A review of 2025, a look forward to 2026

This year has been marked by advancements in my work. I wish you all seasons greetings and that you enjoy holidays with those you love most. Watch out for the launch of my newsletter in 2026. The Civic Infrastructure Bond: Ombrello Solutions $250 million (CDN) issuance of a bond whose proceeds would be used toContinueContinue reading “A review of 2025, a look forward to 2026”

New project announcement: Natural Base Solutions

📣 I’m pleased to have started a project on best practices for nature-based solutions with Gabino Carballo of Spain-based Natural Base Solutions. We have been tasked by MedCities to develop training kits for local governments interested in tackling climate change. This is part of the Urban Regenerative Water Avant-garde(N) project co-funded by the European Union.ContinueContinue reading “New project announcement: Natural Base Solutions”

Annonce: Mise-à-jour professionnel / Announcement: Professional update

Followed by English below. Je suis fier d’annoncer que je suis inscrit à l’Ordre des urbanistes du Québec depuis le 1er avril 2025. Depuis plusieurs mois, je travaille activement sur un projet à Montréal concernant les espaces verts et la finance. Cette expérience m’a mené à faire la demande d’inscription à l’OUQ car, je suisContinueContinue reading “Annonce: Mise-à-jour professionnel / Announcement: Professional update”

The Urban Hulk’s focus

I am focused on the intersection of urban planning and sustainable finance. I am interested in the finding the win-wins for innovative urban projects (e.g. parks and transit) that are currently lacking funding. Novel models can help to make them happen. This is where the potential lies. In my career as an ESG Analyst atContinueContinue reading “The Urban Hulk’s focus”

A review of 2024. A preview of 2025.

As the year closes, I am proud of the projects that I have worked on. As I close the year, I reflect on these projects and how I would like to build on these advances in 2025. Here is an overview of my work this year: Research. At the Ivey Business School, we released AdvancingContinueContinue reading “A review of 2024. A preview of 2025.”

Looking back on 2023, looking forward to 2024

Design credit: Ednalyn Lazaro via Canva The Urban Hulk has had a positive year of growth in 2023. New business came up. There are exciting projects for 2024. A year in review:1) Working with Ivey Business School at Western University on regenerative agriculture / climate-smart agriculture projects. A major report on regenerative agriculture is comingContinueContinue reading “Looking back on 2023, looking forward to 2024”

Letter to City of Vaughan Council re: Municipal Housing Pledge – March 7, 2023

This letter was submitted to the City of Vaughan’s Committee of the Whole meeting on March 8, 2023, Item #13. For more on the Missing Middle, read my blog post from January 30, 2023. Implementing the province’s housing pledge must emphasize development that does not encourage sprawl, which would risk placing future financial pressure onContinueContinue reading “Letter to City of Vaughan Council re: Municipal Housing Pledge – March 7, 2023”