February 2014
| Business World Magazine | 87
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Saint Augustine once explained that will is to
grace what the horse is to the rider. His point be-
ing, the ability to impart pleasing qualities of form,
function and movement is directly influenced, if
not delivered, by the sheer power and intentional
force from that, on which efforts are saddled. The
analogy may apply to riders, but it also resonates
with a Canada-based real estate development
operation whose rigorous resolve to understand
their market, drive economic growth and provide
quality housing in areas where it is often desper-
ately needed, has helped it achieve recognition
beyond terms of grace, but greatness. With suc-
cess, it is said the skies are the limit, yet for a Sky-
Rider, the potential is boundless.
As a former professional hockey player, Derek Prue
was known to play in the center position and shoot
left. Today, though he coaches youth hockey and re-
portedly maintains an “elite” level of athletic capabil-
ity, he can more likely be observed at the center of
Canada’s real estate development industry where his
aims are loftier, yet he’s already scoring impressive
goals.
Prue says his affinity for playing hockey was a natu-
ral and normal aspect of being raised in Canada, but
fromvery early-on in life, ideas for different businesses
would also skate among his contemplations. So, over
the years, when he wasn’t on the ice, he kept busy at
