on Buildings are not supposed to look like Vancouver House – they are supposed to be larger at their base than at their top, not the other way around, and they are supposed to have a “regular” form, not one that evolves over the height of the building. For followers of the Westbank Corporation, this atypical building… Continue Reading A Total Work of Art: Baker Program’s Inaugural Trip to Vancouver, Part Three
on “Why is Vancouver here?” Six-term Vancouver City Council Member Gordon Price queries the group of assembled Baker Real Estate students. The group pauses, then a few hands raise. “Forestry?” “Fishing?” “Shipping?” Bingo. Price perks up: “What does Vancouver have?” A natural deep water port. One of only a handful along the entire west coast of the Americas.… Continue Reading Railyard Rust to Glass & Steel: Baker Program’s Inaugural Trip to Vancouver, Part Two
on In March 2016, second-year students in the Baker Program in Real Estate embarked on a trip to Vancouver, British Columbia to meet with the people and companies that have played a hand in shaping Vancouver into the celebrated international city it is today. Starting with a bold plan hatched in the 1980s to connect the… Continue Reading Connecting a City to the Water: Baker Program’s Inaugural Trip to Vancouver, Part One
on In late January, first-year students in the Baker Program in Real Estate attended the first annual domestic real estate trek as part of the program’s newly revised curriculum. For this inaugural trip, students visited San Francisco and Silicon Valley, two of the nation’s most active real estate markets. This article is the first part in… Continue Reading Baker Program San Francisco Trek: Part One, A Walk Down Mission Street