The most popular post on this blog is this one here called, “What real estate developers do and why I became one.” This post alone has been responsible for a good chunk of the organic traffic that this site receives since I wrote it back… Read More
https://500px.com/embed.js One of the most common questions I get from readers of this blog is: How do I become / get into real estate development? In fact, I get it so often that I’ve decided to write a book as my response. It may be… Read More
I get a lot of emails from readers of this blog. I try my best to answer every single one of them, but sometimes I fall behind and fail spectacularly at that. (The snooze feature in Mailbox and Google Inbox is one of the best… Read More
One of the most common questions I receive from readers is about what to study in school in order to become a real estate developer. Here’s one of those questions: “Thank you so much for your insight into the real estate development process! I was… Read More
sunset drag by Philippe Clairo on 500px I’m sitting in Calgary International Airport right now waiting for my flight back to Toronto. This marks the end of the 6th Penn Annual (our annual ski and snowboard trip). We all had an amazing time and I can’t… Read More
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
Some of you told me that yesterday’s post on careers was actually quite sad. That it came across as if I were advocating for people, not to do what they love, but to instead do what makes them the most money. But that was not… Read More
A good friend of mine recently launched a new project called DSCRBD (pronounced ‘described’). The goal is to “curate interesting minds” through short social video clips. Think Humans of New York but only creative types and only short videos. I think it’s a great idea.… Read More
Today was my MBA convocation at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School. Though I actually finished my degree last year (with a bit of fast-tracking), I had to wait until today in order to formally graduate with the rest of my cohort. I did what’s… Read More
Yesterday I had a really interesting conversation with somebody about the future of the architecture profession. We spoke about how Joshua Prince-Ramus of REX believes that architects have marginalized themselves as a result of shying away from liability. We spoke about how architecture schools need… Read More
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