We want our tenants to go out and run their business the way they need to run it and know that the real estate will be fine.” On the building side, Dancor consistently demonstrates that same dedication to their client’s success and profitability. According to Sean, that dedication is what earned the one of their most exciting projects, which they are working on currently – a 350,000-square-foot addition to a mass timber factory in St Thomas. The operator of that factory is a company called Element5, which specializes in the design, fabrication and assembly of contemporary timber structures. They are the tenants of Nexus Industrial REIT, who are a repeat client of Dancor’s. In this case, Sean believes Nexus chose Dancor because “they knew that we were up to the challenge of working side by side with their tenant.” “They knew that we could allow their tenant to continue producing and pumping out timber buildings that are so desperately needed in Ontario and throughout Canada and the United States, especially as part of the housing initiative in Ontario. They knew we could pull off this addition without stopping or even delaying their operations.” Pulling that off, Sean admits, has been a complicated – but it’s also been “interesting and fun.” “We’re adding on to an existing building, and they’re still working in that building,” he explains. “They are literally crossing over our job site in order to get access to their building. That means SEPTEMBER 2024
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