Today is the last day of 2014. It felt like a frenetic year for me, and so I have to say that I’ve been really enjoying this holiday break. I needed the downtime. I needed the time to think and strategize. And I got all… Read More
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Monthly archives of “December 2014”
The unmet demand for real estate education in Canada
I continue to be amazed by the unmet demand for real estate (development) education here in Canada. Following yesterday’s post on the real estate development process, I received a few emails from readers asking about the best university programs (MBA, MRED, etc.) and the best… Read More
More on the real estate development process
A few weeks ago I received the following comment from a reader: Really enjoyed reading this post about being a real estate developer. I was just wondering if you could do a write up on the various jobs and functions in a typical real estate development… Read More
Life below zero and underground
A few years ago, I was touring a friend from the US around Toronto’s Financial District and the first thing he said to me was: “You have no retail.” And that’s certainly what it might look like at first glance. But there’s actually lots of… Read More
Where Uber operates and where it’s banned
Earlier this month, Bloomberg published this map showing where Uber operates and where it’s been banned (or is being challenged). You can click on the map for a larger version. Uber operates in about 250 cities across the world. But it’s being challenged in a… Read More
Spectrum of Hope
Built in the late 1940s, Regent Park was Canada’s first and largest social (public) housing project. Like many housing projects of this era, it was modeled after Le Corbusier’s “towers in a park” ideology, though in this case most of the buildings were only a… Read More
Merry Christmas everyone
Today is Christmas Day. I hope that you are all having a wonderful day and spending it with family and friends. That is exactly what I’m doing here in Toronto. It’s certainly nice to have a bit of downtime. I’ve been playing around with my… Read More
Is inclusionary zoning a good or bad thing for cities?
Today is Christmas Eve. It’s the season of giving. So I thought it would be appropriate to talk about affordable housing. Yesterday, Mitchell Cohen – who is a real estate developer and the president of The Daniels Corporation – wrote an opinion piece in the… Read More
My identity crisis
If you’re a regular reader of Architect This City, there are many things that you might know about me. You might know that I was initially trained as an architect, but that I immediately transitioned into real estate development after grad school (where I studied both… Read More
Pushing and pulling
Venture capitalist Chris Dixon recently published an interesting post called, Two eras of the internet: pull and push. In it, he describes two patterns that have emerged within the internet over the past decade and a half. Pull (2000s): Pull is when you are seeking information,… Read More
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