Hot take · 25:56
// THE QUOTE
“height is a challenge heritage is a challenge always in halifax”
— Kris Skiba · Dexel Developments Limited / Dexel Architecture
Candid take on Halifax's perennial height/heritage fight and how dramatically the skyline has changed in five years. A regional builder's exact lived reality.
Full episode at 25:56How Halifax's Dexel Developments Builds Landmark Apartments: Vertical Integration, BIM, and 25-Year CapEx Thinking ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
When you own and operate the building, respecting the surrounding community during construction is not altruism — those disrupted neighbours are your permanent neighbours.
“the mindset is not different than building your own house — you want to say hello to that neighbour afterwards”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Approvals, bylaws, and Halifax's growth inflection
23:20
Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 25:56 of How Halifax's Dexel Developments Builds Landmark Apartments: Vertical Integration, BIM, and 25-Year CapEx Thinking