Property News · December 21, 2019

Is Vancouver really an ‘insular, little village’? So says its most powerful real estate developer


When I met Ian Gillespie a few years ago, he gave me a book of his thoughts and reflections on a career that has made him Vancouver’s most prominent and polarising real estate developer.It weighs 2.8 kilograms (6.2lb).The dashing founder and boss of Westbank Corp is not a man overburdened by self-doubt.Long regarded as one of the city’s most powerful people, Gillespie has been downright ubiquitous this past month, dominating discussions about art, affordability and city-building.The first…

Source : South China Morning Post
Read more…Is Vancouver really an ‘insular, little village’? So says its most powerful real estate developer