Infill redevelopment is appealing as a career choice, despite its increasing risk and complexity.  Creating custom homes and townhouse projects is a romantic daydream for many, and a reality only for a lucky few. I am fortunate to celebrate my fourteenth anniversary as a developer in Calgary. 

For now I have pivoted from detached new home sales toward multi-family purpose built rental business. I do small infill townhouse projects in urban, walkable communities, often called ‘trendy’. My interest centres on value creation, what it means, and how to execute. For more info, check out my Substack or blog posts. Another focus is on determining what materials and design details most contribute to longevity and reduce maintenance and repairs. How can I build houses where the first decade is largely trouble free, and the second decade and beyond the building is economical to maintain. I analyze the houses we demolish that are often 75-100 years old - what worked? And I see other homes being built and I consider - what isn’t going to last and how can I avoid mistakes? From this comes a strong disinclination to compromise on products and building forms.

For any work I’m leading, budget stewardship often allows me to bring in a few design and finishing elements of houses costing hundreds of thousands more, while staying right on target.  Intensive site management avoids costly errors and waste, and I constantly seek to improve upon my processes and suppliers to increase efficiency.  My family always lives in a home we build just for ourselves, and this experience informs how integer built homes function so I can share it. I welcome brief conversation with those interested in infill development and my core beliefs on value, legacy and infill project execution.