Malcolm Parry, Vancouver Sun
December 8, 2011

Apartment buyers, vendors, appraisers and other commercial-realty professionals in B.C., as well as thousands more worldwide, regularly scan The Goodman Report. That’s the physical and electronic newsletter David and Mark Goodman publish while maintaining a $125-mil-lion gross yearly sales average as co-principals, with David England and Grant Wilson, in HQ Real Estate Services.

Peter Mitham, Business in Vancouver
November 2011

Going national

Rental apartments may be a challenge to build in Vancouver, but this isn’t the only city grappling with the issue. During interviews for last week’s Business in Vancouver Full Disclosure feature story “Apartment blocked” (issue 1150; November 8-14), apartment broker David Goodman observed that building purpose-built rentals is a challenge right across Canada – save for perhaps a few sites in Ontario.

Peter Mitham, Business in Vancouver
November 2011

• Replacing Vancouver’s aging rental stock to maintain affordable housing options is going to be financially painful and politically distasteful
• Unless neighbourhoods accept higher building densities, there will be no new development and homeowner taxes will continue to climb

January 2007: Vancouver’s condo market was approaching fresh peaks, and aging apartment blocks in the Vancouver-Fairview riding of rookie MLA Gregor Robertson were slated for redevelopment as condos commanded between $525 and $575 a square foot. In the previous 12 months, Polygon Homes Ltd. and Delta Land Development Ltd. had begun building or marketing new projects, and Robertson’s office began fielding calls from local residents about the perceived threat to the local rental stock.

Frank O’Brian, Western Investor
September 2011

Attention landlords
Jaw-dropping prices for Vancouver apartment buildings are finally having an effect on investors who are skirting the city to snap up properties at a near record level in suburban communities, according to Mark Goodman of HQ Realty in Vancouver, a specialist in the apartment market.

Jeff Lee, Vancouver Sun
August 2011

Campus that extends four blocks will be vacated next year, and could be used for density housing.

The City of Vancouver wants first dibs on the expansive old RCMP “E” Division headquarters near Little Mountain when the Mounties move out to Surrey next year.

The 8.5-hectare campus, which includes a heritage academy building and an office complex, is being considered for disposal by the federal government’s real estate arm, Public Works Canada.