What HIVE DEVELOPMENTS INC. does

Hive Developments Inc. is a privately held Calgary-based urban planning consultancy that provides three integrated service pillars: Public Engagement & Communications, Planning/Permitting & Compliance, and Development Advisory & Feasibility. The firm serves developers, architects, municipalities, builders, property owners, and mission-driven organizations navigating complex municipal approval processes, with a particular focus on residential, mixed-use, and civic projects. Its core deliverable is professional consulting — engagement strategy, planning rationale, yield testing, and feasibility analysis — executed through human expertise, stakeholder facilitation, and a network of independent specialist contractors rather than any proprietary software platform. The firm reports a zero-appeals track record on rezoning files, a 94% participant 'heard' rate across more than 1,600 community conversations, and approval timelines approximately 5.5 months faster than Calgary benchmarks on Hive-led files.

The business model is fee-for-service project consulting with no subscription, license, or recurring revenue. All engagements are scoped, quoted, and contracted directly with clients; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market is reputation- and portfolio-led within the Calgary development and municipal community, with lead generation driven by case-study portfolio, professional referrals (architects, developers, municipal staff, community organizations), and a single LinkedIn presence — no paid campaigns or marketplace channels are described. The firm is founder-controlled, led by Founding Partner Lourdes Juan and Managing Partner Srimal Ranasinghe, with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, or parent company. Geographic reach is primarily Calgary and Alberta, with one documented Ontario engagement (Brantford feasibility study for Athennian Inc) signaling limited but real expansion beyond its home market. Notable clients include the City of Calgary, Calgary Municipal Land Corporation, Boardwalk Properties, El Condor Lands, Sarina Homes, Spray Group, Landstar, Omega Properties, and Métis Nation of Alberta Region 3.

Name

HIVE DEVELOPMENTS INC.

Legal name

Hive Developments Inc.

Website

https://hivedevelopments.ca

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hive Developments Inc. is a Calgary-based urban planning consultancy providing integrated public engagement, planning/permitting, and development feasibility advisory services to developers, architects, municipalities, and mission-driven organizations in Western Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban Planning Consulting Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD)

Keywords

• Urban planning consultancy
• Community engagement services
• Development feasibility advisory
• Planning permitting compliance
• Real estate development consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Calgary

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services (Engagement, Planning, Feasibility): Hive generates revenue through fee-for-service project engagements. Clients — developers, architects, municipalities, and institutions — engage Hive for specific deliverables: public engagement and communications strategy, planning and permitting applications, and development feasibility studies. Projects are scoped, contracted, and delivered independently. There is no subscription, product license, or recurring revenue described. Revenue is project-based and episodic, tied to development cycles and municipal approval timelines.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Hive Developments is a Calgary-based urban planning consultancy that helps developers, architects, municipalities, and mission-driven organizations navigate land-use and approval processes. The firm delivers three integrated service pillars: Public Engagement & Communications, Planning/Permitting & Compliance, and Development Advisory & Feasibility. Engagements are project-based and executed through a core team augmented by a network of independent specialist contractors.

Product overview

Hive Developments is an urban planning consultancy offering three integrated service pillars: Public Engagement & Communications, Planning/Permitting & Compliance, and Development Advisory & Feasibility. The company operates as a service-based consultancy rather than a software product company, providing specialized consulting to developers, architects, municipalities, builders, property owners, and mission-driven organizations navigating land decisions and approval processes. The services are designed to work together to take projects from concept through to approval.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public Engagement & Communications Creative, research-based community engagement services that build stakeholder trust and de-risk development approvals. Includes engagement strategy, roadmap creation, stakeholder mapping, multi-modal outreach (door-knocking, pop-ups, workshops, digital surveys, multilingual materials), feedback synthesis, and actionable outcome delivery. Built for developers, architects, municipalities, and mission-driven organizations navigating approvals.
• Planning, Permitting & Compliance
• Development Advisory & Feasibility
• Architect & Developer Services
• Municipal & Institutional Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Projects reach approval 5.5 months faster on average for Hive-led rezoning files
• +12 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• O2 Planning & DesigncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-partner in the City Building Program alongside Intelligent Futures and the City of Calgary. Hive leads equity-centred engagement within the broader program while O2 Planning & Design provides planning and design expertise. This is a multi-disciplinary team engagement on a flagship civic program updating Calgary's three most influential planning documents.
• Intelligent FuturescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-partner in the City Building Program alongside O2 Planning & Design and the City of Calgary. Intelligent Futures contributes to the multidisciplinary team delivering this flagship 30-year city-building program.
• City of CalgarycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary client and co-partner in the City Building Program. The City of Calgary engaged Hive and its partners to lead equity-centred engagement for the Municipal Development Plan, Land Use Bylaw, and Complete Streets Policy updates — a 30-year planning framework.
• Casola Koppe ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm collaborating with Hive on the 1900/Madison project in Marda Loop. Hive provided engagement and planning services while Casola Koppe provided architectural design. The project was endorsed by Ward 8 Councillor as a model engagement process.
• Perkins & Will ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm collaborating with Hive on the Our Chinatown YYC project. Hive led multilingual, multi-platform engagement while Perkins & Will provided architectural design for the mixed-use Chinatown development.
• JM Design Group (Jackson McCormick Design Group)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm collaborating with Hive on the Wicket Flats project in Sunnyside/Kensington. Hive led planning, design, and engagement while JM Design Group provided architectural services for the six-storey mixed-use zero-parking rental development.
• Hindle ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm collaborating with Hive on the Louis on 9th project in Inglewood. Hive led engagement and planning while Hindle provided architectural design for the heritage-sensitive mixed-use development.
• Jared TailfeatherscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndigenous Design Lead on the IRS Memorial project. Jared Tailfeathers led the Indigenous design component of the memorial concept, working within a majority-Indigenous multidisciplinary team assembled and managed by Hive. The concept received the highest public support (93% positive) among all finalist teams.
• Spectacle Bureau of Architecture & UrbanismcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm collaborating on the IRS Memorial project as part of the Indigenous-led design team assembled by Hive. Contributed architectural and urban design expertise to the 'Nitsiníí'Pokaako'sa – My Special Child' memorial concept.
• Spruce LabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architecture firm collaborating on the IRS Memorial project as part of the Indigenous-led multidisciplinary team assembled by Hive. Contributed landscape design expertise to the memorial's Medicine Wheel layout featuring four themed areas.
• Métis Nation of Alberta Region 3minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndigenous organization partnering with Hive on the Louis on 9th project to integrate Métis heritage narratives into the site design through naming, art, and interpretive signage. This partnership resulted in a heritage-sensitive outcome that was recognized positively by Métis community participants.
• Human InsightsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner collaborating with Hive and Parks Foundation on the Place Matters project in North Calgary. Human Insights contributed research and analytical expertise to the kinetic multi-station engagement process designed to gather park planning data from hundreds of residents.
• Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal land development corporation engaged as client and partner on both the IRS Memorial project and the BMO Center Expansion project. CMLC led the procurement and oversight of these civic infrastructure projects, with Hive providing engagement and project management services.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: A global design and consulting firm with a substantial urban planning, community development, and engagement practice across Canada. It serves the same municipal and developer clients for larger, multi-disciplinary mandates that exceed Hive's boutique capacity.
• WSP: A global professional services firm with a major Canadian urban planning, landscape architecture, and community development practice. It competes for municipal and institutional planning contracts where scale, geographic reach, and multi-disciplinary capacity are required.
• AECOM: A global infrastructure consulting firm with a Canadian urban planning, design, and engagement practice serving municipal and developer clients. It competes for larger strategic planning mandates where multidisciplinary breadth is a decisive factor.
• Dillon Consulting: A Canadian professional services firm offering planning, engineering, and community engagement services to municipalities and developers. It overlaps with Hive on rezoning support and public engagement for development approvals across Canadian cities.
• Arcadis (formerly IBI Group / Dialog): A global design, engineering, and consulting firm with Canadian urban planning and community design practices (including the former Dialog and IBI Group). It competes for civic planning and developer rezoning work at the upper end of project complexity and scale.

Direct peers

• Intelligent Futures: A Calgary-based multidisciplinary engagement and foresight consultancy that partners with Hive on the City Building Program. It competes for the same municipal and institutional engagement mandates and has overlapping service offerings in equity-centred public participation.
• MH Planning: A boutique urban planning consultancy operating in the Calgary market, providing land-use, rezoning, and development advisory services to private developers and municipalities — directly comparable to Hive's Planning, Permitting & Compliance and Development Advisory service lines.
• Bunt & Associates: A Calgary-headquartered planning, engineering, and land-use consultancy with deep Alberta municipal relationships. It serves many of the same developer and municipal clients as Hive for rezoning, transportation planning, and community engagement work.
• O2 Planning & Design: An Alberta-based integrated design, planning, and engagement firm that co-leads the City of Calgary's City Building Program with Hive. It is the closest planning counterpart in the Calgary market — a direct collaborator and substitute for clients seeking similar rezoning and engagement expertise.

Regional players

• ISL Engineering and Land Services: A Western Canada-focused engineering, planning, and landscape architecture firm with strong Alberta roots. It serves many of the same Calgary-area municipal and developer clients for community development and land-use planning, though typically at larger project scales than Hive.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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