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1 THE FIRST ANNUAL BELL URBAN FORUM, SEPTEMBER 2016 Vancouver Single-Family Property Assessments in 2015 (above), Line to purchase lots in the Shaughnessy district, September 1909 (below). Sources: British Columbia Assessment, 2015 Property Tax Roll, with geospatial corrections and adjustments by Andy Yan, Bing Thom Architects; Philip T. Timms (2009). Line-up at the Foot of Granville Street to Purchase Lots in Shaughnessy Neighbourhood from the Vancouver: City of Vancouver Archives, reference code AM336-S3-3-CVA 677-526. Mapping the Hedge City Vancouver and Global Capital 2 THE FIRST ANNUAL BELL URBAN FORUM, SEPTEMBER 2016 Mapping THE Hedge CITY: VANCOUVER AND GLOBAL CAPITAL A Proposal for the First Annual Larry Bell Urban Forum Connecting Urban Theory and Public Policy Vancouver, September 2016 There are few subjects that exercise Vancouverites more than property value fluctuations and the attendant windfall profits or losses, and this is the topic of almost every conversation sooner or later.

3 THE FIRST ANNUAL BELL URBAN FORUM, SEPTEMBER 2016 different from the perspective of global capital investment. Speaking at the Credit Suisse Global Megatrends Conference in Singapore in April, 2015, Laurence Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, the

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