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Pouyan Safapour is president of Devron Developments. He speaks to David about what he thinks Canada is getting wrong about condos and why we should be ditching the pre-sale model.

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David's Pick: Does the GTA need to rethink how condo projects get financed? This developer thinks so.

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Pouyan Safapour is president of Devron Developments. He speaks to David about what he thinks Canada is getting wrong about condos and why we should be ditching the pre-sale model.

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