Graham G. Alexander

Graham G Alexander (born December 14, 1968), also known as Graham Gordon Alexander is a Mexican born Canadian developer.
Early life
Alexander was born in Oaxaca, Mexico and raised in Vancouver by his Canadian parents, British Columbia, where he attended UBC, and became an electrical engineer. Starting out as a Computer Salesman at Futureshop he later went on to become a stockbroker with Canaccord Adams.
Stock Broker Career
Licensed as a stock broker in December 1997, Alexander worked with Canaccord Adams until he was fired in May 2000. An Investigation was enacted from the Investment Dealers Association of Canada into his early dismissal in mid-2003 where Alexander later admitted in a settlement agreement to several serious offenses including manipulative trading practices, violating securities laws and selling shares without the knowledge or consent of his employer. For these offenses, Alexander was ordered to pay $35,000 in fines and costs, along with a 2 year license suspension, however Alexander has never returned to the brokerage business.
Development career
Following his stockbroker career, he later began a development in Chilliwack, British Columbia in an area where it was claimed by local homeowners that the entire hillside was moving causing home foundations to sink and deform. The homeowners later sued the City of Chilliwack. The City, with no other alternative other than to support an issued Thurber Geotehnical Report, placed a building ban and moratorium on the entire eastern hillsides, including as much land as to the endge of Promontory to as far east as the Falls Golf Course . This was the first time in the history of British Columbia that such a large area of land, well over , was frozen from building construction and put many developments such as the Falls Golf Course and Alexander into possible receivership . After many geotechnical tests, the threats of legal actions by developers and local media attention, the City had no choice but to lift the moratorium, and on July 15th 2004, Alexander was the first developer to receive a development permit on the Eastern Hillside since the ban was lifted. The subdivision was created and two new roads were named Mount Thurston Drive and Mount Archibald Place on the lot subdivision. The controversy is no longer and development continues there today on Marble Hill Road.
He then moved on to develop a hotel in Tulum, Mexico called parayso hotel
He is also the President of a US Land Development Company, Rancho Santa Monica Developments, Inc (RSDV).
Vancouver Hotel Development the Rise and Fall
In May, 2008 Mr. Alexander announced a development in downtown Vancouver financial district, a 14 storey hotel tower valued at $27million . He made serveral announcements, including obtaining the De Cotiis Group financing of $6,000,000 and debenture financing, but soon after, according its SEC filings, he had to abort the project and its plans but no reason was given . Later, it came out that he did not have the required permitting from the City of Vancouver for a Hotel . Alexander, according to Baines, blamed it all on the economic downturn, but according to Baines, it would have not succeeded under any ecomonic conditions. The site sits dormant.
US Federal Court Case involving AptHost and alledged hijacking
On February 3rd, 2009, his development company filed a US Federal lawsuit against the shareholders of AptHost Communications, a Washington State Webhosting Company. The case documents states he is demanding $75million US and control of all company and banking accounts. The Case is being heard in Nevada District court before District Judge Mahan. A half page article was written on April 22, 2009 by the notorious David Baines reporter about Alexander's attempted Hijacking of AptHost and doctoring of the agreement . It has been reported that an injunction was issued by the judge on April 27th, 2009 but it is unknown as to what as of yet.

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