Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: management services vs self-management at the building stage

[Allison tom (allison.tom]

Thanks, John, yes, this is what I am referring to and this kind of company does 
exist here!

Allison 



> On May 5, 2015, at 9:24 PM, John Carver <jcarver [at] islandnet.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I believe Allison is referring to what's called a project manager, one who 
> oversees the project but is not the developer.
> 
> Allison, we're just across the water in Nanaimo at Pacific Gardens Cohousing. 
> Our group hired an administrator to handle the business side, a project 
> manager to oversee the building construction and a construction company to 
> assemble the contracts to do the actual building. We created a numbered 
> company to be the developer, so the developer was us. That is, through the 
> numbered company we bought the land, did the hiring, applied for the rezoning 
> and permits, arranged the financing, filed with land titles then sold the 
> properties to the member/shareholders.
> 
> Unfortunately none of the above, including the architects, were cohousing 
> experienced, and our little clutch of would-be cohousers were not development 
> experienced, which made for a rough learning pathway. Mistakes were made, 
> some of them quite costly. That said, I think I can say we are generally 
> happy with the result, but most would agree we would have done better with 
> the right professionals.
> 
> Being in Vancouver you have access to good experienced resource people. Reach 
> out to the other cohousing groups in the area for their suggestions.
> 
> John Carver
> Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community, Nanaimo, BC
> http://pacificgardens.ca/
> (Yes, we do have units for sale.)
> 
>> On 05/05/2015 6:44 PM, Katie Henry wrote:
>> On Cohousing-L, the person who handles land acquisition and construction is 
>> normally referred to as the developer. A management company is an entity 
>> that manages the facility after construction is finished and the community 
>> members have moved in (paying bills, performing maintenance, etc.). The 
>> terms may be different in Canada, but you'll have better luck in the coho-l 
>> archives using the term "developer."
>> Katie Henry
>>         From: Allison tom <allison.tom [at] telus.net>
>>  To: Katie Henry <katie-henry [at] att.net>; "cohousing-l [at] 
>> cohousing.org" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
>>  Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 8:24 PM
>>  Subject: Re: [C-L]_ management services vs self-management at the building 
>> stage
>>    No, I mean a management company who oversees the process of land 
>> acquisition, building, community formation.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On May 5, 2015, at 6:22 PM, Katie Henry <katie-henry [at] att.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>   I would very much appreciate hearing from list members who can share 
>>>> their > stories about buying land & building with and without a management 
>>>> company.
>>> I think you might mean a developer, rather than a management company. You 
>>> might try the archives again, searching on "developer."
>>> Katie Henry
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