(55) How to Unlock More Mid-Rise Housing in Toronto - Richard Witt - BDP Quadrangle

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Richard Witt discusses the housing trajectory in Toronto and the GTA, emphasizing the impact of speculation and cultural factors on housing.

Send us Fan Mail How to Unlock More Mid-Rise Housing in Toronto - Richard Witt In this episode of the Real Estate Development Insights Podcast, Richard Witt, Global Head of Housing at BDP Quadrangle, discusses Toronto and the GTA’s housing trajectory, comparing global approaches and emphasizing housing as a commoditized product shaped by culture, human scale, and social interaction. He argues Toronto’s recent decade was distorted by speculation and investor-driven condo product, a...

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Host: Payam Noursalehi

Guest: Richard Witt

Topics covered

• mid-rise housing
• Toronto housing
• global housing approaches
• real estate speculation
• social interaction

Keywords

• mid-rise housing
• Toronto
• housing trajectory
• real estate
• speculation
• BDP Quadrangle
• social interaction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BDP Quadrangle

Places: Toronto, GTA

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