road to starrdom

Recently published articles and some from years past

•Portrait of an artist a real estate developer (Aug. 27, 2010)
Meet the hybrid that is Gary Silverberg: a developer-artist who is a unique figure on Toronto’s real estate scene.

•Studio on Richmond:An authentic artistic experience (Aug. 20, 2010)
Aspen Ridge is setting aside 8,000 square feet of space at its new condo for an Ontario College of Art and Design gallery.

•Library District Condos: Architecture by the book (Aug. 13, 2010)
Context Developments hopes its colourful 29-storey glass tower will stand apart from the Railway Lands competition.

•Moving firm launches customer bill of rights (July 30, 2010)
Two Men and a Truck is nudging the industry to do more to guard against movers who use “predatory tactics.”

•DNA3: Things will be great when you’re Downtown (July 23, 2010)
DNA3’s 7,000-square-foot sales office takes the presentation centre concept to a whole new level.

•Muskoka Bay Club: Membership has its privleges (July 16, 2010)
The homes may be in cottage country, but they offer all the features downtown denizens desire.

•In pursuit of a more public-friendly city (June 25, 2010)
The Planning Partnership aims to soften our car-centric urban spaces.

•Baker and co. well-equipped to ride out storm (June 17, 2010)
Lessons learned during the early-90s recession have stuck with Pat Baker and her sales team.

•Yorkville meets the Annex at Pears on the Avenue (June 11, 2010)
‘You’ve got the best of both worlds at your doorstep.’

•Onni Group taking Toronto by storm (June 10, 2010)
Vancouver developer arrives in Toronto with big plans for 2,400 condos.

•Best Practices: Dorothy Liang (December 2009)
This Canadian Forces JAG lawyer is not your typical new recruit.

•New iPad app enables remote access to BIM models (April 16, 2010)
goBIM allows tablet users to view 3D building information on the construction site.

•Hey kids, how about a career in construction? (April 14, 2010)
Students may not realize the value of a career in construction, but it could be the best path forward.

•Built to last (April 23, 2009)
Peter Simpson has grown the Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association into the second-largest organization of its kind in Canada.

•Behind the scenes with the ERT (Surrey Leader, Dec. 7, 2008)
A rare glimpse into the specialized training of the Lower Mainland’s elite weapons and tactics force.

•Honeymoon hell (Surrey Leader, Sept. 5, 2008)
Newlyweds Rick and Jennifer Eladam were poised for a life of suburban happiness. Then a horrific bus crash changed everything.

•Dogged determination (Surrey Leader, Sept. 21, 2008)
Inside the relationship between an animal-loving, street-wise RCMP officer and her high-calibre canine.

•Fretful on the farm (July 2008)
With soaring fuel and feed costs, labour shortages and increasing urban pressures on agricultural land, is B.C. headed for a full-blown food crisis?

•Power struggle (June 2008)
Independent power producers face fierce opposition from those who say B.C. is selling off natural resources to private interests.

•Breaking the cycle (March 2008)
Throughout the Fraser Valley, corporate citizens are helping to tackle homelessness in their cities – and proving that it’s good for business.

•The Sunshine Boy (Jan. 19, 2004)
Deft manager Doug Creighton turned the Toronto Sun into a media empire.

•The clothes that made the man (Feb. 17, 2003)
Herschel Segal has seen some ups and downs in the fickle fashion biz. But these days, his Le Château clothing chain is back in style.

•A “spongeworthy” biz (April 14, 2003)
Not since lambskin gave way to latex has the world of birth control experienced this kind of unbridled excitement.

•Street performers (March 17, 2003)
For these barbershop-singing executives, there’s no business like show business.

•Under the weather (Spring 2002)
The Toronto Sun was one of the most successful start-up papers in North America. Now it’s become the little paper that grew sick and tired.