Michael Gordon

Everyone has been talking about pre-sale condos but I think the conversation is going to shift to purpose built rentals. Record supply in the pipeline with population growth frozen and rents already falling.

Yes new product is inherently expensive because, well, it’s brand new. Construction costs on concrete starts at $450/sqft and that’s not including the land, taxes, and financing costs.

Average Saturday night in Kelowna as 2 teens put a couch on two Lime scooters and get pulled over by police 😂 What’s the wildest thing you’ve seen on a Saturday night in Kelowna? 🤔💭

For those considering elected office in the forthcoming civic elections in BC, @SFUcity is offering its popular CITY101: "Planning for Non-Planners" with @nlamontagne -- an intro that looks under the hood of community planning #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli Online | Mon, May 25 | 6pm | Register here: sfu.ca/continuing-stu…

"The original budget for Transpo 86 was $78 million; the final budget for Expo 86 was $1.5 billion." "Expo 86: A giant, classy carnival that changed Vancouver" as told by @jmackie_mackie via @VancouverSun #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre vancouversun.com/news/expo-86-g…

@jonimitchell It’s an excellent album…one of my favs from the post 1980 albums. Thank you for sharing some background on it.

“Inquiry… doubt… possibility… resolution.” In March 1991, Joni sat down at Geffen Records to discuss her album ‘Night Ride Home,’ where she talked about the emotions behind her chords and tunings.

@AsCanadaFalls @jonimitchell She has had a home for many years on the Sunshine Coast north of Vancouver and we are advised she continues to enjoy living there…guess you don’t live on the west coast

@jonimitchell So typically, Canadian!

A Chinese funeral procession at Broadway and Kingsway in 1893. credit: vancouver archives

Toronto harbour in 1974

Learn how to solve problems in #housing, #transportation, #infrastructure, + #sustainability that go beyond a single municipality. Consider taking @sfucity CITY105: Regional Planning Fundamentals Starts Tues Mar 31 | 6 pm PST| Online | Register: sfu.ca/content/sfu/co…

"Chinatown's legendary Italian retailer dies at 93" as told by @jmackie_mackie via @VancouverSun #vanpoli #vanre vancouversun.com/news/chinatown…

Biggar, Saskatchewan in 1973

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Kamloops, BC in 1962

Vancouver rents hit a 43 month low link.liv.rent/34q

A 2012 survey from the nonprofit Vancouver Foundation discovered something perplexing: as the city densified in response to the housing crisis, residents felt less connected. Journalist Jessica Barrett investigates why—and what we can do about it: thewalrus.ca/cramped-condos…

Worth exploring!

In a new poll conducted for Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada and the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada, 81% of Canadians see co-operatives as part of the solution to affordability and inequality, and 71% say co-ops are well equipped to adapt to change and new technologies. Learn more: abacusdata.ca/canadians-want…

We and our Housing Central partners are disappointed the BC Budget scales back community housing investments at this critical time. To learn more, please read the following: News release: ow.ly/7Qu250YksgF Budget analysis: ow.ly/Zbj750YksgA

@SFUcity @Ayan604 I highly recommend this course. I worked with Ann for many years, observed her policy work, read her reports and learned a lot.

Write reports that work and get read. Consider "Giving Council a Piece of Your Mind: #WritingReports That Work" with Ann McAfee Starting Mon, Mar 9 + Tues, Mar 10 | 1pm PST| Online | Register: sfu.ca/continuing-stu…