We’ve got Craig Beattie with us today at the Southwestern Ontario Real Estate Forum. His company, Perimeter Development Corporation, focuses on investing in the region. Of course, Craig also lives in Southwestern Ontario as well.

Craig tells us the reasoning behind moving to Kitchener, and what it was like to work with Google in Perimeter’s first transaction. We’ll also hear about why Craig welcomes more competition to enter the region.

Topics covered include:

• How Craig first began investing in the region before starting Perimeter.
  
• The first investment that Perimeter made in Kitchener.
  
• The logistics of adapting space and how machinery was cleared out of that first property.
  
• What it was like transacting with Google.
  
• Where the opportunities in this region have been over the last few years.
  
• Perimeter’s ongoing project which started as an old automotive factory.
  
• Why Craig says it’s great to see more investors entering this market.
  
• Looking at other areas in the region besides Kitchener-Waterloo.
  
• Getting involved with multi-residential properties.
  
• What the capital raising part of Perimeter looks like.
  
• The vision for this region over the next five years.
  

More about our guest….

Craig Beattie is the Chief executive officer and a founding partner of Perimeter. A graduate of the University of Waterloo, he has close to 20 years of real estate experience with a focus on the development and leasing sectors of the business. Craig thrives on creating vibrant spaces for communities under redevelopment and is actively involved in various associations whose focus is on urban renewal and re-urbanization initiatives.

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