{"id":113225,"date":"2019-12-21T03:49:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T20:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-vancouver-really-an-insular-little-village-so-says-its-most-powerful-real-estate-developer\/"},"modified":"2019-12-21T04:04:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T21:04:03","slug":"is-vancouver-really-an-insular-little-village-so-says-its-most-powerful-real-estate-developer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-vancouver-really-an-insular-little-village-so-says-its-most-powerful-real-estate-developer\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Vancouver really an \u2018insular, little village\u2019? So says its most powerful real estate developer"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWhen 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\u2019s 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\u2019s most powerful people, Gillespie has been downright ubiquitous this past month, dominating discussions about art, affordability and city-building.The first\u2026
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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