Article content After graduating from Brock University in 2002, Tariq Adi went car shopping with his brother, Saud, who had recently finished studies at Niagara College. The two had always planned to move in together closer to Toronto when they both finished school. They figured sharing wheels would make it easier to get around. “The car dealership happened to be in Burlington, which turned out to be serendipitous,” says Tariq. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or On the map: Building Burlington Back to video While out for a spin, the brothers went on a reconnaissance mission. They admired Spencer Smith Park in Burlington’s downtown. “It’s probably the most beautiful and preserved downtown in the GTA,” says Tariq. That’s due to easy access to the lake, “a strategic move that is smarter than [the approach of] some other cities that plop housing [on the waterfront] and shut it off from the public view,” he says. “I was so impressed. I thought, ‘This is a nice place to live.’”