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[deleted] OP t1_isy0azf wrote

Reply to comment by MathisBrothers in How Allan Domb became the ‘condo king’ by [deleted]

The unique part is he was on city council and is running for mayor. He also is behind some of the big restaurants in the city.

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MathisBrothers t1_isy1rss wrote

I mean, from what I read, he funds them with Stephen Starr or sells/rents space to bars and restaurants. I guess that’s “behind” them in some capacity, but once again, not particularly unique in large American cities.

Not trying to sound like a complete hater, but I don’t really find his journey that awe-inspiring or worthy of support (and I think most people probably don’t either). He’s a guy who buys, sells, and rents real estate.

Edit: and I think the way I described him is also relatively charitable. There are a lot worse ways to describe a guy who buys up old properties in order to gentrify them and make shit tons of money by making them unaffordable.

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[deleted] OP t1_isy3pm2 wrote

What is your point? No one said he invented the atomic bomb here.

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MathisBrothers t1_isy5lom wrote

No, but it just seems like a fluff piece for a politician that makes a shit ton of money off of real estate development. I guess I was wanting to know why it wasn’t critical of that in the slightest.

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[deleted] OP t1_isy7410 wrote

Sounds like you have an axe to grind

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MathisBrothers t1_isy7zdp wrote

That’s possible, I guess. I just don’t like to pretend that people who make ungodly amounts of money off of housing and speculation are moral or admirable people because of it.

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Away_Swimming_5757 t1_isypbf0 wrote

I think its his pragmatism that many admire and less about his business practices.

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