is controlled by us, which leads to efficient communication, delegation, and execution, and mitigates any conflict.” When it comes to their own projects, Spire has historically focused on industrial and commercial, but they have also recently done some highly innovate multi-residential projects. A recent and prime example is Spire Landing – one of Canada’s largest multi-unit Passive House projects, located at the corner of Fraser Street and 57th Avenue in Vancouver. With Spire Landing, Pete says Spire Development is demonstrating their commitment to “building better, healthier, more comfortable, and sustainable.” He says they are “proud to be bringing the Passive House standard of energy efficiency to beautiful British Columbia.” Pete co-founded Spire in 2007 with Lawrence Green, the company’s president. Prior to that, both went to BCIT – Lawrence obtained a diploma in Marketing management specializing in real estate, and Pete underwent a carpentry apprenticeship. Since graduating, Lawrence has been in commercial real estate for more than two decades, earning experience on both the brokerage and development sides of the industry. Pete, meanwhile, has accumulated over 25 years of construction experience, primarily in commercial developments. In the early days of Spire, Pete and Lawrence focused on providing third-party construction services for clients, and they mainly did industrial projects as car dealerships, warehouses, and mini storage spaces. Their vision was always to eventually develop their own projects, and after earning enough experience and capital they did just that. Some of their early in-house projects included a three-storey office building, a renovation and expansion of a mall in Chilliwack, and a selfstorage facility that they owned and ran for several years. These days, Spire Development does both – they develop and manage their own projects, and they provide third-party construction services for other SPIRE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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