The Construction Source

MARCH 2021 specifically, shortly after immigrating. Inspired by that love, they founded Keltic in 2016. Their intention was to make a long-term commitment to their community and their vision was to become a tier-one developer in Metro Vancouver. Since beginning their first project that year, they are well on their way to achieving that vision. For his part, Mike Wurm is a veteran of the Lower Mainland’s real estate development industry, having spent more than 27 years working for industry leading general contractors, construction managers, and developers. He was recruited by Keltic roughly two years ago, and he was attracted by the size and scope of their upcoming projects. “The land that they had available, and the projects they had going, it seemed like too good an opportunity not to get on board with,” he recalls. “It’s a very exciting company to work for, with very exciting ownership.” Today, Keltic’s projects include a range of residential, industrial, and mixed-use developments for sale, under construction, or upcoming. All were designed and planned in collaboration with leading architects and consultants, and all are being delivered by the region’s leading contractors. For example, the company has three premium developments currently in the selling phase. Those include ‘Coco’ – 57 exclusive luxury residences in Metro Vancouver’s Oakridge neighbourhood, being built by Kindred Construction – ‘Park West’ – 258 homes in two towers in North Vancouver, being built by Urban One Builders – and ‘The Paramount’ – 538 homes and 84 strata offices in four towers in downtown Richmond, being built by Graham Construction. The Paramount particularly showcases Keltic’s diversity. In addition to the homes and offices, the project includes a 25,000 square foot retail podium, connection to