First through the wall Moving forward, one of RFP’s main goals is to honour the Redekop name – in the BC development industry, that name goes back at least three generations, and it’s currently shared by several other development and building companies run by relatives of James. It’s important to the whole team at RFP that they don’t do anything to blemish the name for everyone else. “The name is indicative of quality,” Jess says. “It’s a really well trusted name. It means a lot in the community. We never want to lose sight of that. We want to keep doing what we say we’re going to do. We want to keep delivering projects that we can be proud of.” Currently, RFP has several projects in the pipeline that they believe fit that bill. For example, they have one application in Downtown Mission – another developing area, like Downtown Abbotsford and Downtown Langley – for a two-building project that will comprise a little over 120 units. They have also partnered with some of James’ long-time associates for a project called ‘Park Langara,’ located just steps south of Langara-49th Avenue SkyTrain inVancouver – that will comprise a collection of contemporary, concrete homes ranging from studios to three-bedrooms, complemented by four modern OCTOBER 2022
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