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Podcast: Property Profits Real Estate Podcast
Episode: Why I Pivoted from Value-Add to Ground-Up Development with Adrian Pannozzo
Description: Adrian shares how his team scaled to 515+ doors through joint ventures, why Ontario’s tenant landscape pushed him to reconsider heavy value-add plays, and how CMHC’s up to 95% loan-to-cost and 50-year amortization on new construction changed the math. He walks us through a typical project on a 60’ x 200’ lot: demolish a bungalow, pour slab-on-grade, wood-frame 3-storey / 10-unit (all 2-bed/2-bath ~900 sq ft), above-ground parking, and no elevators—to keep timelines tight and avoid site plan approval where possible. We dig into timelines (about 4–4.5 months to permits; ~18 months build), MLI energy efficiency + affordability point targets, tranche funding with a quantity sur...