Parkland and municipal valuations
Appraisals of medium- and high-density residential development sites to support cash-in-lieu of parkland reviews, combining planning analysis, highest and best use and comparable market evidence.
Partner
Paul Dombrow
AACI, P.App.
Senior Real Estate Appraiser
Professional background
Paul is an accredited real estate appraiser with more than 20 years of experience across real estate brokerage, property management, land development consulting and valuation. He has worked with gsi since September 2009, bringing market and transaction experience to his appraisal and advisory work.
His practice focuses on complex urban properties, expropriation, litigation support and development land. Assignments include full and partial takings, injurious affection, disturbance damages, cash-in-lieu of parkland valuations and Education Development Charge site studies.
Paul has experience valuing medium- and high-density residential development sites, with attention to highest and best use, planning policy and development risk. He has qualified as an expert witness at the Superior Court of Justice and serves on the Board of Directors of the Ontario Expropriation Association and the Executive Board of the International Right of Way Association (IRWA), Chapter 29. His clients include municipalities, counsel, public agencies, developers and institutional investors.
Areas of practice
- Expropriation, partial takings and subsurface property interests
- Development land and highest and best use analysis
- Cash-in-lieu of parkland and Education Development Charge studies
- Retrospective appraisal and litigation support
- Market rent studies, ground rent research and valuation modelling
- Residential, multi-residential, commercial, industrial and institutional appraisal
Selected experience
Transit-related expropriation
Valuation assistance and report preparation for properties affected by the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, and appraisal reports for owners affected by subsurface acquisitions for the Yonge North Subway Extension.
Retrospective litigation support
A historical residential valuation following a failed purchase and later resale, examining market conditions, comparable sales and transaction timing at the instructed valuation date.
Ground rent and landowner cost sharing
Research and valuation modelling for a high-density ground rent assignment, and appraisal of community use lands under alternative approval assumptions to inform cost sharing discussions.
Career experience
- Senior Real Estate Appraiser — gsi, September 2009–present
- Real Estate Salesperson — Forest Hill Real Estate Inc., November 2018–present
- Real Estate Salesperson — Slavens & Associates Real Estate Inc., February 2007–November 2018