Contemporary Rental Living is Moving Beyond the Big Cities

Are you considering making a move from a large city to a smaller community?

If you’ve thought about trading urban living for something more balanced (without sacrificing modern amenities and convenience), you’re in good company. Across Canada, more renters are renewing interest in smaller and mid-sized communities while looking for flexibility, convenience, and a better balance between lifestyle and cost.

They’re choosing communities like Trenton, Collingwood, and Sarnia, Ontario, for a more comfortable, connected way of living.

Our newest apartment communities are designed with that in mind. In fact, three of our new communities were recently profiled in FE Magazine, which takes an inside look at each community’s features.

Here are the highlights:

Lora Apartments, Trenton, ON

Lora exterior: Rendering illustration of a four-storey apartment complex and amenity building.

Lora interior: Rendering illustration of a brightly lit living room, dining, and kitchen area.

Lora Apartments offers bright, open-concept one and two-bedroom suites with in-suite laundry and private balconies. On-site amenities like a fitness room, pickleball court, and community garden make it convenient to stay active and feel part of a welcoming community, all close to the Bay of Quinte.

Silvercreek Apartments, Collingwood, ON

Silvercreek exterior: Rendering illustration of a four-storey apartment complex and amenity building with Georgian Bay in the background.

Silvercreek interior: Rendering illustration of an amenity building interior with kitchen, dining tables, and lounge with TV and fireplace.

Silvercreek Apartments makes it easy for your home to be part of your lifestyle. We’ve paired spacious, modern suites with amenities like a fitness room, outdoor patio, and hot tub, all just minutes from trails, skiing, Georgian Bay, and everything that makes Collingwood a year-round destination.

Aura Apartments, Sarnia, ON

Aura interior: A contemporary, open-concept living room and kitchen area.

Aura Apartments brings contemporary rental living to the heart of Sarnia, close to the waterfront, parks, and downtown amenities. It offers modern suites, stylish finishes, and shared spaces like a fitness room and social lounge, which all come together to create a comfortable, low-maintenance lifestyle.

Whether at Lora, Silvercreek, Aura, or any other Skyline Living apartment community, our goal is the same. We aim to provide comfortable suites, thoughtful amenities, and locations that make it easy to feel at home, right from move-in day.

Want to learn more about how we design our new apartment communities and how rental living is evolving in small and mid-size cities?

Read the full article in FE Magazine at FRPO.org: Contemporary Rental Living is Moving Beyond the Big Cities

About Skyline

Skyline is a capital management company that acquires, develops, and manages real estate properties and renewable infrastructure assets, and offers them as private alternative investment products.

Skyline currently manages more than $10 billion* in assets across its real estate and renewable infrastructure platforms.

With approximately 1,000 employees across Canada, Skyline works to provide safe, clean, and comfortable places for tenants to call home, great places to do business, sustainable solutions for a greener future, and an engaging experience for its investors.

For more information about Skyline, please visit SkylineGroupOfCompanies.ca.

*Includes all Skyline entities under common management and control. As at March 31, 2026.