One of the most profound shifts taking place today – because of new technologies – is that of decentralization. I’ve written about this before, but I keep coming back to it because I find it so fascinating. It’s happening to varying degrees, but as a… Read More
I just got home from a couple of coffee meetings, an afternoon bike ride and an impromptu basketball shootaround. Toronto is a different place in the summer. And it feels great to be biking everywhere. But Toronto is more than just Toronto. Toronto is at the… Read More
This morning I stumbled upon an old New York Times article from August 7, 1983 called: The Empire and Ego of Donald Trump. Here’s an excerpt you might find interesting: The essence of entrepreneurial capitalism, real estate is a business with a tradition of high-rolling… Read More
If you’re an architect, developer, or someone else in the business of building buildings, chances are you have an extensive mental list of things that you would think about before buying a piece of real estate. I know I certainly do. These are things you… Read More
Barcelona is in the midst of dramatically rethinking its urban fabric to address issues around urban mobility and climate change. Initially laid out in this 2014 Urban Mobility Plan for Barcelona, the city is now implementing something it calls superilles (or superblocks in English). Here’s… Read More
Over the weekend I received a marketing email from a real estate company advertising their new mobile app. I didn’t download it. Nowadays, every company and brand seems to have a mobile app. If you don’t already have one for your organization, I bet many… Read More
One of the things I try to be aware of is the language that I use to describe things. Because the words and conventions we use can impact how we perceive things and they can also reinforce certain inherent biases. (I have a good friend… Read More
My condo has an east exposure. That means I get direct sun in the morning and no direct sun in the afternoon, once the sun has crossed over onto the other side of my tower. But a funny thing happens in the late afternoon and… Read More
One of the questions that came up after my recent post about land pricing was: what is it going to take to develop underutilized land on the outskirts of city centers? So today I thought I would talk about a new development project that was… Read More
Today I am one step closer to not only going cashless, but also going walletless. This is going to be old news for those of you in the U.S., but yesterday, all 5 of Canada’s big banks signed on to Apple Pay. Before yesterday, you… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 