Mike speaks with housing policy expert and developer Michael Geller, who brings 5 decades of experience in the housing industry and has been an important voice on the ‘missing middle’ of housing. The tweet referred to by Michael in the golf club locker r…
In 1973, legendary musician Paul Simon released a hit song titled “Kodachrome,” named after one of the world’s most famous film stocks made by a company named Kodak. So ubiquitous was the photo imaging company, a pleasant memory was often referred to as a “Kodak moment.” So how did a category-leading multi-billion dollar corporation get […]
In a week where there were several political hot topics that catch our attention in Vancouver — such as school closures, CPP payroll tax increases and the ever-present rancour over housing affordability — the mayor’s expanding campaign against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is easily lost. Recently, we learned the City of Vancouver is piling […]
Originally published in Vancouver Courier. Mayor Gregor Robertson recently fired city manager Dr. Penny Ballem, nearly eight years after he hand-picked her. In anticipation of the announcement of her replacement, I have prepared the following memo. Dear City Manager, Congratulations on being hired as leader of the public service of our beloved city. An international […]
Originally published in Vancouver Courier You have to give realtor Keith Roy points for originality. Knowing a thing or two about marketing and self-promotion in today’s sizzling Vancouver real estate market is how you will break into the tiny circle of top-sellers of detached homes. Roy’s latest brainchild may have just raised the bar among his peers. […]