Channel Consulting

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Channel Consulting

LAND USE APPROVALS & PERMITTING

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Award-Winning, Full-Service Land Development Consulting Services For Canadian Land Holders, Developers, & Municipalities.

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There has never been a more challenging time to develop property in Canada.

From navigating the cumbersome approvals process, to minding complicated environmental and social factors, to optimizing the value of your land in the current climate—going from idea to completed project is an uphill climb. 

At Channel Consulting, we’re proud to walk hand in hand with our clients every step of the way. Beginning with development feasibility studies, through land use approvals, and tracking all the way to your ribbon-cutting ceremony, we’re here to make your approval and development process as easeful and successful as possible.

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The Channel Consulting Experience

VISION

Our work starts and ends with understanding and honouring your vision for your land. With us, you get a team member who values the heart of your project.

COLLABORATION

We don’t believe in the old-fashioned “us vs them” approach. We leverage relationships to move your project forward in a fraction of the time.

CREATIVITY

When one door closes—we look for points of connection and find open doors where others might not even think to look.

STRATEGY

Optimizing the value of your property begins well before development. We’ll work together to create and highlight the true value of your land through managing timelines and engagement strategies in the approvals and permitting process, so you can maximize your ROI.

CONNECTION

Even in the face of complex political, environmental, and servicing factors, we believe there is always a solution. We liaise between stakeholders to ensure your project moves forward as smoothly as possible.

EXPERIENCE

With more than 25 years of experience working in land use policy, land development, and government relations, our Principal Tegan Smith offers a wealth of specialized, boots-on-the-ground experience from every side of the table.
We have been working with Tegan Smith and her Channel Consulting team since November 2020. Tegan and her team have been a tremendous asset and have helped us navigate our expansion process through permit application, strategic planning, and concept modelling. The Channel group has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in many areas and has a network of professionals at their disposal to help achieve and execute growth opportunities. We look forward to working with them through the remainder of our expansion process.
Tish Kumar, Vice President
TDK Metro Terminals

Who We Serve

Private Landholders

DEVELOPMENT FEASIBILITY & MANAGEMENT

  • Navigate your development feasibility study, approvals process, and development project with a seasoned expert in your corner.
  • Leverage the behind-the-scenes knowledge and connections of a veteran Development Consultant, so you can get your project across the line as efficiently and easefully as possible.
  • Get a partner who will prioritize your vision, optimize the value of your land, help you identify creative solutions to technical problems, find financing options, manage stakeholder engagement, and much more.

Municipalities

DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS PROCESS REVIEW (DAPR) CONSULTING

  • Rework your municipality’s processes with the support of an experienced land use policy expert and development consultant.
  • Give your team and your community the benefit of a streamlined, efficient process to unlock housing supply.
  • Leverage technological advancements like AI to relieve staffing challenges and ensure your team is well-supported and able to focus on what matters most.
Working with Tegan and the Channel team has been great. Their level of understanding of the complex process of realizing a non-profit, social and affordable housing projects is deep. Tegan and her team at Channel are comprehensive and understanding of the zoning bylaws within the municipality and have clear understanding of building guidelines dictated by provincial and federal funders and ensuring the project complies. We were able to solve the pro forma budget issues as they related to the proposal call. We valued the willingness of Channel to be flexible with our organization and the ability to understand our project goals and how their related to the overall benefit of the community. Channel is a professional organization with an abundance of expertise in project development and has a consulting team that is patient and understanding when it comes to developing non-profit housing.
Wes Evenaars, Director Development
Lookout Housing + Health Society
Tegan made it her mission to familiarize herself with all of the fine details of our proposed development and as such was able to clearly and concisely communicate our needs and requirements with the planners and City Council. We were trying to get city council approval for a variance order moving our development approximately 12 feet closer to a highway than current zoning permitted. If you require any communications with planners and councillors then Tegan has the experience, contacts and passion to represent you extremely well.
Hugh Cartwright, Managing Partner
Maple Leaf Funds - Group of Companies
Tegan was always a great communicator and listener. Quick to action, and able to work with a large team to keep focused on the important priorities. There's always a gap between planning and technical work. Tegan was an effective communicator and was able to bridge the gap and help team members on both sides approach problems from each other’s points of view. Tegan is great to work with and keeps a positive team atmosphere. These projects can get toxic, and Tegan did a great job making sure regulatory authorities, project owners, and technical team members approached the project as a collaborative team. We will be happy to collaborate with Channel Consulting in the future where opportunities arise.
Blake Collins, Director of Development Planning
City of Abbotsford
As a charity, this was a significant investment for us—I wasn’t 100% certain whether it would be worth it and moved forward despite some hesitation. Now, we have no idea how we would do this without [Tegan]. You won’t find a better mentor and coach to walk alongside your project. Her responsiveness, empathy, discernment, and the fact that she actually cares about the success of our project made this a win. Working with Tegan has given me an arsenal of tangible tools, information, language, and strategies to feel more confident about our project.
Eric Girardin
The Woods Arts & Wellness
It's been a great pleasure working with Channel Consulting. The top three items (among others) that made our work more enjoyable are: (1) the top quality work and the detail on the analysis of the studies Channel was hired to do; (2) the amazing capacity to understand and adapt to the client's needs; (3) the speed of how the study and especially the results were achieved. Channel brings great value to the projects on the get-go, setting the developments for success with the municipality and speeding up the various interactions with diverse Cities. We will continue to use Channel for our upcoming and current projects.
Marcela Corzo, Director of Development
Ledcor Property Investments
Channel integrated into the federal project delivery style very elegantly. They were able to understand some of the complex needs and deadlines that are required in the federal world. They have excelled at working with us to facilitate creating the partnerships needed to deliver projects. The project Channel is aiding us with is a project which directly engages and requires input from 4 different levels of government. The governments all have conflicting and overlapping authorities. Channel was able to aid the project team in ensuring that the project met or exceeded all requirements for other levels of government. With the challenging federal project that they supported Fisheries and Oceans Canada on, DFO was able to focus on the technical, program and delivery components of the project. While Channel ensured that the local regulatory elements were taken care of.
Shaun Loader P.Eng., PMP, Sr. Project Engineer
We have been working with Tegan Smith and her Channel Consulting team since November 2020. Tegan and her team have been a tremendous asset and have helped us navigate our expansion process through permit application, strategic planning, and concept modelling. The Channel group has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in many areas and has a network of professionals at their disposal to help achieve and execute growth opportunities. We look forward to working with them through the remainder of our expansion process.
Tish Kumar, Vice President
TDK Metro Terminals
Conducting your work with transparency and maintaining an open dialogue throughout has been key to the very positive experience we’ve had with Channel. Channel’s service helped us with coordinating numerous Stakeholders across several levels of Government to facilitate a land use entitlement. Channel’s growth over the past 18 months is a clear indication of its reputation and ability. Pick up the phone and speak to Tegan – you’ll get great insight into how Channel is operated and the expertise they can provide, and you’ll get her honest opinion of whether they can assist you and add value. You’ve provided a huge amount of value to the Xchange project, and of course Hazelwood, and I’d like to continue to work with you and see Channel grow.
Simon Harvey, Director of Development
Hungerford Properties

Meet Principal Tegan Smith

 

Tegan is a respected Development Consultant, Development Approvals Process Review (DAPR) expert, leader in Canadian real estate, and winner of the Urban Land Institute of British Columbia’s 2022 Outstanding Leader Award.  

With more than 25 years of urban planning and land development experience, Tegan has an innate ability to listen, connect, and uncover innovative, resourceful solutions to even the most complex issues. 

As the leader of Channel Consulting, Tegan prides herself on having built the most talented and well-versed development consulting team in the industry to meet the needs of both private landholders and municipalities in Canada. 

Whether supporting development clients through getting their projects across the line, or helping government officials iron out complex permitting processes—Tegan’s reputation is for leading teams of subject matter experts to deliver complex and difficult projects. 

She brings an authentic and engaging style to help project teams have direct discussions, be adaptive, and effectively manage risks, costs, and timelines.

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