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January 10, 2019: David Ley Lecture
NEST Distinguished Speaker Series
A Regional Growth Machine, a Great Wall of Capital, and a Metropolitan Housing Market
Thursday, January 10, 2019
As part of NEST's Distinguished Speaker Series, the Centre hosted a talk by one of Canada's most accomplished geographers, David Ley of the University of British Columbia.
Vancouver was transformed by the globalization of property markets following Expo 86. A powerful growth machine developed in British Columbia as substantial Asian capital flowed into Vancouver. Prof. Ley will discuss how the B.C. government became addicted to the spinoffs from these funds, the emergence of a growth coalition composed of politicians and the real estate industry, and the deregulation of private institutions and the under-resourcing of public agencies.