Richmond · British Columbia

Development Financing in Richmond.

The projects that get built in Richmond aren’t the ones with the richest owners — they’re the ones with the smartest financing plan. We map yours before you spend a dollar.

Planning the financing for a development project — Richmond
Why Richmond

Richmond is built for this move.

Richmond’s flat, generously sized lots and Canada Line access make it one of the more straightforward places in the region to add homes to a property.

Financing is where good Richmond projects die quietly — not because the money doesn’t exist, but because nobody sequenced it. Equity, construction draws, once-built refinancing and government-backed programs each have a moment; we line them up.

The rules in Richmond: Under BC’s Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing rules, Richmond pre-zoned some 27,000 lots for three to four units — up to six on larger lots near frequent transit — with a secondary suite and/or coach house permitted on detached homes.

Where we work in Richmond

StevestonBrighouseTerra NovaHamilton+ all of Richmond

Also in Richmond

What we do

Development Financing, handled end-to-end.

One accountable team from first question to finished build — full service details →

The full stack, mapped

Home equity, construction financing, refinance-on-completion and CMHC-supported programs — matched to your project.

Bankable by design

Real drawings, real budgets and legal units — the package lenders actually say yes to.

Not a lender — on purpose

We’re your development team, not a mortgage seller. We model the plan and coordinate with your lender or broker.

Richmond questions

Asked in Richmond.

Almost never cash. The typical stack: equity starts the project, construction financing carries the build, and refinancing against the once-built value repays it — with the rent servicing the debt from there.

No — it was cancelled in Budget 2025 and never launched. We build Richmond financing plans around programs that are actually active today.

Increasingly, yes — lenders count rental income from legal units. That’s one more reason the legal-and-permitted route pays: illegal suite income often doesn’t count at the bank.

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