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Paul Waddell is the President and founder of Urban Innovations Inc.
which was formed in 1995. Paul has over 20 years of experience,
having worked on numerous hospitality-related projects across Canada
and the U.S. for a multitude of prominent hoteliers, restauranteurs
and developers. In all, he has project managed, designed and/or
purchased well over $1B worth of projects in his career.
Most
recently, Paul is serving as the project design consultant for the
new $60M Hazelton Hotel and Condominiums project which is an exclusive
collection of 18 $3M to $10M condominiums above a 5 star, 78 room
boutique hotel in the Yorkville District of downtown Toronto. The
Hazelton is scheduled to open in Fall of 2006. Paul was also project
director for the recently opened $80M Soho Metropolitan Hotel and
Condominiums which consist of an 87 room boutique hotel with 350
condominiums, 55 Furnished Rental Suites and a $4M, 3 storey, 4,000
square foot penthouse suite for the hotel. Urban Innovations proudly
executed the project management, interior design and FF& E procurement
within a very tight timeframe. His forte is always being able to
maintain excellent client relationships through creativity, honesty
and respect.
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Norm
Sabo,
Director of Purchasing
UI Purchasing
Norm Sabo has a Commerce Degree from the University of Guelph
and brings more than 10 years of purchasing and buying experience
to the UI Group.
Norm
has worked with a diverse cross-section of clients including Fairmont
Hotels and Resorts, Intrawest Resorts, Mnjikaning First Nation-owned
properties including Casino Rama and gaming companies such as
Ontario Lottery Corporation. Norm is also the founding principal
of NDS Consulting which is the only aboriginal-owned hospitality
purchasing company in Canada. As a recent addition to the UI Group,
Norm will be serving as the Director of Purchasing in charge of
all purchasing and procurement, as well as maintaining the development
of NDS Consulting which will focus on the growing aboriginal development
sector. Norm brings a wealth of expertise and is well respected
for his management skills and high ethical standards.
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