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Jan. 23, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Martian Landing 3 – 555 West Cordova

Update. First a letter from Michael Geller to Planning Director Brian Jackson:   Brian, Members of the planning and architectural…
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Jan. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

Vacant Property: What do other places do?

Tim Pawsey wanted to make sure PT saw this – from BC Business: In the past two years, Israel, the…
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Jan. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ray Spaxman: The Martian Landing – 2

Ray has more to add on 555 West Cordova: . Have you noticed the special nature of this part of…
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Jan. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

Form and Development: What’s happening in Richmond? – 2

In an otherwise uneventful civic election in Richmond, a first-time candidate – Carol Day – got elected.  When it came…
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Jan. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

NRU: “Financing Density”

Karenn Krangle, in Novae Res Urbis, covered the Planning Department’s report on the City’s use of Community Amenity Contributuins (CACs)…
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Jan. 16, 2015 / Gordon Price

Form and Development: What’s happening in Richmond? – 1

Megahouses, vacant homes, speculation and affordability aren’t just issues for Vancouver.  Reporter Graeme Wood in the Richmond News has been writing…
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Jan. 15, 2015 / Gordon Price

What if SkyTrain ran later?

The latest that SkyTrain runs is 1:29 am.  A lot of people wish it was later – but be glad,…
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Jan. 15, 2015 / Gordon Price

Defying Conventional Wisdom: Poverty and Gentrification

“Gentrification” is frequently used as a pejorative to oppose new and more costly development in an older neighbourhood attracting more…
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Jan. 13, 2015 / Gordon Price

Whistler and Surrey: Learning from Las Vegas

Doug Coupland, in a conversation with Pam Goldsmith-Jones in Whistler, made this observation (he has so many), as reported in…
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Jan. 06, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Stirred Pot: Gentrification, NIMBYism, Class and Bad Blood

Up and down the west coast. In Seattle (from the New York Times): In Suburban Seattle, New Nests for China’s…
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Dec. 17, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Empty Homes in London

Another angle on the empty-house issue.  From The Guardian: Property investors in Islington who leave homes empty could face jail: Property…
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Nov. 26, 2014 / Gordon Price

Thought Experiment: What would Alibaba want, and what would we do?

Here’s a purely speculative exercise. From Business in Vancouver: Will Vancouver be Alibaba’s next home away from home?  “Had a great…
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Nov. 18, 2014 / Gordon Price

Turnaround: Transit, the Economy and Political Messaging

Two reasons why the business and development community will be strong supporters of the referendum. First: Transit hubs a magnet for new…
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Nov. 13, 2014 / Gordon Price

Comments worth commenting on: "The End of the Residential Highrise?"

Comments to previous posts worthy of reprint here – the foreground. Indeed, this whole thread to “The End of the…

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