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WESTERN INVESTOR COMMENTARY : INDIGENOUS LAND ACQUISITIONS SAVVY
"Being paid millions of dollars a year for a vacant site and locking up prime development land with no money down reveal a savvy side to Indigenous land transactions in Metro Vancouver ... There is no doubt that B.C. Indigenous people lost out in a big way when their land was being appropriated by the first European settlers. But it seems today’s First Nations are masters of real estate negotiation, at least in Metro Vancouver, where they now hold some of the most prized residential and commercial land in the region and are being paid millions of dollars annually for a vacant waterfront site."
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“The exchange rate
is playing havoc with Canadian NHL teams, which pay many expenses (including
player salaries) in U.S. funds. Meaning the Canucks’ bottom line doesn’t look
nearly as bright as it did a few years ago. The on-ice product also pales in
comparison to the team that came within a game of a Stanley Cup championship in
2011. Don’t cry for the Aquilini family, though. With three towers rising above
Rogers Arena, a second FlyOver attraction (after the one at Canada Place) soon
to open in Minneapolis, extensive blueberry-, cranberry-, and wine-growing
properties in the Lower Mainland and Washington state, new restaurants in
Whistler, multiple partnerships with the First Nations, and a potentially
mammoth pipeline project in northern B.C., the Aquilini Group just keeps
growing. The death in June of beloved matriarch Elisa dealt a blow to husband
Luigi and their sons (below, left to right) Roberto, Francesco, and Paolo. But
the astute hiring of former VPD chief Jim Chu adds depth to a powerful team.”VanvMg
"By
the end of last year, the Aquilinis saw their plans to build a four-season ski
resort at Garibaldi Mountain finally move forward. The progress is a testament
to the merits of making peace, which is what the Aquilinis appear to have done
with that other billionaire Italian-Canadian developer clan in Vancouver, the
Gaglardis. Seven years ago, family frontman Francesco Aquilini was embroiled in
a bitter lawsuit with Tom Gaglardi and construction tycoon Ryan Beedie, who
both claimed they’d been wrongfully jilted out of a deal to purchase the
Vancouver Canucks from Seattle cellphone magnate John McCaw. Aquilini prevailed
in court, and Gaglardi was offered a consolation prize from NHL commissioner
Gary Bettman in the form of the Dallas Stars in 2011. Fast-forward to today,
and the Aquilini Investment Group stands shoulder to shoulder with the
Gaglardis’ Northland Properties in the joint venture to construct the
$5.2-billion Garibaldi at Squamish resort, which would be the first greenfield
ski hill built in Canada since 1980. While the project is massive, it’s
just one of the Aquilinis’ many high-profile, highly profitable ventures:
Through Aquilini Investment Group, now more than 50 years old, the family
controls one of British Columbia’s biggest development conglomerates, as well
as its NHL team, the Rogers Arena, blueberry and cranberry farms, restaurants
and some $80-million worth of vineyard properties in Washington state." CBR
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