Rodney Wilts

Real estate developer & investor with a conscience. Infusing projects with health & sustainability. Everyone deserves a home.

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Continuing to come to life - photos of condition when we bought @zibiCanada, then start of construction and current condition. It's going to be killer. It'll look even better plugged into our zero-carbon district energy system.

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@Panzaredda That's a real beauty - congrats.

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@GoodGuyGuaranty @CarolWalshReal1 I've recently gotten hooked and have started travelling with a few discs. Much easier to throw some discs in your bag than almost any other kind of recreational equipment.

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Getting a little attention for our sewer energy exchange system at LeBreton Flats. Major kudos to my long-time biz partner, Scott Demark, for leading this important work. Zero carbon energy & affordable housing is a dynamite combo! https://t.co/FQLUaB6qjj

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@Cobylefko that's absolutely gorgeous!

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@MikePMoffatt It's made them objectively worse, while also dramatically increasing costs and undermining affordability.

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@WilsonCompanies Workshop

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@Cobylefko Gorgeous - should be legal everywhere!

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@awilkinson Read the book and loved it. Recommended it to my EO group. Thanks @awilkinson - look me up if ever in ottawa. Lunch or drinks on me!

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@davegordon14 Major congrats - looks fantastic!

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@Tesho13 @campnorthend Major congrats! The building looks fantastic. I know the blood, sweat & tears that it takes to get to this stage. Nicely done. Here's hoping for a speedy lease-up.

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@chrisderose How many times can I like this? Remarkably, somehow, people still also think that developers control city hall. In an ideal world, a prerequisite to become a head city planner would be that you had to have completed a development project.

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@SullivanRay I agree with most of your recommendations, but think the report is sloppy and aimed at creating division. It lumps together $ spent on grants for housing, $ spent on financing programs (that actually generate net revenue) and 'foregone' tax as all the same thing - they are not.

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@jasonc_nc Ouch...ain't easy to be an innovative developer. Keep fighting the good fight!

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@michael_wiebe This is a great thread and should form the foundation of a mandatory economics course for all city planners.

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@MikePMoffatt 2 bedroom unit in 2014 in Ottawa would have DC's of $8557. Now they're $30771. It's a problem...

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Five increases in development charges this year in Ottawa. We've been averaging an 11% compounded rate of increase since 2011. Unsustainable & a significant contributor to the housing crisis.

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@MikePMoffatt Brand new home in Houston costs $209,000USD. Presumably dev't fees a tiny fraction of Vaughan's. https://t.co/L11Sc2LcQh

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@gdiamond87 Major congrats! Looking forward to seeing this get built.

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@AustinTunnell The number of times I've run into well-intentioned policy that in practice works exactly against the intended outcome is too many to count. This one was a great example - it drives you to create less accessible units as opposed to more accessible. Sigh.

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An exciting project we had approved this Fall - affordable housing at a major transit station, geothermal heating, partnership with a non-profit and a charity. Moving on to site plan approval, and keen to get this to construction. https://t.co/vKQCdvTmjz