Construction firm Nexii taps former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson as VP

[s211]

Originally Posted by Tysonbrown

This crap if from back in 2020. MAGA is alive in Canada. So sad. This shouldn't even be a thread.

I'm not sure I comprehend your comments. When did this thread somehow go MAGA? And somehow this thread shouldn't exist?

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Tysonbrown

This crap if from back in 2020. MAGA is alive in Canada. So sad. This shouldn't even be a thread.

LOL, that the former mayor of Vancouver now sadly back as Canada's Housing Minister shouldn't be a thread on a forum that is 90% concerned with highrise housing?

[MIPS]

Originally Posted by ssiguy

These are modular homes, NOT mobile homes. They have to be certified to the highest standard and the same one as the house you are sitting in right now.

I'm currently sitting at my office desk located in the ground floor of a 50 year old cinder block building.

Also modular homes are uniformly of high quality than on-site built homes. During the construction process they are not left out in the rain & snow. The factory is also consistently monitored for construction quality which is something on-site aren't. This is why 50% of all new home construction in Scandinavia is modular.

My concern is that to average the construction of 1000 homes per day requires an assembly, construction and finishing chain unlike nothing Canada has ever had to the point it's impossible to believe that even half that volumes could be built on time at existing standards for quality, cost, safety or efficiency. Even for single room shelters to house the homeless, if someone says they can be built in a few days and only cost $10000 each, that's a flat lie. Nope. No way.

[chowhou]

Originally Posted by MIPS

I'm currently sitting at my office desk located in the ground floor of a 50 year old cinder block building.


My concern is that to average the construction of 1000 homes per day requires an assembly, construction and finishing chain unlike nothing Canada has ever had to the point it's impossible to believe that even half that volumes could be built on time at existing standards for quality, cost, safety or efficiency. Even for single room shelters to house the homeless, if someone says they can be built in a few days and only cost $10000 each, that's a flat lie. Nope. No way.

During the golden age of the Vancouver Special they were getting cranked out permit to completion in around 3 weeks for "one" (in reality two or three) housing unit(s) and those were all traditionally constructed SFHs. Part of the success was standardized plans which meant crews did the same thing over and over again which is the fundamental of any mass production industry. Say what you want about Vancouver Specials, but I don't think anyone has ever described them as low quality low safety buildings (at least according to the building codes of the time).

At the peak in the mid 70s Canada was producing a quarter of a million new homes a year. Today we have twice the population, so if we simply had the same building environment as the 1970s there would be no problem building half a million homes a year which is the government's stated goal. Obviously building codes and municipal red tape have changed, but that's why prefab construction is supposed to be the modern solution to the modern problems.

[Tysonbrown]

Originally Posted by s211

I'm not sure I comprehend your comments. When did this thread somehow go MAGA? And somehow this thread shouldn't exist?

Nobody said this thread is MAGA but MAGA are posting garbage, mis and dis- information along with conspiracies

[djmk]

Originally Posted by GMD

Education and Housing are both Provincial responsibilities under the constitution, but people tend not to worry about that too much.

But yes, BC has a plan to build 12,000 student beds, and I'm sure if the Feds wanted to kick in some cash, they wouldn't say no.

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024PSFS...0track,are%20now%20home%20to%20students.

"This [300mn BC contribution to a $560mn/1,508 bed buildout at UBC)] puts B.C. on track to meet or exceed the provincial target of building 12,000 beds by 2028. To date, 5,260 of these are complete and are now home to students"

$560M ?!? yikes. these things don;t come cheap

[whatnext]

Oh, how one missed those years when Gregor was out of the news. Now that he's Housing Minister let the gaffes begin!

Ben Rabidoux
@BenRabidoux
Canada’s new housing minister, who insisted that house prices should stay high, allegedly hid $11 million in real estate assets. Elbows up

https://x.com/BenRabidoux/status/1934919898125279284

[GenWhy?]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Oh, how one missed those years when Gregor was out of the news. Now that he's Housing Minister let the gaffes begin!

Ben Rabidoux
@BenRabidoux
Canada’s new housing minister, who insisted that house prices should stay high, allegedly hid $11 million in real estate assets. Elbows up

https://x.com/BenRabidoux/status/1934919898125279284

He co-owns a 2-bed 2-bed property in Squamish with 5+ people it looks like, a home in Tofino, and an apartment in English Bay from what I've read.

[mcj]

Originally Posted by GenWhy?

He co-owns a 2-bed 2-bed property in Squamish with 5+ people it looks like, a home in Tofino, and an apartment in English Bay from what I've read.

So exactly the same number of properties that Pierre Poilievre claims he owns? Except PP's are rental properties and Gregor's are for personal use.

What a nothing-burger.

[twoNeurons]

Originally Posted by chowhou

During the golden age of the Vancouver Special they were getting cranked out permit to completion in around 3 weeks for "one" (in reality two or three) housing unit(s) and those were all traditionally constructed SFHs. Part of the success was standardized plans which meant crews did the same thing over and over again which is the fundamental of any mass production industry. Say what you want about Vancouver Specials, but I don't think anyone has ever described them as low quality low safety buildings (at least according to the building codes of the time).

At the peak in the mid 70s Canada was producing a quarter of a million new homes a year. Today we have twice the population, so if we simply had the same building environment as the 1970s there would be no problem building half a million homes a year which is the government's stated goal. Obviously building codes and municipal red tape have changed, but that's why prefab construction is supposed to be the modern solution to the modern problems.

Many of the Vancouver Specials were also built by immigrants... Italian immigrants to be sure.

[GenWhy?]

Originally Posted by mcj

So exactly the same number of properties that Pierre Poilievre claims he owns? Except PP's are rental properties and Gregor's are for personal use.

What a nothing-burger.

Some kind of joint ownership property, a home, and a vacation property.

[WarrenC12]

Gregor started and sold a successful business. No secret that he's got some money and it's in RE.

[Tysonbrown]

He is in cabinet now. Please grow up and catch up.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Tysonbrown

He is in cabinet now. Please grow up and catch up.

Who cares if he's in cabinet now? Do you think that suddenly makes him Einstein?

[chowhou]

What's this? A 60 year old Vancouverite owns a few million in real estate? This is clearly news!

Please grow up. Given that Robertson was a relatively successful boomer/gen x business figure, I'd be surprised if he only had $10M in real estate. From the actual reports it sounds like he only has a $2.4M condo + $2.85M Tofino cabin + 1/4 $5.6M Squamish cabin = $6.65M. That's less than a lot of boomer family homes on the West Side. He'd have more if he hadn't sold his first house.

Originally Posted by twoNeurons

Many of the Vancouver Specials were also built by immigrants... Italian immigrants to be sure.

Perhaps some by the name of Bosa, Aquilini, and De Cotiis?

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by chowhou

What's this? A 60 year old Vancouverite owns a few million in real estate? This is clearly news!

Please grow up. Given that Robertson was a relatively successful boomer/gen x business figure, I'd be surprised if he only had $10M in real estate. From the actual reports it sounds like he only has a $2.4M condo + $2.85M Tofino cabin + 1/4 $5.6M Squamish cabin = $6.65M. That's less than a lot of boomer family homes on the West Side. He'd have more if he hadn't sold his first house.



Perhaps some by the name of Bosa, Aquilini, and De Cotiis?

If one thinks that Gregor the Dim’s real estate holdings are unremarkable then one must also wonder why he tried to hide them.

[chowhou]

Originally Posted by whatnext

If one thinks that Gregor the Dim’s real estate holdings are unremarkable then one must also wonder why he tried to hide them.

Is this so-called "hiding" in the room with us right now? I know your media literacy is not high but please try your hardest not to take tweets at face value, okay?

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by whatnext

If one thinks that Gregor the Dim’s real estate holdings are unremarkable then one must also wonder why he tried to hide them.

What's your Vancouver West SFH worth?

[RedArbutus]

Originally Posted by whatnext

If one thinks that Gregor the Dim’s real estate holdings are unremarkable then one must also wonder why he tried to hide them.

I'm no fan of the optics of making him housing minister but this is absurd. A businessman with a house and two vacation properties he uses himself. Big deal. It's an embarrassment that the word "hiding" is even mentioned here.

[s211]

Originally Posted by RedArbutus

I'm no fan of the optics of making him housing minister but this is absurd. A businessman with a house and two vacation properties he uses himself. Big deal. It's an embarrassment that the word "hiding" is even mentioned here.

There are disclosure laws for very good reasons. But hey can I buy you a rug to sweep these properties?