Joe Hoffman

Joe’s representative work includes acting on:

• Mid-rise and high-rise residential rental and condominium, mixed-use, and commercial projects throughout Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, including the approval of the redevelopment of the Chelsea Hotel and representing developers contributing to the City of Toronto’s ever-changing skyline by obtaining approvals for super-tall mixed-use towers including near Yonge Street and Bloor Street.
• Advising student housing developers and operators across Ontario on purpose-built student accommodation projects, including both university-partnered developments, and privately-owned residences serving the broader student population.
• Acting on redevelopment applications and complex heritage matters in the Distillery District, navigating the intersection of heritage preservation requirements, and intensification objectives in one of Toronto’s most prominent heritage districts.
• Representing large landowner groups in Milton and Hamilton on major residential greenfield development, including urban boundary expansion matters within the City of Hamilton to bring lands into the urban boundary to accommodate growth.
• Working on Secondary Plans and securing development approvals for large-scale master-planned communities, including Downtown Pickering, Promenade Shopping Centre, and Woodside Square Mall.
• Guiding developers through the rental housing replacement approval process in Toronto, including securing replacement units at affordable, mid-range, and market rents to satisfy the City’s rental replacement policies while advancing redevelopment objectives.
  
• Advising large commercial retail and warehouse operators.
• Representing BILD in relation to employment land matters in the City of Toronto, Development charge appeals in the City of Markham, the Municipality of Clarington and the City of Mississauga and its appeal of the City of Toronto’s Official Plan introducing a Development Permit System.
• Representing third party sign providers.