Jonathon Parker
Forty-Five Years of Building. Now Working for You.
Real estate developer, general contractor and consultant. Feasibility review, mentoring, advisory and expert-witness work, done remotely across Canada and the United States.
1,500
More than 1,500 apartment rental-to-condo conversions across North America
80
About 80 single-family homes bought, renovated and sold across Western Canada
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Regions: Western Canada, the United States, Hawaii, the Caribbean and Europe
45
Years in the business, from 1976 to today
At a Glance
Forty-Five Years, in Four Numbers
All of this work can be done remotely — by telephone, video call and email.
How I Can Help
01
Feasibility and Pro-Forma Review
You have a site and a set of numbers. I will tell you whether it works, what has been left out, and what it will really cost — before you commit the money, not after.
02
Mentoring for New Developers
One-to-one guidance for people who want to become property developers: how to read a site, how to structure the financing, which mistakes cost the most, and what nobody tells you before your first project. Sessions are arranged around your needs — several intensive sessions close together, or fewer spread out over time — so you have time to look at real sites and projects and come back with real questions.
03
Development Advisory and Consulting
A second opinion on the decisions that matter: acquisitions, rental-to-condo and strata conversions, resort and condo-hotel projects, construction scheduling, crew productivity and marketing. I have also advised appraisers, quantity surveyors and commercial brokers on price points, project costing and valuations.
04
Expert Witness and Construction Claims
Document review and written opinion on construction defect, delay, cost-overrun and standard-of-care questions. I have sat in every chair on a project — owner, general contractor, project manager and insurance claims adjuster.
05
Owner's Representation
Draw-request and progress-claim review for lenders and owners, so the money goes out only as fast as the work gets done.
06
Business Marketing and Innovation
Fresh, practical ways to sell what you build or run. I have used unconventional marketing to lift an art-promotion business's sales by more than 600 percent, grew a florist's sales elevenfold in its first year, and raised a motel's gross margins by over 400 percent. The same thinking works for a condo project, a subdivision or a small business.
Contact
Let's Talk About Your Project
Tell me in a few lines what you are working on and where you are stuck. I will reply personally, usually within a day.
Email: jparker7520@pm.me
Phone: 778-692-4757
Vernon, British Columbia — working remotely across Canada and the United States.
Written down for you
The Forty-Five-Year Builder's Trilogy — Plan Smarter, Risk Less; Invest Less, Build More; and Finish Faster, Keep More. Proven efficiency tools for developers and entrepreneurs, drawn from real projects and real numbers. A good place to start before our first conversation — see The Builder's Trilogy page on this site.
What I Bring
Why My Advice Is Worth Having
I did not learn this business from the outside. On my own projects I was the developer, the general contractor, the project and construction supervisor, the property manager and the marketer — taking each one from planning and permits through to a finished, sold-out building. Before that I managed a commercial property management division, held a real estate licence, and adjusted commercial construction insurance claims. So I have seen a project from every side of the table, and my projects came in on or under their time and cost budgets.
I have also started and run businesses outside real estate — art promotion, a florist, a chain of shoe stores, a car wash, a ready-mix concrete plant, sandwich franchises and a motel — and turned several of them around sharply. The same discipline applies to any venture: know your real costs, and do not accept the first answer you are given.
Parker Industries Ltd. and Developers Group
Selected Development Projects
Vernon Medical Building — Vernon, BC, 2010
35,000 sq ft office/retail converted to a 16-doctor medical clinic with mini-surgeries, pharmacy, two labs and Vernon's first pedestrian bridge. Approx. $15.55 million today.
CPC Developers Group — Vernon, BC, 2008
Analytical consulting for 2 commercial acquisitions and 3 residential subdivisions. Approx. $109.2 million today.
Wyndham Tangerine Resort — Cabarete, Dominican Republic, 2000
124-unit luxury beachfront condo-hotel, designed, permitted, built and pre-sold. Approx. $29.2 million today.
Arisi Palazzo — Yaletown, Vancouver, 1991
9 executive condos, designed, permitted, built and sold. Approx. $10.8 million today.
Harbour Castle — North Vancouver, BC, 1990
85-unit, 16-storey building bought, renovated, and rental units sold as condos. Approx. $76.2 million today.
Port Coquitlam Site — Port Coquitlam, BC, 1989
26-unit townhouse, designed, zoned, permitted and pre-sold. Approx. $1.15 million today.
Coquitlam Site — Coquitlam, BC, 1989
54 four-storey condos, designed, zoned, permitted and pre-sold. Approx. $4.55 million today.
Alta Sierra Site — Grass Valley, California, 1989
22-unit townhouse, designed, zoned, permitted and pre-sold. Approx. $3.05 million today.
Kihei Nalu — Kihei, Hawaii, 1988
60 four-storey condos, designed, zoned, permitted, built and sold. Approx. $48.25 million today.
Kingyale Site — Surrey, BC, 1988
260,000 sq ft mixed use, designed, zoned, permitted and pre-sold. Approx. $7.6 million today.
Churchill Downs — Richmond, BC, 1988
276 townhouse rental units bought, renovated and sold as condos. Approx. $122.7 million today.
Fairway Villas — Corpus Christi, Texas, 1987
29 condos built on a golf course. Approx. $12.7 million today.
Puente Vista — Corpus Christi, Texas, 1986
78 condos built on a golf course. Approx. $30.5 million today.
Komohana Kai — Kona, Hawaii, 1981
22 single-family lots designed and permitted, 7 homes built. Approx. $10.15 million today.
Wildwood Lodge — Blackcomb, BC, 1981
52-unit ski-in, ski-out luxury condo-hotel, designed, permitted, built and sold. Approx. $45.7 million today.
LP Developer's Group — Regina, SK, 1980
48 condos and 18 single-family homes renovated and sold. Approx. $27.3 million today.
LP Developer's Group — Regina, SK and Western Canada, 1979–80
12-storey office building and 680 condo units renovated and sold. Approx. $238.75 million today.
Lieutenant Governor's House — Regina, SK, 1978
Heritage restoration, renovated to heritage specifications and sold. Approx. $1.9 million today.
Cathedral Block — Regina, SK, 1978
13 single-family homes bought, renovated and sold. Approx. $5.1 million today.
JB Investments — Regina, SK, 1977
33 single-family homes. Approx. $12.7 million today.
"Approx. value today" is each project's estimated value brought forward to 2026 dollars using Bank of Canada inflation figures. Approximate, for illustration only.
Resume Highlights
Career in Brief
Real Estate Developer, 1976 to present
General contractor, project and construction supervision, building and property management for self-developed projects — single- and multi-family residential, condo conversions and condo-hotels for resort destinations across North America, Hawaii and the Caribbean.
Real Estate Consultant, 1976 to 2006
Independent feasibility studies and project analysis for industrial and commercial project managers, developers and investor groups. Exclusive Executive Real Estate Consultant to Noel Charles Industries UK — acquisitions, site analysis, planning, permitting, development and marketing for restaurant and night club properties in Sweden, Barbados, Spain, Toronto, New York and Paris. Consultant to appraisers, quantity surveyors and commercial brokers in Greater Vancouver.
Earlier career
Manager, Commercial Property Management Division, Block Bros. Realty, Regina, and licensed real estate agent (1976–1980). Commercial construction insurance claims adjuster, The Co-operators. Farm income tax specialist, Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture. Rotating manager, McDonald's, Saskatchewan.
Education
Bachelor of General Studies (Business Administration), Athabasca University, 1985. Agricultural Business Management, Ridgetown (University of Guelph), 1974. Real Estate Agent/Broker Course, Regina, 1976.
Contact
Let's Talk About Your Project
Tell me in a few lines what you are working on and where you are stuck. I will reply personally, usually within a day.
Email: jparker7520@pm.me
Phone: 778-692-4757
Vernon, British Columbia — working remotely across Canada and the United States.
Written down for you
The Forty-Five-Year Builder's Trilogy — Plan Smarter, Risk Less; Invest Less, Build More; and Finish Faster, Keep More. Proven efficiency tools for developers and entrepreneurs, drawn from real projects and real numbers. A good place to start before our first conversation — see The Builder's Trilogy page on this site.