#3 – Michael Geller – Let’s Rezone Vancouver
February 19, 2017
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If you follow real estate news at all in Vancouver you’ve probably heard of this week’s guest – Michael Geller.
Michael is architect, planner, real estate
consultant and property developer with four decades of experience in the
public, private and institutional sectors. He serves on the Adjunct
Faculty of the SFU Centre for Sustainable Community Development and
writes a bi-weekly civic affairs column in the Vancouver Courier.
Michael Geller is an ideas machine – especially regarding housing affordability in Vancouver. He has presented numerous housing affordability ideas while lecturing at SFU including at a speech last week where he offered ideas on how to increase density without adding more towers, citing examples from many European cities.
Prior to his public lecture, he was interviewed on CBC and featured in Malcolm Perry’s “who’s-who” column in the Vancouver Sun.
Our talk with Michael was particularly
timely, as he has had a busy couple of weeks in the public eye
commentating on real estate policy changes and housing initiatives. His
commentary on container houses was featured in The Georgia Straight.
His column in The Vancouver Courier
this week discusses the City of Vancouver’s new proposal to retain
character houses. I suggest you read the whole thing, but this quote
sums up his opinion well, “If we are going to make more zoning changes
in Vancouver’s single-family neighbourhoods, why aren’t we addressing
both retention of character houses, but also construction of smaller
duplexes and townhouses?”
With so many wonderful ideas, I’m sure
Michael will be a guest on the show in the future, as well. If you would
like to learn more about Michael Geller, visit his website, check out his blog and follow him on Twitter.
Hope you enjoy this episode of The Vancouver UnReal Estate Show.
If you have any questions about the show or guests you would like to see, email us at podcast@keithroy.com.
Keith Roy – Personal Real Estate Corporation – RE/MAX Select Realty
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