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		<title>Vancouver Sun: P+A Furniture: Breaking new ground in providing decision-making sales support</title>
		<link>http://www.thesalientgroup.com/news/2009/06/20/vancouver-sun-pa-furniture-breaking-new-ground-in-providing-decision-making-sales-support/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Living Green &#8211; Breaking new ground in providing decision-making sales support
Shelley Penner says merchants need to provide more in-store information and she is practising what she preaches in her new shop
Vancouver Sun
by Kim Davis
June 13, 2009 
Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if there was a &#8220;savvy shopper&#8221; smartphone application: an app that allowed a person considering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flack Block: Vancouver History and Business Collaboration tips come together at Octopus Strategies</title>
		<link>http://www.thesalientgroup.com/news/2009/06/18/flack-block-vancouver-history-and-business-collaboration-tips-come-together-at-octopus-strategies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Rowlands of Octopus Strategies, one of the tenants at the Flack Block, wrote an interesting piece for their e-newsletter, and it was brought to our attention. Mike shares a bit of Flack Block&#8217;s Vancouver&#8217;s history, and combines it with some interesting business tips about how collaboration might just be the answer in today&#8217;s economic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recognition: Salient Group wins 4 City of Vancouver Heritage Honour Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.thesalientgroup.com/news/2009/05/26/salient-group-wins-4-city-of-vancouver-heritage-honour-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesalientgroup.com/news/2009/05/26/salient-group-wins-4-city-of-vancouver-heritage-honour-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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The City of Vancouver Heritage Commission has awarded four of the Salient Group&#8217;s developments for building rehabilitation as follows:
The Flack Block, 163 West Hastings Street, an Award of Honour for structural, seismic and building systems upgrading, sustainable interiors, locally crafted stone façade components, reinstated areaways, extensive exterior restoration, and a compatible contemporary rooftop addition.
The Bowman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Globe and Mail &#8211; Heritage projects suffer collateral damage in downturn</title>
		<link>http://www.thesalientgroup.com/news/2009/05/08/heritage-projects-suffer-collateral-damage-in-downturn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 18:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Globe and Mail – Heritage projects suffer collateral damage in downturn
Kerry Gold
Special to The Globe and Mail
Friday, May. 15, 2009
Developer Robert Fung stands on Water Street in Vancouver&#8217;s Gastown, surveying a row of heritage buildings that comprise one of the city&#8217;s most beautiful streetscapes.
They represent some of the city&#8217;s oldest buildings, and each of them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flack Block: New Life on Hastings Street</title>
		<link>http://www.thesalientgroup.com/news/2009/04/26/flack-block-new-life-on-hastings-street/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traditional Building magazine recently had an article about the building of The Flack Block&#8217;s hand-carved limestone archway. Construction has recently finished on the building, and the archway has been completed for some time, but we thought we&#8217;d share this feature with those of you who wanted to know more about the creation of the archway, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GlobalTV video: The Flack Block</title>
		<link>http://www.thesalientgroup.com/news/2009/04/08/globaltv-video-the-flack-block/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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The Flack Block was featured on Global TV yesterday (April 7). There is a lot of interest in the positive change community health that neighbourhood heritage rehabilitation can bring. We&#8217;re pretty excited about it.
You can see the video here. (edit: video is no longer live on the GlobalTV website)
The Flack Block also has it&#8217;s own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>re:place Magazine: Flack Block celebrates its opening with City of Vancouver Heritage Award of Honour, and new innovative tenants</title>
		<link>http://www.thesalientgroup.com/news/2009/04/06/replace-magazine-flack-block-celebrates-its-opening-with-city-of-vancouver-heritage-award-of-honour-and-new-innovative-tenants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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Vancouver urban design magazine, re:place has published a story about the opening of the Flack Block. Below is their story. I encourage you to take a few moments to look at their website – lots of Vancouver history (in &#8216;5 minute&#8217; segments) and green content as well.
After two years of restoration by The Salient Group, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>24 hours video: The Flack Block &#8211; Heritage Love</title>
		<link>http://www.thesalientgroup.com/news/2009/04/03/24-hours-video-the-flack-block-heritage-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesalientgroup.com/news/2009/04/03/24-hours-video-the-flack-block-heritage-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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The heritage landmark, The Flack Block, reopens its doors to socially progressive businesses. This video accompanies yesterday&#8217;s 24 hours news story about the need to retain our heritage buildings. 
Robert speaks about the newly reopened Flack Block building, showing off some of the great features including the magnificent hand-carved entry archway, some of the challenges of working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>24hours: The Flack Block &#8211; Heritage Crucial To City</title>
		<link>http://www.thesalientgroup.com/news/2009/04/02/24hours-the-flack-block-heritage-crucial-to-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesalientgroup.com/news/2009/04/02/24hours-the-flack-block-heritage-crucial-to-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salient Group says: Heritage crucial to city
Dharm Makwana, 24 Hours
Should Vancouver lose its architectural past, its cultural identity may fall soon after, according to a real estate developer keen on restoring the city&#8217;s historical streetscape. 
Robert Fung, president of The Salient Group, noted that,without federal and municipal funding for heritage restoration, projects such as the Flack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flack Block: Acton Ostry &#8211; Restoration Project Receives Heritage Honour Award</title>
		<link>http://www.thesalientgroup.com/news/2009/03/18/flack-block-acton-ostry-restoration-project-receives-heritage-honour-award/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesalientgroup.com/news/2009/03/18/flack-block-acton-ostry-restoration-project-receives-heritage-honour-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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Architects Acton Ostry, were just awarded a Heritage Honour Award by the City of Vancouver&#8217;s Heritage Commission for their work on The Flack Block.
We posted an interview with Mark Ostry (about the terminus project) a little while ago on our Vimeo page. If you missed it, you can see it below.

Mark Ostry of Acton Ostry Architects [...]]]></description>
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