Robert Renger @rrrobbberttt
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Something interesting from NYC. youtu.be/fd1mN8RZphU
601 BEACH CRESCENT INFO PROMISED in Sept 2 staff email: "After concluding and registering all documentation on the transaction this summer, a memo on the 601 Beach Crescent file was drafted for public release. That memo will be posted in the coming weeks" cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2025/07/02/wha…
Developers like Gillespie want foreign investment so that their grand visions aren’t constrained by the pettiness of Vancouver incomes. “It’s an insular, little f—ing village we live in sometimes.” - Ian Gillespie (Vancouver Sun, Dec 21, 2019) photo/April 2019 Gray Magazine.
Developers like Gillespie want foreign investment so that their grand visions aren’t constrained by the pettiness of Vancouver incomes. “It’s an insular, little f—ing village we live in sometimes.” - Ian Gillespie (Vancouver Sun, Dec 21, 2019) photo/April 2019 Gray Magazine. https://t.co/TKn0g8FSzA
“City Vancouver is listening to industry interests ...” Planning Dept workplan after mass rezonings: “Policy options to improve viability” review affordability requirements & inclusionary housing Will result be reduced requirements to ensure financial viability for developers?
“City Vancouver is listening to industry interests ...” Planning Dept workplan after mass rezonings: “Policy options to improve viability” review affordability requirements & inclusionary housing Will result be reduced requirements to ensure financial viability for developers? https://t.co/3FyDGjPlV5
And yet we have model urban communities, often with residents committed to active transportation such as walking and cycling, whose children can’t all be accommodated in the local school. e.g. Crosstown, Olympic Village/False Creek South. PLANNING FAILURES likely to be repeated.
And yet we have model urban communities, often with residents committed to active transportation such as walking and cycling, whose children can’t all be accommodated in the local school. e.g. Crosstown, Olympic Village/False Creek South. PLANNING FAILURES likely to be repeated.
New FOI agenda disclosures reveal that every single meeting of Vancouver’s secret PEF (City Real Estate) Advisory Panel dealt with the False Creek South leasehold community. City staff have refused to disclose the Panel’s Terms of Reference in response to an FOI request.
New FOI agenda disclosures reveal that every single meeting of Vancouver’s secret PEF (City Real Estate) Advisory Panel dealt with the False Creek South leasehold community. City staff have refused to disclose the Panel’s Terms of Reference in response to an FOI request.
Problem with foreign capital funding new high-rise condos is that a lot of older housing stock is redeveloped to make way for them. As soon as affordable housing starts to raise its ugly head, we want to chop it off by removing the foreign buyers ban. globe2go.pressreader.com/article/282299…
PROFITABLE LANDBANKING BY DEVELOPER WALL FINANCIAL 2011 - $3.3M Purchase 2025 - $100M assessed value 28% annual return so far. Value will be higher after master plan rezoning. vancouversun.com/news/abandoned…
POLYGON, desperate to sell Condos, is offering FREE ice-cream to prospective purchasers. Pretty shabby compared to the CURV that offered free Porsches to purchasers … oh yeah, right …
METRO VAN STAFF EVADE ACCOUNTABILITY Did staff write Hurley’s op-ed? Did the BOD ever make a wastewater plant decision that wasn’t a staff recommendation? Did the CAO deserve a 20% salary increase in 2024, getting $654k in remuneration and expenses? tinyurl.com/muw78mf2
CONTEXT ABC party’s reliance on a secret messaging app only accelerated after winning the 2022 election, broke Park Board open meetings law in 2023. Messages referred to scheduling regular sessions to ‘discuss any issues ahead of [Park Board] meetings. tinyurl.com/2kxyexsz
CONTEXT ABC party’s reliance on a secret messaging app only accelerated after winning the 2022 election, broke Park Board open meetings law in 2023. Messages referred to scheduling regular sessions to ‘discuss any issues ahead of [Park Board] meetings. tinyurl.com/2kxyexsz https://t.co/kht6WnEf7Y
COUNCILLORS’ QUESTIONS (on BIV) Maloney “we discover that Mr. van Dyk apparently has an active conservative political background.” Fry “I still have a lot of unanswered questions” Orr “I personally found out on X and I don't think that's good enough.” tinyurl.com/y2znw9kb
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