I must say I initially found this hard to believe. But I will accept it as a fact.

When people ask me for examples of lateral thinking, I'm going to use this!

RT @DouglasTodd: No highrises are featured in this cover photo from the city’s 2025 Vancouver social housing engagement summary. That's eve….

RT @DouglasTodd: Vancouver’s social housing initiative would mean automatic approval of 3 types of social-housing highrises up to 20 store….

RT @DouglasTodd: Amid confusion, Vancouver pushes for social housing highrises across the city.Almost 1/3 of the city (purple) is being tar….

This is why you should be very careful when believing what you read on the internet! Be very careful!.

RT @LHSummers: Rent control is the second-best way to destroy a city, after bombing. And, because of what it leads to in terms of under inv….

I sure hope Mark Carney and Gregor Robertson read this since it confirms all of my concerns about the Federal Gov'ts housing supply ambitions!

How literate are you about Artificial Intelligence? You might enjoy reading this.

Now that the controversial Anmore South proposal has been withdrawn by the developer, Delta's Southlands development, aka Spetifore Lands, may offer lessons on what should happen with the property.

Some background related to yesterday's national media attention to my successful property assessment appeal of Holborn's former Dunsmuir Hotel property.

For what it's worth, here is an interview in which I try to explain why we still have a housing crisis and what the federal gov't should and shouldn't do.

I am pleased to share this in the hope it will encourage other developers to build 'mortgage helpers in the sky'!.

RT @JeffreyLuscombe: This is weird, right?.

RT @brianlilley: Dave Portnoy, AKA @stoolpresidente is reviewing a pizza place in Toronto when someone drives by and yells “fuck the Jews!”….

Some thoughts on the new federal housing policies, the selection of Gregor Robertson as Housing Minister, and why I became an architect and developer.

It looks like Hong Kong is coming to Tsawwassen! And perhaps The Bay!.

.@eastsidedads has identified a serious flaw with the Broadway Plan and I'm pleased that councillors including @sarahkirby_yung , @MikeKlassen and others are beginning to appreciate this. You can't add so many below-market households without increased neighbourhood amenities.