We design human-first communities.

Then we carry them through the hard years of planning, zoning, servicing and approvals. What reaches you is ready to build, within a vision that holds.

Phase 2 is zoned, serviced, and seeking a build partner.

Unity Square: Explore Phase 2

Four townhomes at Unity Square with yellow front doors, front lawns and walkways in morning light. — Unity Square, Phase 1. Artist interpretation of the built form. Currently under construction. For more, click here.

Unity Square, Phase 1. Artist interpretation of the built form. Currently under construction. For more, click here.

Explore Phase 2

415

units in a master-planned community, across two phases

14%

of land for roads and parking, vs 36% typical (CMHC)

44%

of the site returned to landscaped open space

5min

walk to groceries, pharmacy, dining and the wellness centre

1.09acres

four-season civic square

Designed for people. That is why it performs.

Human-first design is not a cost of doing business at Design For Happiness. It is the reason the land performs: for the people who live there, for the municipality that chose the plan, and for the partner who builds it.

Residents walking, cycling and sitting on the shared green at Unity Square. — Artist interpretation of shared green spaces easily accessible from all townhomes

People, not cars

Fewer interior roads returned land to green space. Front doors face the street rather than hiding behind garages, and driveways sit below patios. A streetscape built for walking and meeting.

Water

Beneath the paths, play mounds and green spaces sit the infiltration galleries of one of Canada's largest residential low-impact developments. Stormwater filters through the green space before returning to the Thames watershed. One design serves the people above it and the watershed below. The park is the infrastructure.

Kitchen and dining area of a Phase 1 townhome with floor-to-ceiling windows onto the green. — Inside a Phase 1 townhome. Floor to ceiling windows support daylight and connection to the outdoors.

Daylight and connection

Floor-to-ceiling windows carry light through the whole home. Green space sits steps from every door, and benches along paths invite a pause in the sun or a chat with a neighbour.

For the record

Unity Square began as a ten-acre parcel behind the Komoka Wellness Centre, 5 minutes west of London. In 2017 the Municipality of Middlesex Centre put the land out to competitive proposal for a new town centre. Design For Happiness won.

Since then the site has been rezoned, fully serviced with municipal water and sanitary, and built around low-impact stormwater management. Phase 1 is 69 rental townhomes, including the award-winning Park Townhome, which hides cars beneath the home accessed from below the rear patio deck.

Phase 2 is 5.46 acres, zoned for mixed use, with a concept for two mid-rise buildings, 21,800 sq ft of ground-floor commercial and a civic square at its heart. It is ready for a partner to build.

Aerial rendering of the Unity Square master plan, with Phase 1 townhomes to the north, Phase 2 mid-rise buildings and civic square to the south, and the Komoka Wellness Centre below. — The Unity Square master plan. Phase 1 townhomes, the Phase 2 concept and the civic square, beside the Komoka Wellness Centre. Artist interpretation; Phase 2 illustrative.

Live at Unity Square.

Phase 1 townhomes at Unity Square. — Phase 1: The Townhomes of Unity Square, by Forever Homes.

A Design For Happiness community in the heart of Komoka’s new town centre.

Now renting. Find out more.

Phase 2 is ready to build.

Entitled, serviced, and beside Phase 1.

Concept, planning framework and servicing reports are available to qualified parties.

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Phase 2 corner building in winter, with ground-floor retail and residential floors above. — Phase 2 concept rendering. Building form and tenants illustrative.

Land, and a vision for it

Unity Square began with a municipal RFP and a ten-acre parcel.

If you hold land, and a vision for what it could become, whether you're a municipality, a landowner, or an organization planning your next chapter, we'd welcome the conversation.

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