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10/06/2026

What could Burlington gain from its proposed data centre?

Investment, property-tax revenue and digital infrastructure are potential benefits.

Employment land and electrical capacity are also part of the equation.

The useful conversation is about how those pieces fit Burlington’s longer-term growth plans.

What would you want to know about the proposal?

Full video on YouTube: .

10/05/2026

An older industrial building that no longer works for one large tenant may work remarkably well for several smaller businesses.

A small-bay conversion can create:

• higher rent per square foot
• multiple income streams
• less exposure to one vacancy
• a property that better matches current tenant demand

Done poorly, it creates a rather impressive collection of construction invoices and no tenants.

The opportunity depends on the layout, loading, parking, power, approvals, conversion costs and the rent those smaller units can realistically achieve.

An old building is not automatically a bargain.

The numbers still have to behave themselves.

Watch the full Investor Intel video on YouTube: Can an Obsolete Industrial Building Become a Great Investment?

Or Comment OBSOLETE and I’ll send you the link.

10/04/2026

New market.

New rules. New labour considerations. New logistics. New contacts.

Expansion can start to feel remarkably like starting over.

It shouldn’t.

When you’re moving into a new region, knowing what’s already been learned on the ground can save a lot of time, capital and unnecessary surprises.

That’s the advantage of a coordinated network across Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

Your next market shouldn’t be a cold start.

Considering expansion into a new region?

Comment EXPAND. Let’s start with where you’re looking.

10/03/2026

Why would an investor convert an older industrial building into smaller units?

Smaller bays may command higher rents per square foot, appeal to a broader group of businesses and reduce reliance on one tenant or one renewal date.

That is the appealing part.

The less glamorous part includes construction costs, servicing requirements, permits, additional entrances, fire separation and the time required to lease the finished units.

The opportunity works when the stabilized income justifies the cost and risk of creating it.

Higher rent sounds lovely. Stronger returns are the point.

10/02/2026

That one makes you think.

The story you tell yourself matters.

What you assume.
What you replay.
What you decide something means.

Those thoughts shape how you feel, and those feelings have a rather inconvenient habit of influencing what you do next.

You may not control every situation.

You can pay attention to the story you’re telling yourself about it.

Sometimes changing the thought changes everything that follows.

10/01/2026

One tenant can make an industrial property wonderfully simple.

Right up until that tenant leaves.

Small-bay industrial can reduce the property’s exposure to any single vacancy. If one tenant occupies 5% of the building, their departure does not eliminate the entire rental income.

The trade-off is more leases, more tenant turnover and more management.

Small-bay does not remove vacancy risk. It exchanges concentration risk for greater operational complexity.

For the right property and investor, that can be a very sensible exchange.

09/30/2026

A client wanted to buy this building.

I advised them not to.

The building itself was perfectly good. It simply did not support the way their business operated or where they intended to grow.

A property can look like an opportunity and still be the wrong decision for the buyer.

My job is not to make every deal happen.

It is to help my client recognize the right one.

They thanked me later.

09/29/2026

An industrial building can be obsolete for one user and highly functional for another.

A larger occupier may reject it because of the layout, loading, clear height or building systems.

Smaller businesses may see affordable, practical space in a location that works.

The investment opportunity is not created by simply adding demising walls.

It’s created by understanding which tenants could use the building, what they will pay and whether the conversion can deliver what they require.

Obsolete is not a verdict. It is a question of fit.

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