APRIL 2026 Samantha Londerville Senior Manager, Business Development Samantha.Londerville@laurentianbank.ca 437-216-6278 Branden Poppe Assistant Vice President Branden.Poppe@laurentianbank.ca 519-501-8172 Laurentian Bank is proud to be financing Woven Quarter Properties’ latest project. Contact us to make your ambitions a reality. up building with no elevators – partly because elevators represent one of the largest ongoing operational costs in a residential property, and partly because the walk-up typology fit naturally with the scale and character of the project. It was also important that the building be designed for longevity, Brendan says. Despite the fact that it was a neighbourhood in transition, they wanted to make sure they used high quality materials that would last, so that “10 or 20 years down the road, it still looks very much like a first-class asset.” Delivering the building, however, turned out to be a challenge, as previously mentioned. Construction tendering began in earnest in 2022 – a moment Brendan describes as “the absolute worst time you could pick to go out and tender anything.” The construction industry was operating far above capacity. Trades were impossible to reach, quotes were expiring within 30 to 60 days, and costs were escalating at a pace that made conventional project economics nearly unworkable. “It was complete pandemonium in the construction world,” Brendan says. Faced with no viable alternative, he and his partner John Cochren made the decision to selfperform – managing the project themselves, entering contracts directly with trades, handling the construction financing, and showing up on site every single day. It was, by any measure, a steep learning curve. But they got through it. The finished building is called The Bridge, and
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