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Mar. 12, 2012 / Gordon Price

Why couldn’t VLC build affordable rental housing?

A question from the Affordable Housing Task Force co-chair Olga Ilich in the Globe and Mail: “I’ve asked and am…
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Mar. 08, 2012 / Gordon Price

Density and Affordability: contradiction and complexity

Michael Lewyn in Planetizen:  Traditionally, low-density zoning has been based on a desire to exclude so-called “undesirables” and thus keep…
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Mar. 06, 2012 / Gordon Price

London’s Olympic Village – For comparison purposes only

Hard to believe London’s Olympics are only a few months away.  The Olympic Village is largely complete, and here’s what it…
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Feb. 20, 2012 / Gordon Price

The High Cost of Speed

In real-estate terms, that is. Steve Mouzon picks up Charles Marohn’s theme: Auto-oriented design produces a lousy return on investment. …
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Feb. 10, 2012 / Gordon Price

McMansions now more bite-sized?

From Atlantic Cities: The real estate research firm Trulia found in 2010, for example, that the median “ideal home size”…
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Feb. 08, 2012 / Gordon Price

On Financing Growth: Down Memory Lane with Cameron Gray

As we watch with interest the discussion on how to create more affordable housing, no doubt the subject of Community…
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Jan. 25, 2012 / Gordon Price

The $100 Hot Dog: Enough Already

Please, please stop the media excess.  No more stories about the cognac-infused hot dog on Granville Street. I think maybe VREAA…
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Jan. 23, 2012 / Gordon Price

What we get for our taxes

As municipal budgetary deadlines approach, expect to hear  a lot from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation – in particular, spokesperson Jordan…
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Jan. 09, 2012 / Gordon Price

Quote: A Billion Acres!

Planetizen quotes Shopping Centers Today: “For their part, big-box retailers are just as eager to find new customers, even if that…
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Jan. 06, 2012 / Gordon Price

Urban Futures: Migration declines

This just in, from Urban Futures: Release of the provincial quarterly migration data. We wrote in the spring about a…
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Jan. 06, 2012 / Gordon Price

How “Old & Blighted” outperforms “Shiny & New”

Charles Marohn has a premise: auto-oriented design produces a lousy return on investment.  It’s wasteful – and we can’t afford it. And…
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Jan. 03, 2012 / Gordon Price

Tales from Phoenix

Tom Durning submitted this from the Brookings Institution: What’s wrong with American housing? Housing will not help lead the U.S.…
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Dec. 30, 2011 / Gordon Price

Charts of the Year (U.S. dept.)

The Dish’s Andrew Sullivan (my favourite American blogger) has a contest every year for an assortment of awards – winners announced…
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Nov. 03, 2011 / Gordon Price

ULI Emerging Trends in Real Estate – Highlights

The Urban Land Institute hosted real-estate analyst Jonathan Miller, the writer for ULI’s popular annual forecast, this morning (Nov 3)…

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