Ten on the 10th

Hosted by our Senior VP Ross Marshall, Citified's Ten on the 10th is a monthly question-and-answer segment connecting our readers with the insight and knowledge of Victoria's top real-estate and business professionals.

CURRENT FEATURE

  • Sept, 2024: Q&A with Matthew Davis, Vice President of Development at Pacific Capital Real Estate Group about Royal Bay

2024

  • January, 2024: Q&A with Ravi Parmar, MLA Langford-JDF on provincial housing measures and their impacts on BC communities
  • February, 2024: Real-estate appraisals with Scott Humphreys of D.R. Coell & Associates
  • May, 2024: Q&A with Stephen Hammond, City of Victoria councillor on street issues and the downtown Victoria social and business climates
  • June, 2024: Interest rates, lending opportunities and what’s in-store for borrowers with Impact Commercial’s Alan Haigh
  • August, 2024: Abstract Developments’ Adam Cooper talks housing market, missing middle homes and build code changes

2023

  • January, 2023: Q&A on parking-free ‘missing middle’ housing development in Victoria with Julian West of Urban Thrive
  • February, 2023: Ross discusses CBRE’s services in Victoria, provides an outlook for the local market, and talks about success in the industry.
  • April, 2023: Citified’s Mike Kozakowski on BC’s new housing policies and overcoming supply roadblocks
  • May, 2023: Royal Beach’s Georgia Desjardins on the project’s future homes, parks, a ferry to Victoria, and more
  • July, 2023: Victoria’s housing market history and an outlook with Deane Strongitharm of CitySpaces Consulting
  • August, 2023: ‘Missing middle’ housing, clean streets and the City of Victoria’s future with councillor Matt Dell
  • September, 2023: Factors impacting housing prices, and Victoria’s rental market with Jordan Milne of GMC Projects
  • October, 2023: Astria Properties’ David Basche chats light industrial development in Victoria, and the R-E market
  • November, 2023: Government policies impacting Victoria’s housing supply with Casey Edge of Victoria Residential Builder Assoc.

2022

  • February, 2022: Downtown Victoria’s largest rental development, and more, with Andrew Browne of Starlight Developments
  • March, 2022: Alberta developer shifting gears to build in Victoria, with Namrita Rattan of Aquila Pacific
  • April, 2022: Post-COVID Victoria office market and development outlook, with Robert Jawl of Jawl Properties
  • May, 2022: Residential housing market and supply, with Island Realm Real Estate’s Tony Zarsadias
  • June, 2022: Meeting community and municipal expectations of new housing with Chris Bradley of TLA Developments
  • July, 2022: Changing mortgage rates and the 2022 lending environment with Peter Fast of ICI Capital
  • August, 2022: Victoria’s changing rental housing market with Renee St. Germaine of Devon Properties
  • September, 2022: Delivering ‘missing middle’ housing to Victoria’s West Shore with Kyle Ryan of Formwell Homes
  • October, 2022: Lending and access to commercial capital in a changing market, with Glen Welin of Scotiabank’s Roynat Capital
  • November, 2022: Real-estate development on the South Island, and political changes at the provincial level., with Denciti Development’s David A. Fawley
  • December, 2022: 2022 Victoria real-estate recap and 2023 insights with CBRE Chairman Paul Morassutti and Senior VP Jason Kiselbach

2021

  • January, 2021: Mass timber construction, the Mayfair District and junior hockey Q&A with Edward Geric of Mike Geric Construction
  • February, 2021: Excavating industry, sewage treatment pipe and COVID economy Q&A with Trevor Mann of Don Mann Excavating
  • March, 2021: Victoria industrial sector investment opportunities Q&A with Brent Sawchyn of PC Urban Properties
  • April, 2021: Northern Junk, Capital Iron lands and Victoria real-estate development Q&A with Jon Stovell of Reliance Properties
  • May, 2021: Victoria housing delivery and affordability Q&A with Adam Cooper of Abstract Developments
  • June, 2021: Institutional investment in Victoria’s rental housing market Q&A with Alex Messina of Nicola Wealth
  • October, 2021: Mortgage products, interest rates and inflation Q&A with Gagan Lalli of CMLS Financial
  • November, 2021: Future of Tillicum Centre, real-estate trends, and industry outlook with Jordan Carlson of Anthem Properties
  • December, 2021: Commercial real-estate market recap and a look to the future with Jason Kiselbach of CBRE Vancouver

2020

  • January, 2020: Real-estate development costs Q&A with Doug Foord of Invictus Commercial Investment Corp.
  • February, 2020: Private lending and the mortgage industry Q&A with Len Shorkey of Shorkey Mortgage Corp.
  • March, 2020: Strata insurance premiums Q&A with Luke Mills of Megson FitzPatrick Insurance
  • April, 2020: Rental housing and COVID-19 Q&A with David Hutniak of LandlordBC
  • June, 2020: COVID-19’s impact on Victoria’s real-estate Q&A with Jordan Milne of GMC Projects
  • July, 2020: Multi-unit residential and commercial building fire safety services Q&A with Tim Lindsay of the Vancouver Island Fire Protection Association
  • August, 2020: Royal Beach Q&A with Georgia Desjardins of Seacliff Properties, developer of the 134-acre Colwood project
  • September, 2020: Victoria real-estate development Q&A with Sam Ganong of Curate Developments
  • October, 2020: Real-estate development Q&A with developer Dan Cox of Cox Developments
  • November, 2020: CRD affordable housing and CRD parks services Q&A with Stephen Henderson of the CRD
  • December, 2020: Real-estate values, wine and housing market Q&A with Johnathon Sipos of Cielo Properties

2019

  • February, 2019: Phung Horwood’s My Phung talks about real-estate appraisals
  • March, 2019: Luke Mills of Megson Fitzpatrick Insurance talks about the insurance industry
  • April, 2019: Greg Damant of Cascadia Architects talks about architecture in Victoria
  • May, 2019: Real-estate development with Robert Fung of The Salient Group
  • June, 2019: Rental housing industry Q&A with David Hutniak of LandlordBC
  • July 2019: Harris Green redevelopment Q&A with Mark Chemij of Starlight Investments
  • August 2019: Land remediation Q&A with Harm Gross of NEXT Environmental
  • September 2019: Business banking Q&A with Raj Wirk of Coast Capital Savings
  • October, 2019: Real-estate development Q&A with Mike Miller of Abstract Developments
  • November, 2019: Real-estate development Q&A with Byron Chard of Chard Development
  • December, 2019: Interest rate and commercial mortgage brokerage Q&A with Dave Ganong of Canada ICI Capital

2018

  • October, 2018: Reed Kipp of Devon Properties talks about Victoria’s rental housing industry
  • November, 2018: Business Development Bank of Canada’s Chris Boissevain talks about interest rates
  • December, 2018: Aryze Development’s Luke Mari and Ryan Goodman talk about real-estate development