Paul Demczak MCIP, RPP
Principal

pdemczak@batory.ca

With 15 years of Planning and Project Management experience, Paul formed Batory in 2014 to build a company that provides urban planning and project management expertise to clients across Durham Region and the Greater Toronto Area. Paul is a Member of the Canadian Institute of Planners (MCIP) and a Registered Professional Planner (RPP) in Ontario. He holds a Bachelor of Environmental Studies Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Waterloo.

As a Project Manager and Urban Planner in the private sector, Paul has been responsible to manage and oversee the development process and coordinating multi-disciplinary project team, market needs assessment, site selection, preparing development concepts, approval processes, construction cost monitoring, marketing, and final turnover/sale.

Having worked as a Development Planner for the Town of Oakville and the Town of Whitby, he has managed development applications including official plan and zoning by-law amendments, plan of subdivision and condominium, site planning, severance and minor variance applications. He has also worked as a Planner in the Long Range & Policy Planning Division at the Town of Whitby.

Paul’s expertise at presenting projects to Councils, Committees and Public Meetings across Ontario has successful contributed to the approval process for clients. Paul has also provided expert witness testimony numerous times at the Ontario Land Tribunal on land use planning matters.

Christopher Langley
Development & Planning Lead 

clangley@batory.ca

Christopher brings to Batory over 12 years of development planning and project management experience in high-rise, mid-rise, and low-rise residential, commercial, and industrial projects in Toronto, and throughout the GTA. Chris’ expertise as a solutions-oriented and strategy-focused project manager has led him to successfully navigate award-winning development projects from their initial acquisition and due diligence, through the development approvals process, to project completion in a cost-effective and timely manner.

Chris is fluent in obtaining approvals through all stages of development projects; he has successfully directed Official Plan Amendments, Zoning By-Law Amendments, Plan of Subdivision, Site Plan, and Condominium Registration, and he has provided representation at the Committee of Adjustment for Severance and Variance applications.

Prior to joining Batory, Chris was the Senior Development Manager for both Dunpar Homes, a luxury townhome developer based out of Etobicoke, and a real estate development and investment management company based out of Mississauga; prior to this experience, Chris was a Project Manager with Sorbara Development Group.

Christopher is a graduate of the University of Waterloo’s School of Planning with both a Master of Applied Environmental Studies (MAES) and Bachelor in Environmental Studies, Planning (B.ES.) with specializations in both Land Development and Urban Design.

Graig Uens
Director of Planning

guens@batory.ca

Graig joins Batory following over 15 years as a planner in the public sector, including 12 with the Toronto City Planning Division. A skilled communicator and collaborator, Graig brings a considerable range of development planning, project management, policy development, tribunal, consultation, and mediation experience to the Batory team.

In his role with the City of Toronto, Graig led a diverse number of Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendment, Draft Plan of Subdivision, Variance, Consent, and Site Plan Control applications. Graig led the City’s review and facilitation of several transformative projects, including the Honest Ed’s and Mirvish Village site, the revitalization of the Quality Meats Abattoir site at 2 Tecumseth Street, as well as the nearby Stackt Market, and the 18-acre Alexandra Park and Atkinson Housing Co-op Revitalization in the city’s downtown.

Graig has also coordinated some of the City of Toronto’s key housing policy work as the lead on the city’s Laneway Suite initiative – ‘Changing Lanes’ – and most recently as the coordinator of the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods (EHON) initiative. Graig was also responsible for creating a more supportive regulatory environment for Toronto’s craft brewers as lead of the ‘Cask Force’ initiative.

Graig is a Member of the Canadian Institute of Planners (MCIP) and a Registered Professional Planner (RPP) in Ontario. He holds a Bachelor of Environmental Studies Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Waterloo. He lives with his family in the west end of Toronto.

Cynthia Demczak
Manager of Business Operations

cdemczak@batory.ca

At Batory, Cynthia is responsible for all business operation tasks including overseeing marketing and assisting with business and website development, human resources, payroll, accounting, invoicing, and maintaining all financial and business records.

Cynthia has an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration degree specializing in Human Resources and is a licensed REALTOR ®.

With over 12 years of Human Resources experience in both the public and private sector, Cynthia brings experience as both an HR Generalist and a Compensation Analyst specializing in organizational design and job analysis. She contributed to company-wide Human Resources projects and as a Generalist in the private sector oversaw all human resources and payroll responsibilities.