O U R S T O R Y
From Norway to Vancouver.
From medecine to community.
The story of Arpeg begins not with real estate, but with a young doctor who crossed an ocean, built two careers, and believed the best things in life are shared. That spirit of curiosity, connection, and courage is the legacy we carry forward.
T H E F O U N D E R S
Arne & Peggy:
the founding influence.
In April 1927, a 13-year-old boy named Arne Kristian Mathisen boarded the SS Stavangerfjord in Bodø, Norway, bound for Canada — a family knitting itself back together across an ocean.
Arne put himself through medical school, fishing with his stepfather through the summer months. It gave him resilience, resourcefulness, and a deep independence. In 1943, he married Bertha Margaret "Peggy" Gratton. Together they would raise seven children.
In 1956, he incorporated Mathisen Laboratories Ltd. By 1962, he had purchased the Georgia Medical-Dental Building at 925 West Georgia. In 1967 the company was renamed — Arne and Peggy. A company named for two people, not a place.
W H O W E A R E
Business as
Stewardship.
Our vision is one where every person has a place to thrive. Our invitation is for you to see home not as four walls, but as a living space of relationships; to see community not as an accident, but as something cultivated with intention; and to understand business not just as profit, but as stewardship across generations.
At Arpeg, the feeling of belonging is the foundation of flourishing — for families, for communities, and for the generations yet to come.
Residential, commercial, and real estate development: three pillars, one operator, everything in service of the same thing: community. We don't flip. We build to hold.