Our Story
About Fort Property
BC-rooted. Metro Vancouver focused. Building for the long term.
Founder & Principal
Dennis Donovan
Fort Property Developments grew from a simple belief: Metro Vancouver deserves better density. Not towers. Not generic stacked boxes. But well-crafted 4–6 unit multiplexes that fit into existing neighbourhoods and house real families.
Dennis has spent years watching infill development done poorly — rushed timelines, value-engineered materials, and projects that weaken the neighbourhoods they claim to serve. Fort is the answer to that. Every project is sized right, built to last, and designed to belong where it stands.
Based in Metro Vancouver. Focused on Burnaby, Surrey, North Vancouver, Coquitlam, and the Fraser Valley — where the missing middle housing shortage is most acute.
Our Values
What We Stand For
Strength
We build structures that last. Engineered for BC's climate and built with materials that hold their value for decades.
Integrity
No deposits before our BCFSA Disclosure Statement is filed. No commitments until you know exactly what you're getting.
Community
Missing middle housing strengthens neighbourhoods. Six families in six homes beats one owner in a tear-down.
The Opportunity
Why Multiplex Infill?
Metro Vancouver’s housing crisis isn’t solved by towers or single-family zoning. It’s solved by the missing middle — 4 to 6 unit buildings that look like homes, fit in residential streets, and house multiple families on lots currently underused.
Provincial zoning changes now allow multiplexes on most single-family lots across BC. Fort is positioned to move fast on infill sites while the market catches up to what the rules now allow.
Every Fort project targets a lot where the math works: land cost, construction cost, and end value that makes sense for buyers and leaves margin for quality. We don’t do projects that require value engineering the soul out of the building.
Service Area
Where We Build
Fort focuses on Metro Vancouver and the surrounding region — markets where infill density creates the most value.
Metro Vancouver
Burnaby · Surrey · Vancouver
Fraser Valley
Abbotsford · Langley · Mission
North Shore
North Vancouver · West Vancouver
Tri-Cities
Coquitlam · Port Moody · Port Coquitlam
Industry Affiliations
Have Questions About Fort?
Book 20 minutes with Dennis for a personal conversation about zoning, feasibility, or the development process.