Bloomberg columnist Barry Ritholtz recently interviewed Richard Barton about his startup companies. Barton founded Expedia while he was an executive at Microsoft (Gates and Ballmer era) and then went on to cofound Zillow (real estate site) and Glassdoor (jobs site). I’ve been following the work… Read More
Friend: Ever go to Jilly’s? Me: No, actually. Friend: Same. Me: What about you? [Addressed to random guy in elevator] Random guy in elevator: I’m from Portland. I don’t know what you’re talking about. I went to check out the new Broadview Hotel last night… Read More
I posted the following image to Twitter this morning: It’s a map of some of the people who support my proposed laneway house (in midtown Toronto) and have signed their name at lanewaylove.com. To me, this is an incredible demonstration of the kind of broad-based… Read More
The Wall Street Journal recently asked: Venice Beach Is a Hot Place to Live, So Why Is Its Housing Supply Shrinking? According to Issi Romem, chief economist at BuildZoom, it’s because Venice Beach is the toughest place in America to build housing. Here are some numbers… Read More
“Contentment used to be a virtue. Now it’s a vice.” I came across this line on Brad Feld’s blog. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Brad, he is a successful entrepreneur and early stage VC investor. He cofounded the Foundry Group, Mobius Venture… Read More
I’m a few months behind on this one, but back in April the CBC published a documentary called: Where’d the night go? It’s about Toronto’s grassroots music community and “DIY venues”, all of which are under pressure as a result of rising real estate values and… Read More
BILD (the Building Industry and Land Development Association) just released its June 2017 data for the Greater Toronto Area’s new housing market. You can read the full release here. But I would like to point out a couple of things: About 91 percent of the… Read More
In 2015, Studiolada Architectes (of Nancy, France) completed a 117 square meter home for a retired couple. On the firm’s website they call the project: Réalisation d’une maison individuelle à Baccarat. Here are two photos (1 exterior and 1 interior) via the architects: Most of the… Read More
The Globe and Mail recently published an excellent article on “how e-commerce is driving a real estate revolution.” This is a topic that I’m very interested in: how online manifests itself offline. Not surprisingly, the article talks a lot about Amazon, including their 4th warehouse in… Read More
I just finished watching this brief talk by Daniela Perdomo, who is CEO of the mesh networking startup goTenna. It was given at the recent Cities of Tomorrow conference in New York. The company sells a product called goTenna Mesh, which is a consumer device… Read More
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