Toronto Under Construction

In this episode of Toronto Under Construction, Ben is joined by KC Daya from Clifton Blake, Howie Paskowitz from Starlight Investments, and Oren Turk from Pinemount Homes to discuss rental apartment development in Ontario. The panel covers the impact of interest rates, navigating construction costs, and mid-rise development strategies, with insights on the rental market, financing, and more. Tune in for expert perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in today’s development landscape. *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*

Episode 71 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast welcomes Jordan Taylor from Deco Homes, Stephanie Lane from Geranium and Peter Juretic from Caliber Homes for a panel discussion on low-density developments across Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area. *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*

Episode 70 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast welcomes Bryceson Dodge from Empirical Capital, Adit Kumar from Anbros Financial and Richard Munroe from Atrium to discuss financing, debt, equity and the mortgage market in the Greater Toronto Area. *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*

Episode 69 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast brings together two powerhouse women who have experience in both the public and private sectors of Toronto development: Heather Grey-Wolf from Infrastructure Ontario and Salima Rawji from York University Development Corporation. The episode explores the complexities and opportunities of urban development and transit-oriented communities. *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*

Episode 68 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast welcomes three new developers, Brendan Whitsitt from Imprint Developments, Alan Leela from Vantage Developments and Mathieu Fleury from Leader Lane Developments to discuss the 10 most important things someone should know before becoming a residential apartment developer. *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*

Samuel Frum, President at Metropia joins episode 67 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast to discuss the success of Metropia's Markham project Union City, housing supply and affordability across the city, condo projects and investors, and why Metropia deeply believes in the future of the GTA. Guest Co-Host: Robert Baron *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*

Episode 66 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast welcomes Colin Baryliuk from KingSett Capital to discuss financing different asset classes in Toronto's real estate market, investment funds, and how the industry is shifting and adapting to the new market landscape. Guest Co-Host: Robert Baron *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*

Episode 65 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast welcomes Ben Smith from Avesdo to discuss how to leverage technology and data analysis to identify trends and insights that will benefit the new home sales industry across Canada. Tune in now! *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*

Episode 64 of the Toronto Under Construction welcomes Nick Ainis from Fusioncorp, Marlon Bray from Altus Group and Shane Kennedy from Atria Development to discuss construction and costs in the GTA Real Estate industry with analysis on different asset classes including condo, purpose built rental, student housing, mass timber and more. Tune in now! *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*

Episode 63 of the Toronto Under Construction welcomes Lauren White from CBRE, Todd Cullen from Fieldgate Properties, Max Goyzman from Peakhill Capital to discuss Land development, financing and the outlook for multiple real estate asset classes in the Greater Toronto Area. Tune in now! *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*

Episode 62 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast explores financing, debt, equity and the mortgage market in the greater Toronto area with special guests Jeff Wagner from Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation, Brian Dorr from Dorr Capital & ReaAlt Investment & Devon Cranson from Cranson Capital. *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*

Episode 61 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast dives into the current state of the new condo market in Toronto and explores the predictions for 2024. Guests Pauline Lierman from Zonda Urban, Anson Kwok from Pinnacle International and Andrew Cotz from Tribute Communities share their insights on interest rates, Closings in this new market, pricing new buildings, marketing, Launches and more! Tune in now. *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*

On episode 60 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast Ben and guest co-host Chris Spoke speak with Rob Spanier about the concept and principles of placemaking and how to use them to build great communities and vibrant neighbourhoods that people actually want to spend time in. *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*

Episode 59 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast takes our first deep dive into the marketing involved in the new home pre-construction industry with two industry experts Tim Ng and Rob Galetta. Both our guests share some of the innovative approaches they are taking to help their clients reach new audiences. *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*

Dayna Gilbert, Leor Marguilles and Greg Gilbert join episode 58 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast to talk about Toronto's real estate market outlook, building and innovation, purpose built rentals and the removal of HST for rental housing, Projects and Developers facing receivership and the HCRA, and developing outside of Toronto. *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*

Erin Millar and Harley Nakelsky join episode 57 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast to talk about Toronto real estate investors and their importance to the market, broker partnerships, new condo sales and launches and the cost to build in Toronto. This episode takes an in depth look at the investor side of the Toronto real estate market. *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*

Episode 56 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast welcomes Linda Mitchell Young and discusses her experience working in Toronto's Condo market. From launching her first project in Scarborough in 1995, to discussing Foreign Buyers tax, the investor market, and the rising cost of construction and condo prices this episode covers everything about Toronto Condos. *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search* 'This episode is dedicated to Anne-Marie Breen who left us too soon. She was a very knowledgeable individual in the pre-construction industry and touched so many lives with her kind heart. She will be greatly missed.'

Episode 55 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast is a roundtable discussion with Sayf Hassan from Elysium, Steve Keyzer from Colliers International and Kevin Marthinsen from Cameron Stephens Mortgage Capital. The group discusses the hottest topics and news articles in Toronto Real Estate including GTA land prices, new home buyers, affordability, mid-rise development, student housing, and creative ways of accessing home ownership. *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*

Episode 54 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast is a roundtable discussion with Francesco Margani, founder of Franc & Co, Linda Chen, Vice President, Investments at Harbour Equity and Noorez Lalani, President and co-founder of MOD Developments. The group discusses the hottest topics in Toronto Real Estate including The Greenbelt, multi-family residential, new inventory, the rental market, mixed-income housing, affordability and Justin Trudeau's Liberal government. *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*

Almadev CEO Rafael Lazer joins the Toronto Under Construction podcast to discuss how he became a developer in Canada, the acquisition of Elad Canada Realty, financing real estate projects, solutions to Toronto's affordability problems and details about Almadev's vision for the future of Toronto. *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*