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          n the late 1990s, Cardel Homes custom-
        
        
          ers began providing feedback regarding
        
        
          a desire to help their children as young
        
        
          adults getting started with home owner-
        
        
          ship. Parents were looking for a more af-
        
        
          fordable housing solution and one that met
        
        
          the needs of a younger demographic.
        
        
          Tim Logel, Cardel’s VP at the time, could
        
        
          see an opportunity to listen and venture
        
        
          into the innovative and efficient build form
        
        
          of multi-family housing developments of
        
        
          condominiums and townhomes.
        
        
          Today, the new partnership between Tim
        
        
          Logel, CEO of Sherjen Developments, and
        
        
          Ryan Ockey, CEO of Cardel Homes, is lead-
        
        
          ing the market in Calgary in both sales and
        
        
          customer satisfaction awards. Launched in
        
        
          2000, the partnership named Cardel Life-
        
        
          styles has succeeded in providing signa-
        
        
          ture quality, innovative designs, affordable
        
        
          prices and attractive add-value develop-
        
        
          ments in prime locations. In real estate it
        
        
          is always about location, and Lifestyles has
        
        
          consistently managed to find the best sites
        
        
          that include amenities like nearby restau-
        
        
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