The Critical Lane

I’m thrilled to have Stefania Parnanzone, Director Asset Management at TCU, as our special guest on this week's podcast. In the podcast we discuss how tenant expectations have changed and how TCU is managing those expectations. Stefania also makes a distinction between an Asset Manager and a Property Manager. And should private companies care about ESG? Stefania mentions that most private comp...

I’m thrilled to have Sameer Gulamani, Managing Director and General Counsel at Bayview Group, as our special guest for this week’s podcast. In the podcast, Sam talks about his unique view on real estate development as General Counsel. Bayview Group develops several real estate asset types including Hotels and Multifamily. Sam mentions that approaching Multifamily development from the lens of Hotel...

I’m thrilled that Warren Wilkinson, Managing Director at Colliers Ottawa is our special guest for this week’s podcast episode. In the podcast, Warren delves deep into the meaning of Alternative Assets. This is not the typical meaning of alternative assets as it relates to other types of investments but “Alternative Assets” within the real estate asset class. We discuss the current trends in altern...

I am thrilled that Bill Sioulas, Director of Real Estate at Golpro Holdings, is the special guest in this week’s podcast. In 2025, Bill will reach a major milestone of half a century in Commercial Real Estate. That is a wealth of knowledge and experience in Commercial Real Estate. Bill spends a significant amount of time in the Ottawa Byward Market and the challenges in the Byward Market are real....

In this week’s episode, we have a special guest, Kevin McMahon, President at Park River Properties. Our conversation centered around affordable housing and how housing affordability can be achieved. And we discussed the fact that rent control has never resulted in housing affordability. Kevin also mentions why housing affordability is viewed in a negative light. Click the podcast link to listen to...

I am super excited for this week’s podcast episode with Jason Burggraaf, Executive Director of the Greater Ottawa Home Builder’s Association. The GOHBA (Greater Ottawa Home Builder’s Association) represents builders and developers in Ottawa, so it was great to have a conversation with Jason. In the podcast, Jason talks about the newly announced initiative to remove GST on new purpose-built rental...

I am thrilled to have Mark Kenney, CAPREIT President and CEO, as a special guest on this week’s podcast episode. Should the private sector build municipal services to help speed up the process of housing development? Who is to blame for the current housing crisis? In the podcast, Mark also talks about the recent parliamentary committee hearings on the "financialization" of housing. And w...

How is working from home, elevated interest rates and the city's Official Plan impacting property valuations in Ottawa? I am super excited for this week's podcast with Oliver Tighe, Executive Vice President, Valuation Advisory Services at Colliers Ottawa. In the podcast, Oliver talks about converting office to multifamily housing as well as the urgent need for micro-suite style apartments...

What do taxes, immigration and Airbnb have in common? I am thrilled to have Jon Love, the CEO of KingSett Capital as a special guest on this week's podcast. Jon talks about KingSett's approach to active management and sustainability. We also discuss taxes; that the government taxes activities they don't want. So why are taxes on rental housing high? Does the government want more rental housing? Yo...

How is the office market looking globally and are there any lessons that can be applied locally? What needs to happen in Ottawa's downtown core to increase traffic? I am super excited for this week's podcast with Colin Lynch, Managing Director and Head of Global Real Estate Investments at TD Asset Management. In this week's podcast Colin talks about the importance of the Federal, Munic...

Is there too much Red Tape in the Approval Process for the development of housing? Call it what you want, red tape or process. There is always room to make housing supply more efficient. In this week’s episode Councillor Glen Gower talks about increasing efficiency in the approval process of housing development. We also discuss the priorities of NCC and the priorities of the city and how these may...

What do the fundamentals of real estate development look like? In this week's podcast, Michael Tsourounis, the Managing Partner & Co-Head Real Estate, Hazelview Investments talks about the fundamentals of real estate development. We also discuss the importance of managing stakeholder expectations to build better communities. Organic growth is a key element in the markets that Hazelview dev...

There is so much activity on Carling Avenue in Ottawa’s commercial real estate market. In this episode, Jordan Bianconi, VP Acquisitions and Business Development at Inside Edge Properties talks about a project he has been proud to work on in Ottawa and some of the challenges with making real estate acquisitions in the current market. We also discuss Inside Edge’s approach to making projects on NCC...

Should developers pursue real estate development on NCC (National Capital Commission) land? Kelly Rhodenizer does not think so! What do you think? It was great chatting with Kelly who is the VP Commercial and Multifamily Development at Regional Group. Regional Group is a prominent commercial real estate family office here in Ottawa. During the conversation with Kelly, we also discussed building mu...

In this week's podcast, we discuss the office market in downtown Ottawa with Veteran Real Estate Executive, Shawn Hamilton. This conversation may "ruffle some furthers" as Shawn pointed out in our conversation. Shawn highlights what needs to happen in the downtown core for Office to thrive again.

Can you imagine your great-great-grandfather being an architect for the construction of parliament building in Ottawa? In this podcast Sam Fuller of Fuller Construction shares a bit of history regarding his family's involvement in real estate. So many lessons to be learned from our conversation including the strategy for managing unpredictability in construction which involves so many moving p...

Cody Campanale was born into a real estate family. He now works as the Land Development Manager at Campanale Group. His Dad and Uncles started Campanale Group in the 70s way before Cody was born. In this podcast, Cody talks about the real estate development process and the importance of balancing affordability and energy efficiency. And it was interesting to hear Cody explain the family business&#...

Which pizza tastes better between pizza from New York and pizza from Italy? This is how we concluded our conversation after discussing housing affordability and energy efficiency. We talked about the key things that developers and investors need to think about to achieve energy efficient multifamily.

A fun educational conversation about Multifamily housing with a focus on energy efficiency.