Just next to downtown Vancouver, B.C. is something you don’t see everyday: a busy farmers’ market right next to a concrete plant – in this case, Granville Island. It’s a neighborhood that combines retail, manufacturing, and creative ventures, all in one spot. It’s disjunctive, and eclectic, and layered with different kinds of activities and different [...]

Most people like the idea of making the world a better place. It’s why we recycle. Why we take the bus to work once a week.
Why we want to add to the conversation about things like “sustainable development.”
A catchphrase popular in the real estate world right now, this term sometimes refers to ecological concerns, and [...]

Over the past ten years, the Freehold Group has incubated new businesses and master-planned a seemingly unlikely spot: Seattle’s Interbay neighborhood. We knew this could happen . . . and we’re sure glad it did.

It started in 1998, when our company began the restoration of a near-derelict building with only six occupants, creating from it [...]