you can invest here and build here, and people will come.” Steve expects people to come to Horizon 21 specifically because it, like all their projects, “ticks all the boxes.” “It’s a great location, it’s a high qualityproduct, andwebelieved in the design,” he explains. “The recipe was definitely there. The original developer was also able to successfully pre-sell certain amount, even during the early days of the pandemic, which was a very difficult time. They just needed a final push to get there. So everything made sense for us. We were at the right place at the right time, and we’re very happy to have finalized that joint venture.” Moving forward, Dura Group will continue to look for similar opportunities in both Vancouver and Montreal. At the same time, Steve says the company doesn’t necessarily want to grow much bigger in terms of staff: “The important thing for us is we have a lot of fun,” he concludes. “Our team is really lean and mean in both Vancouver and Montreal, and our intention is for it to stay that way. We’re a family office and we like that. We have no intention of having 50 people in our office. We like to be personally involved in every project and build personal relationships with all our stakeholders, including our team members. That’s a big part of why enjoy what we do, and we don’t want to lose that.” MARCH 2022
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