Peter Gabor Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Manager, Project Planning & Validation Team - combining the City's New Facilities Development Services and the State of Good Repair & Technical Services Sections, a multidisciplinary team of architects, engineers and external consultants to oversee pre-project planning, due diligence and scope, schedule and budget validation for new construction and state of good repair projects and the preparation of studies; technical review; site capacity analysis and facility fit plans; building standards development and prototype building design and functional programming plans for city facilities. The Project Planning & Validation Team prepares capital project order of magnitude estimates, prioritizes projects for the 5 year City capital budget and forecast submissions and monitors projects for accuracy and control through all phases and ensuring completion on time and on budget.

Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Acting Manager, Facilities New Development Services Section and Acting Manager, State of Good Repair & Technical Services sections.

Brampton Ontario, Canada

Responsible for project management of various municipally owned projects.

Brampton, Ontario

City Of Brampton, Planning & Infrastructure Services Department.

Key Roles and Duties:• Leads the Urban Design Team in review of formal Development Applications and proposals including Secondary Plans, Block Plans, Plans of Subdivision, and Site Plan Applications. Oversees the review and provides clearance to approve component studies including Community Design Framework documents, Community Design Guideline documents, and Urban and Architectural Design Guideline documents.• Manages the Programs and initiatives within the Urban Design Section including: architectural control compliance; architectural design review and approval process for custom homes; development of the City’s Development Design Guidelines including initiating projects for new urban and architectural design guidelines projects. Oversees the management of urban design special projects and studies, including the development of terms of reference, RFP/RFQ documents and the retention and management of external consultants.• Advises on Urban Design and Architectural matters and advocates for urban design and architectural solutions to achieve the City’s vision and city-wide goals. Recommends alternative development standards, protocols and processes to meet specified objectives.• Advises on City planning policy initiatives from an urban design perspective. Promotes new policy initiatives and revisions to existing Official Plan policies. Advises on Secondary Plan policy review.• Attends and testifies at Ontario Municipal Board hearings as an expert urban design witness.• Prepares reports and presentations to PI&S Committee and Council, makes presentations to stakeholders and public related to planning and urban design matters affecting the City.• Establishes work processes and interaction with other sections and departments requiring urban design participation and assigns and manages urban design team resources.

Brampton Ontario

Key Roles and Projects:Reviewed Development Applications and component studies including Community Design Framework documents, Community Design Guidelines, architectural control guidelines and Urban Design Briefs. Reviewed and provided comment on Official Plan Amendments, Zoning By-Law Amendments, Secondary Plans, Block Plans, Plans of Subdivision, and Site Plan Applications.Provided Architectural Control Compliance Monitoring and Architectural Control Review and Approval for custom homes and additions. Developed and implemented the City’s Architectural Control Compliance Program Standard Operating Procedure.Advised on urban design and architectural design matters at all scales of development and project scopes.Managed the production of new Sustainable Community Development Guidelines.Wrote Medium Density Built Form Guidelines (2009), Guidelines for Medium Scale Infill Development or Redevelopment (2010) and Mid-rise Building Guidelines (2014) for the Main Street North Development Permit System.Represented the City and gave urban design expert witness testimony at the OMB.Managed the City’s 2008, 2012 & 2014 URBAN DESIGN AWARDS programs.

Toronto, Canada

Heritage Adaptive Reuse and Restoration:• 1907 “Music Building” Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON• 1931 Art Deco “Horse Palace” Exhibition Place, Toronto, ONUrban Design:• Urban Design layouts, prototype buildings, production of digital and physical models and visualizations for various GTA sites, ranging from 100 to 500 acres in support of re-zoning and OPA applications and master environmental servicing plans.

Toronto, Canada

Project Management / Project Architect:• $2M Retail Plaza, Barrie ON• $600K Private residence, Muskoka ON• $5M Multi-Unit Residential Development, Toronto ON• Water feature restoration projects, Exhibition Place, Toronto ON Heritage:• John Street Roundhouse Adaptive Re-Use Restoration, Toronto ON • Peel Heritage Complex, Best Use analysis, Brampton ON, (ROP)Urban Design:• LeFroy Belle Ewart Community Master-plan, Innisfil ON• North Leslie Sustainable Community Plan, Richmond Hill ON• Bayview Somerset Secondary Plan, Ottawa ON• Parliamentary Precinct Urban Design Study, Ottawa ON• Lebreton Flats Urban Design Guidelines, Ottawa ON• Owen Sound Urban Redevelopment Master Plan, Owen Sound ON• Saint John Waterfront Strategic Plan, Saint John NB• Architectural Control Guidelines Review and approval:Fletcher’s Meadow, Brampton; The Community of Spring Valley, Brampton; Sonoma Heights, VaughanCompetitions:• $200M Bank Street Building, Parliament Hill, - PWGSC• $76M Vaughan Civic Centre, Vaughan ON, - City of Vaughan• Lebreton Flats Community Development, Ottawa ON, - Minto Developments

Toronto, Canada

• Design and implementation of retail bank branches and special projects.• Conceptual modelling, renderings and animations, schematic design drawings.

Hamilton, On

• Preparation of contract documentation for $50M new and renovated buildings, Welland and Niagara Campuses of Niagara College.

Ottawa, On

• Site and project administration, heritage renovation and addition to La Maison de l’aqueille Sagesse, a 19th century convent in Ottawa, ON