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As proof that working with
developers can also improve qual-
ity of life for residents, he cites
Seymour Paciic Developments'
smart-looking headquarters, which
founder Kris Mailman opened in
2014 on a downtown site near city
hall previously occupied by aban-
doned buildings. "We sat down
with him and worked through some
very creative ways of how we could
combine public investment in the
streetscape with private investment
in his own business interests, and
combine the two and really get the
most bang for the buck."
After launching Seymour Paci„c
in 1983 as a single-family-home
builder, Mailman began specializing
in four-storey, wood-frame residen-
tial construction. Today, with Broad-
street Properties, the company has
some 400 employees—roughly 160
of them in Campbell River—and
manages about 10,000 rental units
in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and
Manitoba. "It puts us at a big com-
petitive advantage because we do
everything in-house," says culture
and community manager Amanda
Raleigh, Mailman's daughter, in
the staff cafeteria. Raleigh, who
has since become general manager
of the Campbell River Golf and
Country Club, Seymour Paci„c's „rst
hospitality venture, says the busi-
ness focuses on regions outside the
core of major cities. "We stay away
from city centres," she explains.
The same could be said for
second-time resident Eric Heel, who
believes Campbell River is on the right
path: "The community's growing,
people are moving back, so there's
more opportunities, and it's just a
good cycle."
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