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Toronto Port Lands still up in the air

The Port Lands by Cherry St. is considered prime real estate, so why is it taking so long for any sort of development or revitalization to happen? Back in 2011, council voted to scrap Mayor Ford’s idea of a tourist attraction for the area, which included a giant Ferris wheel and super mall. Fast forward today, and the Port Lands …

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Entering the Matrix: How QR Codes and Businesses Connect

A recent interview I had done with Business New Daily. You see them plastered on everything from magazine pages and sidewalk displays to product signs and transit advertising. They look like boxy Rorschach inkblots and they’re frequently accompanied by an arrow and the bold-type guidance, “scan me.” Welcome to the growing world of Quick Response (QR) codes. They’re 2-D bar …

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Buy? Sell? Should Canadians buy into real estate or not?

This was a recent interview I had done with Yahoo Finance.  They give a balanced view of what the future of the real estate market is.  Please feel free to share your thougths: It’s either the best of times to buy a house, or the worst of times. A conflicting sea of economic factors doesn’t help matters as on-the-fence Canadians …

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Critical differences in using Social Media for Commercial vs. Residential Real Estate

I had recently attended a conference in Toronto called “Agent Reboot” where I ran into Michael Krisa, “That Interview guy”, whom I had met originally two years ago at Real Estate Bar Camp and numerous times since.  While conversing with him, Benjamin Bach and Virigina Munden; we started a discussion about how to tie in Social Networks with our business.  Michael did a …

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Interview: Effects of Boutique Hotels on Neighborhood

I recently gave an interview to Global News in Toronto talking about a boutique hotel project that I've been privilleged to work on for the past two years. The focus of the interview was about how the area undergoes genrtification when an investment is made.

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