\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\nWhat part of Toronto do you live in?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nI’m on <\/span><\/span>Bloor<\/span><\/span> St. between Bay and Avenue Rd. I’ve had apartments in that stretch for 40 years now. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nAre you a Tim <\/span><\/span>Hortons<\/span><\/span> or a Starbucks guy?<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\nEasy question. I go to Tim <\/span><\/span>Hortons<\/span><\/span> probably thirty times for every time I go to a Starbucks. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nWhat was your first job? <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\nWhen I was about 10 a friend and I would knock on people’s doors in the winter and offer to shovel their snow. It was tough work, especially when you’re not that big, so I’ve developed a lot of respect for the maintenance people who do this kind of work all the time. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\nHow did you get started in the development business?<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nWhen I was in business school I net leased a rooming house. I lived in part of it and rented out the rest of it and I was able to live rent-free, which for a student was extremely appealing. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nSubsequently I started buying rooming houses and small apartment buildings and then larger ones, and then I started building apartments in existing buildings. The first that I built from the ground up was in 1985, so I guess I’ve been building apartments now for more than 25 years. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nWhat’s the best part about your job now?<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nThere are two things that I’m really enjoying about developing <\/span><\/span>Chaz<\/span><\/span><\/a>. The first is that it’s a wonderful creative process. You don’t start with nothing but basically you point up and it’s just a piece of sky and then you create what will be a great building and a great place to live for several hundred people.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nThe second thing I’m enjoying is that there’s just such a wealth of talent in Toronto and I’ve tried to hire the very best in all the categories for this project. Everyone is so knowledgeable and I learn so much from every meeting. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nOn the flip-side, what do you find to be the least enjoyable aspect of your job? <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nI have projects not just in Toronto, but also in other cities. Sometimes I consider it a great luxury to be in one place for a whole week.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nChaz<\/span><\/span> will be located at <\/span><\/span>Yonge<\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span>Bloor<\/span><\/span>, what draws you to that part of the city?<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\nFirst of all, <\/span><\/span>Yonge<\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span>Bloor<\/span><\/span> has pretty much everything right there.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nSecondly, either right there or a five minute walk away you’ve got the best of Canada in so many areas. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nYou’ve got the University of Toronto, the ROM, <\/span><\/span>Bloor<\/span><\/span> Street shopping, it’s something people can’t get elsewhere. It’s a medical centre, a government centre and there’s a tremendous number of restaurants all within a few blocks.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nThe third thing is it has the best subway service in the entire city. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nWhat’s happened on Charles St. over the last eight or ten years, it’s become one of the top residential streets in all of Toronto. It’s so close to everything, but it still has a very nice residential feel. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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