From the BBQ to the softball tournament (and custom Invizij caps!), it was an awesome afternoon celebrating the strong relationships and incredible projects we build together.

A huge thank you to all of our wonderful clients and staff who joined us to celebrate summer. Check out a few snapshots from the day! ...

Round one of lunch break disc golf was an absolute delight! If you hear us in the park shouting loudly about high risk shots and special discs (designed by tournament organizer, Dustin) just know we are having a great time.

Best dressed award goes to the Discombobulators, for their disco inspired logo, featuring none other than Invizij principal, Bob! Well done team! 😄 ...

We ❤️ heritage buildings so much that when custom restoration is hard to find, we roll up our sleeves and do it ourselves. 🛠️

Today, Danielle, Emma, Graham, and David (from Flourish) spent the day stripping layers of paint off the original vestibule doors at @indwell.ca’s Hilda Stuart Lofts (formerly the War Memorial Children’s Hospital) in London, ON.

Up next: stain + refinish! Can’t wait for future residents to walk through these restored doors. ✨ ...