We are expert advisors with grounded experience.
As land development experts, our goal is to create a connected and transparent middle housing ecosystem and to support the evolution of established neighbourhoods from primarily single-family homes to vibrant, walkable communities with diverse housing options supporting a broader range of Canadians making the places we live more inclusive.
ABOUT

mddl brings transparency to the land development process, providing access to knowledge, tools, and resources for citizens to understand how to redevelop their properties.

mddl (pronounced “middle”) is an expert in middle housing, with a collective track record of delivering hundreds of homes in established neighbourhoods. We’ve made many mistakes and learned from them, we’ve celebrated successes, and most importantly, we’ve realized that to make a meaningful impact, we can’t do it alone. It is for this reason we have renewed our focus to support at-scale delivery of middle housing across Canadian cities.  

From day one, our mission has been to create an ecosystem that places people at the center of delivering missing middle housing—empowering individuals and communities to achieve what no single developer can accomplish alone. By uniting municipalities, industry, and community leaders, we’re eliminating barriers and establishing Canada’s largest resource hub for middle housing development.

As a CMHC Level Up Stage 5 Housing Supply Challenge Game-changer and a Grand Prize Winner of Telus #StandwithOwners, our mission is to build capacity from top to bottom, and to strategically partner with municipalities, industry experts and citizens in reducing barriers and delivering middle.
the founders

Darlene Jehn

President & Co-Founder
BES, MSc, RPP, MCIP, PMP

Alkarim Devani

CEO & Co-Founder
BCOM, DDes (Candidate)
Our Team

Meet the people behind mddl

Sabrina Grover

Director of Operations
BA Political Science

Jasneet Pritam

Development Coordinator
BFA Visual Studies

Claire Askey

Planning Coordinator
BA Urban Studies

Kaylah Reyes

Communications Coordinator
BComm, Information Design

Mackenzie Iles

Administrative Coordinator
BComm, Information Design

Jacky Feng

Visual Designer
BFA, M.Arch

Interested in joining our team?

Help us rethink how cities grow and build the future of middle housing together.