BUILDING TORONTO'S SKYLINE with Nick Ainis

In this episode of Building Toronto's Skyline, Nick Ainis chats with architect Bob Murphy from Murphy Partners Seniors Housing Architects about their work with seniors apartments, retirement, and long term care design. We also learn about Bob's passion for aviation and his restored Tiger Moth, C-GNGS that he still flies to this day.

In this episode of Building Toronto's Skyline, Nick Ainis chats with Architect, Urban Designer and Urban Planner Naama Blonder about her bold vision to change what good housing can and should look like in a growing city like Toronto. Naama is the co-founder of Smart Density, an Architecture and Urban Planning firm for forward-thinking developers and creative municipalities.

On this episode of Building Toronto's Skyline, Nick Ainis chats with esteemed Architect Veronica Madonna about her career in architecture, starting Studio VMA Inc., her innovative approach to designing highly sustainable buildings and being a woman in a male-dominated industry.

On this episode of Building Toronto's Skyline, Nick Ainis gets the condominium market #realtalk from Mark Cohen, founding partner at The Condo Store.

On this episode of Building Toronto's Skyline, Nick Ainis chats with Norm Li about how he's adapted to a frozen condo market and tough decisions he's had to make.

On this episode of Building Toronto's Skyline, Nick Ainis chats with Tim Kocur, Executive Director at The Waterfront BIA, about how they're turning Toronto's waterfront into a tourist attraction for people around the world.

In this episode of Building Toronto's Skyline, Nick Ainis chats with Toronto city counsellor Brad Bradford about what needs to be done to solve Toronto's housing crisis.

In this episode of Building Toronto's Skyline, Nick Ainis speaks with Jack Mesley, the president of the Ontario Erector's Association. He was one of the people wearing a yellow hat, who helped build the CN Tower 50 years ago. Jack shares his memories of the time and his thoughts about this iconic tower and the vision that made it a reality.

In this episode of Building Toronto’s Skyline, Nick Ainis speaks with Adam Settino and Tom Dell'Erario from OpenSpace.

OpenSpace uses Spatial AI technology to deliver products that are the fastest and easiest in the industry. With OpenSpace, builders document their projects, answer questions quickly, and solve problems by communicating in the simplest, most transparent form—images.

In this episode of Building Toronto's Skylline, Nick Ainis and Toronto Mike speak with Anson Kwok, VP, Sales & Marketing at Pinnacle International Realty Group, about SkyTower at Pinnacle One Yonge, the tallest skyscraper in Canada.

In this episode of Building Toronto's Skyline, Nick Ainis and Toronto Mike discuss Nick's new book Battle of the Skyscrapers and tease the upcoming episode with Pinnacle International about One Yonge with an informative history of the skyscraper.

In this episode of Building Toronto's Skyline, Nick Ainis chats with Rod Rowbotham President, Principal Architect at onespace unlimited inc. about the current state of the condo industry and what he's learned along the way.

In this episode of Building Toronto's Skyline, Nick AInis chats with Vice President, Business Development at CMLS Financial Chris Minor, an expert in all income-producing assets, with a particular focus on multi-family, industrial and retail. Chris works with income-producing owners and developers across Canada and has 13 years of experience in commercial mortgages.

In this episode of Building Toronto’s Skyline, Nick Ainis speaks with Richard Lyall, President of RESCON Residential Construction Council of Ontario,  a leading association of residential builders committed to providing leadership and fostering innovation in the industry.

In this episode of Building Toronto's Skyline, Nick Ainis speaks with Mario Ribeiro, CEO of Triumph Group of Companies about the growth of Triumph, their acquisition of Primeline Windows and Doors Inc. and what makes Triumph special.