Real Estate Development
Mark has spent over half a decade managing large master-planned development projects in BC, from early visioning and policy development, through design, approvals, financing and to construction.
With multiple large scale projects in BC, Mark has experience working with various landscapes and restraints.
Mark’s range of work on development projects covers a broad range of stages of a project, from early visioning to construction.
Drawing on his extensive planning expertise, Mark’a management style brings a unique mixture of organized discipline and political sensitivity to his his projects.
The New Monaco project is a 125 acre site, overlooking Okanagan Lake, approved for over 2,500 units and 500,000 sqft of mixed use commercial development.
The project will have a construction value of approximately one half billion dollars and will create over 1,500 full time jobs in the community when complete.
The project aims to be the healthiest neighbourhood in Canada and will include:
A diversity of housing
A major parks and trails network
With healthcare, education, a food market, a wine centre, a childrens education centre, seniors housing, a high tech cluster and a unique boutique shopping experience.
A Destination Commercial Village
The project has its planning approvals and is halfway through its subdivision process as of summer 2017. It expects to break ground on infrastructure construction in 2018.
The Foothills in Lantzville, BC
The Foothills is an 1838-acre project just north of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, zoned for 730 homes and a mixed-use village.
Mark served as VP of Development in 2015 and 2016, leading the re-planning and redesigning of the project with Storm Mountain Developments as it pulled the project out bankruptcy from a previous developer.
The project set a mid-Island record for presales when it went to market in mid 2017, selling over $10 million in lots in within 90 minutes of its launch.
It starts infrastructure construction in late summer 2017. Homes begin construction in 2018.
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Mark shifted his role on the project in late 2016 when he returned to managing the New Monaco project, but continues to work with the team as their planning consultant.
The scope of Mark’s experience in managing development includes:
Project vision development
Project workplan set up and management
Proforma development
Land acquisition
Land management
Planning and approvals – Community Plan amendments, Neighbourhood Plans and amendments, many aspects of policy development, rezoning, Phased Development Agreements and others
Progressive sustainability and innovation strategies for development projects
Site planning and design guidelines for buildings and landscapes, including building schemes
Experience-driven development and design
Subdivision and infrastructure systems
Financing and due diligence
Marketing and sales preparation
Starting construction
In addition, Mark has renovated many properties himself and manages a portfolio of rental properties.
Project management approach
Mark structures his development and team management projects into both sequential stages with different priorities and outcomes at each stage, and into many streams of work and consideration that are required at each stage.
He manages projects with large workplan dashboards (hundreds of rows long) that are updated weekly to ensure the project is moving forward in a highly organized way. Mark’s experience as a consultant makes him effective at managing the large consulting teams required to deliver these complex projects.
Mark always works closely with the local municipality and experience shows that each community approaches planning and development approvals differently. His years of public sector work make him effective at working with the local municipality and communities to build support for the project and streamline the approvals process.
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The New Monaco project is a 125 acre site, overlooking Okanagan Lake, approved for over 2,500 units and 500,000 sqft of mixed use commercial development.
The project will have a construction value of approximately one half billion dollars and will create over 1,500 full time jobs in the community when complete.
The project aims to be the healthiest neighbourhood in Canada and will include:
A diversity of housing
A major parks and trails network
A Destination Commercial Village
With healthcare, education, a food market, a wine centre, a childrens education centre, seniors housing, a high tech cluster and a unique boutique shopping experience.
The project has its planning approvals and is halfway through its subdivision process as of summer 2017. It expects to break ground on infrastructure construction in 2018.
The Foothills in Lantzville, BC
The Foothills is an 1838-acre project just north of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, zoned for 730 homes and a mixed-use village.
Mark served as VP of Development in 2015 and 2016, leading the re-planning and redesigning of the project with Storm Mountain Developments as it pulled the project out bankruptcy from a previous developer.
The project set a mid-Island record for presales when it went to market in mid 2017, selling over $10 million in lots in within 90 minutes of its launch.
It starts infrastructure construction in late summer 2017. Homes begin construction in 2018.
Building...
Mark shifted his role on the project in late 2016 when he returned to managing the New Monaco project, but continues to work with the team as their planning consultant.
The scope of Mark’s experience in managing development includes:
Project vision development
Project workplan set up and management
Proforma development
Land acquisition
Land management
Planning and approvals – Community Plan amendments, Neighbourhood Plans and amendments, many aspects of policy development, rezoning, Phased Development Agreements and others
Progressive sustainability and innovation strategies for development projects
Site planning and design guidelines for buildings and landscapes, including building schemes
Experience-driven development and design
Subdivision and infrastructure systems
Financing and due diligence
Marketing and sales preparation
Starting construction
In addition, Mark has renovated many properties himself and manages a portfolio of rental properties.
Project management approach
Mark structures his development and team management projects into both sequential stages with different priorities and outcomes at each stage, and into many streams of work and consideration that are required at each stage.
He manages projects with large workplan dashboards (hundreds of rows long) that are updated weekly to ensure the project is moving forward in a highly organized way. Mark’s experience as a consultant makes him effective at managing the large consulting teams required to deliver these complex projects.
Mark always works closely with the local municipality and experience shows that each community approaches planning and development approvals differently. His years of public sector work make him effective at working with the local municipality and communities to build support for the project and streamline the approvals process.