Bob Mackin
“Condo King” Bob Rennie threw another party for Mark Carney, 53 weeks after the last one.
On Feb. 12, 2025, Carney was the favourite to win the Liberal leadership and succeed Justin Trudeau.
This time, on Feb. 18, 2026, Carney was Prime Minister. Visiting Vancouver for the first time since he went to Beijing and called Xi Jinping a strategic partner.
The guest list for the fundraising event at Rennie’s headquarters in the Galleria on West 1st numbered 146. Attendees paid between $0 and $1,775.
This time, most of Vancouver’s real estate heavyweights attended. Perhaps to join Rennie in urging Carney to help the sagging industry by doing away with taxes on foreign real estate investors?
Bob Rennie appears to listen-in as Vancouver councillors Mike Klassen and Lenny Zhou talk to Carney. (Klassen)
Who’s who in the real estate zoo
Polygon Homes chair Michael Audain; Pinnacle CEO Mike De Cotiis; Westbank CEO Ian Gillespie; Concord Pacific CEO Terry Hui; Wesbild chair Hassan Khosrowshahi; Macdonald Development president Robert Macdonald; Larco Investments vice-president Ayeesha Lalji; Beedie COO David Pearson; Reliance Properties CEO Jon Stovell; Thind Properties founder Daljit Thind; Holborn Group CEO Joo Kim Tiah; Wall Financial chair Bruno Wall; Rennie executive director Tracie McTavish; Rennie and Associates president Gregory Zayadi; Tsleil-Wautuh Nation Chief Justin George, MST Development chair David Negrin; and Squamish Nation council chair Wilson Williams.
Also on the list
- Atira Founder and consultant to Tsawwassen Nation Janice Abbott
- Canada Infrastructure Bank director/Tsawwassen First Nation chief administrator/Kwantlen Polytechnic chancellor Kim Baird
- Ex-Urban Development Institute CEO Anne McMullin
- Telus Health senior vice-president Juggy Sihota
- Rogers Communications director Ivan Fecan
- Onni chief of staff Duncan Włodarczak
- Richmond Coun./mayoral candidate Alexa Loo
- Vancouver city councillors Mike Klassen and Lenny Zhou
Coal Harbour couple?
The list shows that former B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Vancouver Whitecaps owner Greg Kerfoot share the same postal code as a Coal Harbour waterfront condo tower.
Last year, Clark shelved a bid for the Liberal leadership and mulled a run for a seat in Parliament. Kerfoot is looking for new investors in his Whitecaps and government help to build a new stadium at Hastings Racecourse.
