Development &
Build-to-Suit

Building a healthcare facility is one of the most complex development undertakings in commercial real estate. Clinical workflows, infection control standards, HVAC and ventilation requirements for specific medical uses, radiation shielding for diagnostic imaging, plumbing demands for operating rooms and dental procedure suites, accessibility mandates, and provincial health authority approval processes — these are not items a generalist developer can improvise through. They must be understood before a shovel goes in the ground.

Mya Qi, MPH advises on development mandates from the foundation of a graduate education in Public Health. She understands how healthcare is delivered — which means she understands how healthcare facilities must be designed, constructed, and programmed. HEPA filtration, negative pressure isolation rooms, ASHRAE 170 ventilation standards, medical gas piping, radiation shielding for MRI and CT suites, biosafety cabinet requirements for laboratories, laminar airflow for operating rooms, compressed air and vacuum systems for dental clinics, lead-lined x-ray rooms, and CSA Z317 compliance are part of every development brief — not afterthoughts. That clinical-to-construction understanding informs every PRAXIS development advisory mandate.

PRAXIS undertakes development across the full healthcare spectrum: medical office buildings from single-storey suburban clinic pads to multi-storey urban MOBs; long-term care homes in compliance with Ontario MOHLTC and Alberta AHS standards; retirement residences and assisted living facilities across every care model; dental and orthodontic clinics purpose-built with discipline-specific infrastructure; physiotherapy, chiropractic, and allied health studios; ambulatory care centres for surgical, diagnostic, and same-day procedure use; walk-in and urgent care clinics; mental health and rehabilitation facilities; medical laboratories; and health and wellness villages integrating primary care, allied health, pharmacy, and community services.

Development coverage spans all major Ontario growth markets — the GTA, Ottawa, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Barrie, London, Peterborough, Guelph, Windsor, St. Catharines, and the surrounding 905 belt — and all Alberta growth markets including Calgary and its satellite communities (Airdrie, Cochrane, Okotoks, Chestermere), Edmonton and the Capital Region (St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Spruce Grove, Leduc, Beaumont), Red Deer, Sylvan Lake, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Grande Prairie, and Fort McMurray.