Michael Mortensen @MMortensen
Dir. Liveable City Planning Ltd. MA, MCIP. Adjunct Prof. UBC ❤️ City Building, Public Interests, Managing Complexity, Common Sense. Do the math! No Anon follows liveablecityplanning.com Vancouver, British Columbia Joined February 2009-
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The comments in MG’s thread illustrate a terrible gap in public understanding of the consequences of a Federal-Provincial-Regional-City regulatory infarct … multiple levels of government sending conflicting signals to the heart that should be pumping out new housing at scale.
The comments in MG’s thread illustrate a terrible gap in public understanding of the consequences of a Federal-Provincial-Regional-City regulatory infarct … multiple levels of government sending conflicting signals to the heart that should be pumping out new housing at scale. https://t.co/rOim3mVl7X
I did a thing for my next class ...
Want to learn about how the Real Estate Development Process works? Consider taking @SFUcity CITY755: Real Estate Development from the Inside Out with @MMortensen Starting Wed, May 1 | 6 pm PST| Online | Register: sfu.ca/continuing-stu…
VANCOUVER RE DEVELOPERS ... I have a whole class of UBC Sauder MBA students very interested in development careers. Financial Analysts, Marketers, DataNerds, and a few Architects and Engineers to name a few. Anyone interested in new talent or who can take on an intern, let me…
@fumano Nice. Will the Sun do a follow up story with all the new families that move in?
Congrats to BC Housing, Perkins&Will, PWL, Modus and the rest of the team (including Liveable City Planning!). Many years of hard work. Time to accellerate permits and construction! raic.org/awards/nationa…
The new Capital Gains inclusion rate will significantly dampen housing formation my making it harder to convince long term owners sell long held property for efficient land assemblies.
Well designed inboard bedrooms with borrowed light, ventilation and privacy can create much more affordable apartments and extend the use of space. They should be allowed everywhere.
Any BC friends to go halfers on a new Mercedes Sprinter Camper Van?
Someone at UBC needs to sit Condon down and beg him to take, like, a post-baccalaureate in econ if he wants to keep talking about housing economics. They can't keep letting him tarnish them like this.
Someone at UBC needs to sit Condon down and beg him to take, like, a post-baccalaureate in econ if he wants to keep talking about housing economics. They can't keep letting him tarnish them like this.
Taxes, Taxes, Taxes so many people do not see buried in the price of a new condo or rental
Taxes, Taxes, Taxes so many people do not see buried in the price of a new condo or rental
My daily commute rain or shine from Richmond on Thames to Mayfair was always fun. 16Km out and 16 back. Cycling always better than the crowded train. Great end of trip facilities made a difference because the company I worked for at the time really cared about these things.
My daily commute rain or shine from Richmond on Thames to Mayfair was always fun. 16Km out and 16 back. Cycling always better than the crowded train. Great end of trip facilities made a difference because the company I worked for at the time really cared about these things.
Fantastic. Eliminate parking minimums and make it easier to do talll wood. Vitamin D(ensity) that feeds housing supply, creates propinquity and sequesters carbon.
Fantastic. Eliminate parking minimums and make it easier to do talll wood. Vitamin D(ensity) that feeds housing supply, creates propinquity and sequesters carbon.
We need more vitamin D(ensity) x Design +New housing at all scales in all neighbourhoods.
We need more vitamin D(ensity) x Design +New housing at all scales in all neighbourhoods. https://t.co/7weRzkOG8B
@Bill_McCreery @MMortensen @AttainableHous There is NO planning without a functioning Pro Forma. A plan or project that can't be implemented isn't worth anything. So, Michael is 100% correct that plans and projects need to pencil (a tragic oversight for many city planners everywhere).
@AttainableHous Why so shy then Arny? And perhaps share your math on tbe alternate concepts you develop?
Congrats to MST and Canada Lands
@fabulavancouver @GoldinYVR @DouglasTodd @iamkennethchan do you remember this bit of West Point Grey history? How did that work out? Interesting to reflect as we look to the future of the Jericho Lands ...
@fabulavancouver @GoldinYVR @DouglasTodd @iamkennethchan do you remember this bit of West Point Grey history? How did that work out? Interesting to reflect as we look to the future of the Jericho Lands ...
@AttainableHous Your MO is to “appear” to support all the good things new development intensity brings and at the same time frustrate new intensity + supply with poorly founded complaints on all fronts. Perfect -enemy of the good- seeks the impossible: low density, high amenity and low prices.
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This image has THREE amazing things: 1) a gorgeous, innovative, single stair apartment building. 2) a tram that goes right in front of it and is painted without blocking the windows and 3) the zoning and regulations that permit it. The US would NIMBY this out of existence.
As an Angeleno/Californian, the scale of new development in Montpellier (pop. ~300,000) is incredible. It’s the fastest growing city in France, and at least a good percentage of that growth is happening at higher densities. This is the Higher Roch Tower, Brenac & Gonzalez, 2022.
I’m relieved to see the Province change course on this. Addiction should be treated as a healthcare issue, but we also have the right to safe streets & communities. Open use of hard drugs is not acceptable. Treatment & recovery needs to be the priority. #vanpoli #bcpoli
NEW - BC is functionally re-criminalizing drug possession and drug use in all public spaces. Police can resume seizure/arrests. Decriminalization will remain only in private residences, shelters, overdose prevention sites, and healthcare sites with outpatient addictions services.
@michaelgeller @MetroVancouver Capital will go to where it is treated best on a risk adjusted basis. Governments have regulated and taxed away developer’s margins to a point that new projects do not warrant the risk.
@MMortensen @michaelgeller @TomDavidoff @FrankDucote @LanceBerelowitz @smallworkshomes @sandyjamesplan Staff seem to be saying that most RT are compliant with provincial mandate (and they’re overloaded w changes). I get the latter, but the former seems off, as RT only allows strata infill for character homes, and where character home are demo’d there are few/small options.
I had so much fun chatting with @WeAreHub @VisionZeroYVR and Love the Lane advocate @Lucyincanada about safe streets! (bonus goss about the Stanley bike lane fiasco) 😏 Listen here for S2E2 of #urbanismvancouver! link.chtbl.com/urbvans2e2?sid…
Prediction: Governments will crack down on money laundering and mortgage fraud, and the impact will be... essentially unnoticeable Obviously the less fraud the better & we should crack down, but just as with empty homes or airbnb or foreign buyers, the magnitude is overestimated
Money laundering in 🇨🇦 is a five alarm fire right now and we have all of 545 ppl at FINTRAC. The agency is toothless 2x as many work @ Library/Archives Canada and more in Atlantic Opportunities Agency than at FINTRAC. No offense to Atlantic Canada, but you know... #Priorities
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Watch Professor Timothy Snyder completely destroy Marjorie Taylor Greene for lying about “Nazis in Ukraine.”
@JonStovell This was also my first thought about impact on our business. We need Canadian version of 1031 exchange.
@fabulavancouver I actually would love someone to do this for the 1st and Larch project. And interview the new residents to see how they feel about their homes being so controversial.
@ziepat @fabulavancouver In what way is it funny? I’ve lived in Steveston all my life and my family roots in this town are 116 years deep. Steveston has changed dramatically in my lifetime and I have welcomed and participated in helping plan and manage that change.
Consider 2 buildings (A and B) on identical lots. A is only allowed to be 10 stories, B can be 20. Suppose the structure cost per sq ft. and quality of the buildings are identical. Lot B is worth more than lot A. Does this mean apartments in B will be costlier than in A? Explain
4th grade Parent teacher conference days at Green School … got to hear the podcast they made called ‘for the love of the ocean’.
I've made this snarky comment before but I guess I'll have to keep on making it ... "If more food translates to less hunger, how come we fed this starving village a whole bag of potatoes and they're still hungry? Huh? Riddle me that, Batman!" Ok that batman part is new
"If more density translates into greater affordability, why is Vancouver's housing so expensive?" asks @pmcondon2 since we've had a significant increase in housing supply.
@michaelgeller @pmcondon2 You mean this Vancouver?
@michaelgeller @pmcondon2 not nearly significant enough, which is kind of the point
“What chafes critics, even those who might consider themselves progressive, is that they expect reconciliation to instead look like a kind of reversal, rewinding the tape of history to some museum-diorama past.” apple.news/AmvjjRLoFRpm_7…
In @GoldinYVR column, @michaelgeller and @Ayan604 cite financing condos as cause of small apartments. Doesn't explain PBR, and looking at rentals within 3KM of City Hall, I find median rent for 500-600sqft = $2500. For 1,000-1,200, median is $3900. People want small to save $$. 1
Preparing slides for a presentation Thursday evening on (1) Metro Vancouver's severe housing shortage, (2) BC's housing policy changes, and (3) the impact on investors. 6 pm, Park Pub, 1755 Davie St. eventbrite.ca/e/real-estate-…
@michaelgeller It will increase the supply of housing, which will make the housing market more affordable. It will also incentivize the redevelopment of existing stock, the residents of which the TRPP is supposed to protect. Or the city could just allow density in “charming duplex” areas!
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