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Building Toronto's Skyline with Nick Ainis

Building Toronto's Skyline with Nick Ainis

By: Nick Ainis
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 Building Toronto's Skyline traces the evolution of the city's iconic residential towers from their humble beginnings in the late 19th century to the modern, high-rise buildings of today. The podcast explores the current state of Toronto's Condominium industry from unique construction perspective, through engaging and entertaining podcast interviews with the many stakeholders in the industry! We explore issues like housing affordability, innovation, technology, sustainability and of course everyday construction issues!Nick Ainis Economics Personal Finance
Episodes
  • Derek Goring, Chief Executive Officer of Northcrest Developments

    Derek Goring, Chief Executive Officer of Northcrest Developments
    Nov 21 2025

    On this episode of Building Toronto's Skyline, Nick Ainis chats with Derek Goring, Chief Executive Officer of Northcrest Developments, about his 20+ years of experience in large scale mixed-use real estate development.
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    59 mins
  • Jennifer McKelvie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure

    Jennifer McKelvie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure
    Nov 4 2025

    On this episode of Building Toronto's Skyline, Nick Ainis speaks with Member of Parliament Jennifer McKelvie who is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure.

    Nick and Jennifer discuss the Liberal housing plan that promises to create Build Canada Homes (BCH) to get the federal government back into the business of home building, by:

    • acting as a developer to build affordable housing at scale, including on public lands.
    • catalyzing the housing industry by providing over $25 billion in financing to innovative prefabricated home builders in Canada, including those using Canadian technologies and resources like mass timber and softwood lumber, to build faster, smarter, more affordably, and more sustainably.
    • providing $10 billion in low-cost financing and capital to affordable home builders.
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    31 mins
  • Adrian Dyer, Chief Design Officer at Design for Happiness

    Adrian Dyer, Chief Design Officer at Design for Happiness
    Oct 24 2025

    On this episode of Building Toronto's Skyline, Nick Ainis chats with Adrian Dyer, Chief Design Officer at Design for Happiness, about his architectural journey that took him from London, Ontario, to London, England, and back again.
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    48 mins
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