https://500px.com/embed.js I have started to meet with developers for my new book – becoming a real estate developer – and I can’t begin to tell you how impressive and inspiring it is to learn about their stories. It’s easy to look at someone who is… Read More
Understanding building areas is a fundamental component of real estate and development. But it can actually get surprisingly complicated. Definitions, naming conventions, and measurement techniques vary greatly around the world. To some, “GLA” means gross leasable area. But to others, it means gross livable area.… Read More
Today’s blog post is coming to you live from Quantum Coffee at the corner of King and Spadina in Toronto. I’m sitting by the window (where I keep running into friends) in a beautiful space that used to be an ugly youth hostel. Nice work… Read More
Thanks to this blog, it’s pretty easy for me to go back and look at what I was doing and thinking throughout the year. That’s one of the benefits of writing a daily blog/journal. And as is usually the case, 2015 was a year of… Read More
https://500px.com/embed.js One of things I love about cities is the hustle and bustle of people. I would rather eat at a busy restaurant than a quiet or dead one. I would rather workout at a busy gym than one with nobody there. And I would… Read More
I just got home from Christmas dinner and I am so full that I can barely keep my eyes open. So rather than attempt to write something insightful, I am going to share a 2 minute interview with designer Marcel Wanders. It’s a short piece,… Read More
https://500px.com/embed.js Merry Christmas and/or happy whatever you happen to celebrate around this time of year. Hopefully things have slowed down for you all and you’re relaxing with family and friends either at home or somewhere on vacation. I’ll be doing that here in Toronto and… Read More
Brutalism is an architectural movement that most people, other than architecture nerds, hate. Derived from the French words for raw concrete – béton brut – Brutalist architecture is characterized by its use of exposed concrete and its imposing fortress-like qualities. Most people find it too… Read More
One of the reasons I decided to start blogging was because I saw how open the tech community had become – with respect to sharing their ideas and experiences – and I thought that the same thing could and should be done in real estate,… Read More
Coworking spaces are big business. One of the biggest of those companies is WeWork. As of last month (November 2015), the company had raised close to a billion dollars from investors like JPMorgan Chase, Harvard Management, and Benchmark Capital, and was valued at $10 billion.… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 