Kevin Ratner
Kevin Ratner
build condo depends downtown economy-and-economics interest maybe opportunity projects rates wind
I like Downtown and would like to build more Downtown. But a lot of it depends on the economy. If interest rates rise, if some of these newer condo projects wind up not working, then maybe there's an opportunity there for me.
build clean dirty eight found lost lots months oil pulling ran soil special wound
We ran into lots of foundations that we didn't know were there. We found an oil well and wound up pulling a lot of dirty soil out of there, which was more expensive. We had to take it to a special dump, and then get the dirt clean to build on it. So we lost about eight months just getting started on the garage.
building department fact fire fit life problems sign systems trying
The problems we had going in had to do with the fact that the building was old and we had to put in new systems - mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire life safety. Trying to fit that back in and trying to get the Fire Department to sign off was hard.