Our references
The Van Maren Group of Companies has developed successful business relationships with many clients and partners. The following people may be contacted for a reference on our firm.
Auditor:
Wolf & Company (Abbotsford, BC)
Mr. Bryan Locke
Phone: (604) 850-2356
Bryan Locke has audited our financial statements since 1982.
Legal:
Sliman, Stander & Company (Chilliwack, BC)
Mr. Bruce Davies
Phone: (604) 824-7777
Bruce Davies does a lot of legal work related to real-estate lending and investments.
Fasken Martineau (Vancouver, BC)
Mr. John McKercher
Phone: (604) 631-3131
John McKercher has provided general business advice to our firm for over 20 years.
Spier Harben (Calgary, Alberta)
Mr. David Prasow
Phone: (403) 263-5130
David Prasow provides legal advice on real-estate transactions in Alberta.
Biskund, Hunt and Taylor (Phoenix, Arizona)
Mr. Neil Biskind
Phone: (602) 955-1822
Neil Biskind provides legal advice on real-estate transactions in the U.S.
Witten (Edmonton, Alberta)
Mr. Richard Craddock
Phone: (780) 428-0501
Richard Craddock provides legal advice on real-estate transactions in Alberta.
Financing:
CIBC Real Estate Group (Vancouver, BC)
Jim Keegan
Phone: (604) 665-1715
The CIBC has been our primary lender since 1982.
Strand Development Corporation (Vancouver, BC)
Mr. John Mackay
Phone: (604) 687-1919
John Mackay participates in many of our lending activities.
Paragon Capital Corporation (Calgary, Alberta)
Mr. David Yung
Phone: (403) 263-6446
David Yung participated in a number of our loans.
Borrowers:
Argo Development Corporation (Burlington, Ontario)
Gord Buck
Phone: (905) 334-0266
We provided Argo with a number of participating land development loans in Brampton, Oakville, Mississauga, and Burlingon Ontario.
Graoch Associates
Mr. Gary Gray
Phone: (253) 396-4356
We made in excess of 20 bridge loans to this limited partnership syndicator who syndicated primarily B quality multi family rental residential properties in B locations all over the U.S.
Trillium Residential (Phoenix, Arizona)
Mr. David Dewar
Phone: (602) 333-3600
We made in excess of 15 bridge loans to this real-estate syndicator.
Anthem Properties (Vancouver, BC)
Mr. Eric Carlson
Phone: (604) 689-3040
We provided a number of bridge loans to acquire investment real-estate.
Bruckal Properties (Kelowna, BC)
Mr. Myles Bruckal
Phone: (250) 712-1110
We provided a number of bridge loans and an equity loan for a single-family subdivision in Denver, Colorado.
Worthington Properties (Edmonton, Alberta)
Mr. Dan White
Phone: (780) 930-1888
We provided a number of loans on properties in Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta.
York Realty
Mr. Glenn Woolsey
Phone: (780) 421-4000
We provided a number of bridge loans and five participating loans on industrial properties in Edmonton, Alberta.
Tara Group (Dallas, Texas)
Mr. Dave Morgan
Phone: (214) 668-3420
We provided 2 participating loans to acquire approximately 20 land parcels in Ohio, and Florida, and we provide a mezzanine loan for a single-family subdivision in Texas.
Jaymor Group (Markham, Ontario)
Mr. Fab Lucchese
Phone: (905) 882-1212
We provided a number of bridge loans to close rental apartment acquisitions in Florida and Ontario.
HCT Investments (San Francisco, California)
Mr. Jim Hunter
Phone: (510) 337-7991
We provided in excess of 12 participating loans for the purchase of office buildings in Oakland and San Francisco, California.
Land and Timber:
Jemi Holdings Ltd. (Gabriola Island, BC)
Mr. Mike Jenks
Phone: (604) 247-9135
We provided Jemi with a number of participation loans on logging and land development projects in BC and Ontario.
Construction and Development:
Davidson Yuen Simpson Architects (Vancouver, BC)
Mr. John Davidson
Phone: (604) 697-7700
John Davidson was our design-build partner on numerous residential and commercial projects since 1981.
Barnett Dembek Architects (Surrey, BC)
Mr. Dave Walls
Phone: (604) 572-5431
Dave Walls was our designer on over 30 residential and commercial projects since 1980.
Affordable Housing Society (New Westminister, BC)
Bob Nicklin
Phone: (604) 521-6771
We built several hundred residential units for Affordable Housing.
City of Vancouver
Mr. Cameron Gray
Phone: (604) 873-7207
We built a number of residential projects, two underground parkades and a day-care centre for the City of Vancouver.
City of Chilliwack
Mr. Eric Dyck
Phone: (604) 793-2739
We were private sector partners with the City of Chilliwack on the Chilliwack Five Corners Public-Private Partnership project in 2002.
BC Housing Management Commission (Burnaby, BC)
Mr. Craig Crawford
Phone: (604) 439-4733
We built several thousand homes for BC Housing.
Killick Metz Bowen Rose Architects (Vancouver, BC)
Mr. Witmar Abele
Phone: (604) 732-3361
Witmar Abele was the architect on two of our design build projects.
Ledingham McAllister Properties Ltd. (Vancouver, BC)
Mr. Ward McAllister
Phone: (604) 662-3700
Ward McAllister was our partner in the development of the Bakerview Shopping Centre in Abbotsford, BC.
