BUILDING TORONTO'S SKYLINE with Nick Ainis

BUILDING TORONTO'S SKYLINE with Nick Ainis

Building Toronto's Skyline traces the evolution of the city's iconic residential towers from their humble beginnings in the late 19th century to the modern, high-rise buildings of today. The podcast explores the current state of Toronto's Condominium industry from unique construction perspective, through engaging and entertaining podcast interviews with the many stakeholders in the industry! We explore issues like housing affordability, innovation, technology, sustainability and of course everyday construction issues!

Episodes

June 13, 2025 51 mins

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

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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.

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May 23, 2025 48 mins

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.

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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.

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April 11, 2025 55 mins

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.

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April 11, 2025 55 mins

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.

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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.

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February 28, 2025 38 mins

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.

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January 31, 2025 75 mins

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.

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In this episode of Building Toronto's Skyline, Nick Ainis and Toronto Mike speak with Stephen Velasco, the creator of Future Model Toronto — a 3D visualization platform that enables developers, architects, urban planners, real estate advisors, local authorities and their communities to understand the impacts of proposals in context with future development.

Nick, Mike and Stephen take a look into the future at https://www.stephe...

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In this episode of Building Toronto’s Skyline, Nick Ainis speaks with Eric Rodrigues, the founding principal and creative director of Boldera Architects, a leading Toronto-based architecture firm specializing in adaptive reuse and heritage conservation. Under Eric’s leadership, Boldera is redefining modern architecture by transforming historic structures into innovative, sustainable spaces that preserve their cultural essence while...

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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.

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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.

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In this episode of Building Toronto's Skyline, Nick Ainis chats with Julian McNabb from Melbourne Property Management.

Julian oversees both the Operations Team and the Consulting Division, and comes with a wealth of knowledge and experience, as a well-respected member of the condominium management industry. Julian provides consultancy services to many of Ontario's top condominium developers. He is also well-known for helping, devel...

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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.

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In this debut episode of Building Toronto's Skyline, Toronto Mike gets to know Nick Ainis, Fusioncorp Developments Inc., and what this podcast is all about.

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