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July/August 2022 - The Top 100

With a mission to inform, empower, celebrate and advocate for British Columbia's current and aspiring business leaders, BCBusiness go behind the headlines and bring readers face to face with the key issues and people driving business in B.C.

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Created by the Canada Wide Media advertising department in partnership with THE AGENCY E verybody knows Vancouverites are game for authenticity, action, and spicing things up. Whether it's reinventing recreation and green living or global business and world-class real estate, the city is hungry for innovation with an eye on new trends and fresh ways to live the good life. Over the past ten years, expo- nential growth in Vancouver, not to mention global events, has redefined exactly what "the good life" means. Wellness, connection, work-life balance and luxury are taking new forms, and thoughtful, discerning real estate buyers with an eye for quality are leading the charge. Hugh Cooper and Kit Matkaluk have known this for years, and they wanted in. While attending University of Western, Coop spent his summers tree planting. After completing his degree, he worked various career avenues—elementary school teacher, certified financial planner (to name a couple)—but nothing quite fit. Then he tried his hand at real estate. "I don't know exactly how I decided on real estate, but it stuck and boy, am I glad it did," he says. "My first year as a realtor was very difficult and I had some huge learning curves, but I considered it successful. To this day, this job continues to challenge me, and I am continually learning, which keeps it interesting!" For Kit, real estate was practically his birthright. His father was a com- mercial and residential developer, which fostered Kit's interest in the field… and his entrepreneurial spirit. "I knew I would be in the industry," he says. "I just needed to figure out the best fit for me, which turned out to be people." Kit + Coop Bring The Agency to Vancouver Kit + Coop are bringing back boutique and redefining luxury in Vancouver's real estate market.

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