Goodman Report Podcast

I have to admit that I was surprised when David Eby’s office accepted our shot-in-the-dark invitation for the NDP Premier of British Columbia to join me on the Goodman Report podcast. Even then, I wasn’t ready for how open, funny, self-critical and transformed the premier seemed in our hour together. The surprises started with my first question, when I asked him about the recent budget and, especi...

Beau Jarvis is a passionate advocate for the development industry—an essential voice at a critical time. You (and every voter you know!) need to hear what he has to say. The most blistering part of our conversation focused on Canada's national housing crisis: who's to blame, who can help, and—most importantly—how crucial it is for governments to stop making the problem worse. First, though...

Eric Carlson has a well-earned reputation as a blistering critic of the dumb, ideological interventions of government. He is also one of a handful of Vancouver development-industry heavyweights—someone who has been helping reshape the region for decades while building a diversified, integrated, international real estate and development empire. His Anthem Properties Group now employs more than 850...

The next Goodman Report podcast, an interview with the unstoppable Nelson Skalbania, is one of the most entertaining – and absolutely the most fun – of any that we have done so far. Nelson Matthew Skalbania  was the prototypical Vancouver tycoon – and the only guy in town who my mother would let smoke cigars in the house when he was doing deals with my father. Born in Regina to Polish immigrant pa...

For this episode of the Goodman Report podcast, you’ll hear the unlikely and riveting story of how a left-wing activist became one of BC’s most accomplished business leaders and philanthropists, championing projects in the visual arts and innovation in Canadian wildlife protection and sustainability. Freedom rider. Student radical. Academic. Social activist. Residential developer. Museum builder....

It’s always great when a single conversation makes you smarter, and that’s how I felt after sitting down with Brent Sawchyn, CEO of PC Urban Properties Corp ., for this episode of the Goodman Report podcast. Brent is a generational talent. He has spent 35 years in the development business, earning his spurs alongside high performers like Ian Gillespie at Westbank and Eric Carlson at Anthem Propert...

Kerry Gold has been a full-time professional journalist for the last 30 years, and for more than half that time she’s been covering the real estate and housing beat for the Globe and Mail. She got her start at the Courier community newspaper and after a couple of years caught the attention of the Vancouver Sun editor-in-chief, who hired the young cub reporter to work in the paper’s entertainment s...

Our latest podcast is with Richard Littlemore on his new book, City Builders, a family and corporate history of the Maleks and Millennium Development and a blistering review of the grimy politics and catastrophic political intervention that marred their development of Olympic Village. Vancouver developers Peter and Shahram Malek have lost two great fortunes, both times at the hands of a hostile go...

In episode 2, Mark Goodman sits down with Hani Lammam, Executive VP of Cressey Development Group , to discuss his journey from a high school laborer to leading one of Vancouver's top development firms. With over 25 years in the real estate industry, Hani shares his insights into the challenges and opportunities in today’s market. “The institutions and the big corporations, they're the stab...

In the inaugural episode of Goodman Report Podcast, host Mark Goodman interviews Bob Knakal, a veteran in the New York City commercial real estate industry with over 40 years of experience. We dive into Bob's incredible career and his strategies for success in one of the world's most competitive real estate markets. Bob is a true titan in commercial real estate. As the founder of BKRE in N...

Welcome to the Goodman Report Podcast! I’m Mark Goodman, principal at Goodman Commercial – a leading force in Vancouver's real estate market. Our firm has been a trusted name in rental apartment buildings, development land, and commercial investment properties for over 40 years. Now, we’re bringing the insights that have shaped our success directly to you in podcast form. Each episode, we’ll d...