Newton and McIntyre create recreational property center
May 27, 2010 by HCP
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John Newton (left) of High Country Properties and Paul McIntyre (right) have joined forces to create the valley's first recreational property center. (Photo by Julie Neville)
by Julie Neville.
There is one very important reason why Paul McIntyre has returned to the Columbia Valley after ten years of living in resort communities across North America; it is the indisputable lifestyle advantages.
Paul has learned from experience what many people already know – the Columbia Valley offers ‘much more’ for ‘much less’ than many other great resort communities that he has experienced, such as, Whistler, Lake Tahoe, Mammoth and others. With more mountains, lakes, rivers, beaches, golf courses, ski areas and much more; there are fewer people, less congestion, lower real estate prices and greater opportunity.
“Over the years I’ve been privileged to introduce exceptional recreational communities in some of North America’s most beautiful and unique resort locales, but for many reasons, my heart has always remained with Panorama,” says Paul, who lived at Panorama prior to leaving to assist with the master planning and sales of other resort communities.
“I’ve been a recreational property specialist for over twenty years,” says Paul, “and I feel that this valley is poised for continuing growth. I know what makes great resort communities and look forward to helping people make the Columbia Valley their primary or second home.”
Paul is not the only valley resident who knows what it takes to make a recreational paradise successful. John Newton, owner of High Country Properties, has been working for many years with like-minded business people, to increase the valley’s exposure. He recognized the potential of the Valley and Panorama over 23 years ago when he started the first vacation rental business in the area. Since then, High Country Properties (HCP) has survived the ebb and flow of the Valley’s unpredictable business environment, to evolve into the largest vacation rental company in the area, while also acting as a wholesaler and booking agency for other regional resorts.
Paul and John have joined forces to create the Valley’s first recreational property centre, providing comprehensive services for buyers, sellers, renters and strata corporations. Home owners can list their property while continuing to generate revenue through short term rentals. Renters can buy, buyers can rent; short term rental needs and long term rental requests can be accommodated. Management services through HCP are also an option for strata complexes or strata managed neighborhoods.
The team’s primary goal is to help existing and prospective developers showcase their ideas right from the planning stages. John and Paul are poised to assist developers from initial design, approvals, sales & marketing, through to project completion. Their goal is to help ‘developments’ turn into ‘resorts’ as seamlessly as possible. John and Paul are excited about this new partnership and with the help of the HCP support team, expect big things to happen.
John is emphatic in his belief that in order to keep opportunities alive for our children, we need to be more willing to work together to grow this area by encouraging business development; not hindering it in fear of competition or perceived irresponsible development. “We must recognize where opportunities exist and build on them. We need to help each other by encouraging growth and development, and work together to simplify the process of keeping our economy alive for everyone to enjoy for ‘life’ – a place where our children can stay and have the opportunities in place to raise their own children,” says John.
