from the ground up – celebrating the dreamers building vancouver’s future
Buildings Rise is an original song that celebrates the imagination, ambition, and quiet partnerships behind every transformative development. It’s more than a playful experiment—it’s a creative expression of how land becomes legacy.
As a land broker, I see firsthand how real estate is shaped not just by numbers and zoning, but by culture, vision, and collaboration. Great places emerge when the right people come together—from landowners with foresight to developers with bold ideas, and the professionals who bridge that gap with strategy and trust.
This song contrasts the monotony of traditional corporate brokerages with the energy and purpose of those who shape the city—developers, designers, investors, and owners working across differences to bring a vision to life. It also acknowledges the unseen creativity in negotiation: the emotional intelligence required to align people who may never meet, yet are all essential to a project’s success.
Each verse is a tribute—to the builders and backers, the planners and poets, and the urban gold that lies beneath it all.
Buildings Rise is part of a broader creative series exploring how land use, culture, and imagination shape Vancouver. Each month, I’ll share a new song in a different style or language, honouring the communities who give this city its richness and soul.
Because in a city as diverse and layered as Vancouver, building anything meaningful starts with listening—to the land, and to each other.
the song
the lyrics
[Verse 1]
They're pushing papers 9 to 5
Stacks of listings just survive
Stale old facts fill every sheet
No spark no flair an endless repeat
[Verse 2]
Corporate suits with ties so tight
Never dream just count the nights
Trapped in boxes labeled norm
Where's the passion where's the storm
[Chorus]
But hey look at those buildings rise
Dreamers turning dirt to skies
Paint the clouds with vision bright
They’re the stars that light the night
[Verse 3]
Investors knew the gold beneath,
Urban land where value breathes.
Saw beyond the present ground,
Building futures, dollar-bound.
[Verse 4]
Builders dream in brilliant ways,
Finance, law bring plans to blaze.
Designers draft where visions grow,
Engineering concepts flow.
[Chorus]
But hey look at those buildings rise
Dreamers turning dirt to skies
Paint the clouds with vision bright
They’re the stars that light the night
[Bridge]
The challenge is to bring them near,
Different voices, doubts, and fear.
Dreamers both, yet worlds apart,
Creative mind to weave one heart.
[Verse 5]
Urban gold and skies of blue,
A guiding force that pulls it through.
Building bridges from the start,
Making conflict into art.
[Chorus]
And hey we're making buildings rise
We're the dreamers turning dirt to skies
Paint the clouds with vision bright
We’re the stars that light the night.
We're the stars that light the night.
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