The density that actually gets built
Set density too low and nothing pencils for a builder — your upzoning produces no housing. Set it too high and your infrastructure can't take it. We measure the financial-viability side, lot by lot, so you can set the dial where homes actually get built.
The core problem we solve
The density that actually gets built
Deciding how much density to grant is the hardest call a planner makes. Two different failures sit on either side of the right answer. VanPlex measures the financial-viability side — lot by lot — so you can set the dial where housing actually gets built.
Density too low
Nothing gets built
Below a certain number of units, a multiplex can't cover land plus construction. Builders walk. The lot stays a single house and the upzoning produces no housing.
The viable range
Homes actually get built
Enough units that the project clears a builder's return threshold — so permits get pulled and units get delivered. This is the band you're trying to hit.
Density too high
Infrastructure can't take it
Past a point, servicing, traffic, and community capacity can't absorb the density — and council and neighbours push back. The plan stalls for a different reason.
What we can give your city
We already run this for Vancouver, Burnaby, Kelowna and North Vancouver. Yours is next.
Permit Uptake Monitoring
See whether your SSMUH rezoning is actually producing multiplex permits — counts by type, status, and how the pipeline is moving over time.
Viable-Density Analysis
The share of your lots where a multiplex actually pencils for a builder today — and how that share moves if you change parking, fees, or allowed units.
Housing Needs Report Data
Pipeline and transit-proximity data that maps to the sections BC now requires — housing near transit and actions taken to reduce housing need.
Peer Benchmarking
Where your city sits next to its neighbours on units allowed, parking, timelines, fees — and permit activity alongside.
Your Own PlexRank™ Distribution
The full return-on-equity distribution across your housing stock — the same analysis we run for Vancouver, Burnaby, Kelowna and more, built for your city.
A Live Dashboard (Partner Cities)
Stand up a monitoring dashboard for your council and staff — permit pipeline, feasibility, and scenario modeling in one place.
Tell us about your city
Send us your municipality and what you're trying to answer. We'll come back with a short read on what your data shows and how a monitoring partnership works — no cost to start the conversation.
This is for you if:
- BC municipality subject to SSMUH (Bill 44) — any size
- Planning, housing, or policy staff who report to council
- Preparing or updating a Housing Needs Report
- Wondering whether your upzoning is actually producing units
- Want to test a fee, parking, or density change before adopting it
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