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4 B C B U S I N E S S . C A S E P T E M B E R 2 0 2 5 CONTRIBUTORS Meet our new senior editor, Mihika Agarwal—a certified word nerd from Jaipur, India and now based in Vancouver. She's worked in newsrooms across India, the U.S. and Canada—with bylines in Vox, Vogue, the New York Times and more. For her first BCBusiness issue, she loved shaping the wide range of featured voices— from Frances Bula's deep dive into affordable condos (p.18) to Stacey McLachlan's cheeky review of flying Cathay Pacific's new business pods (p.64). Photographer and new media artist Tanya Goehring is obsessed with photographing characters—real, fictional or somewhere in between—in interesting spaces. She loved capturing our Weekend Warrior, Tracy Theemes (p.59) "who's been owning the dance floor for 20 years and still flips the script on what hip hop can look like." Goehring lives in Vancouver with her husband and their two very creative and quirky little humans. ON THE COVER Ryan enig- matically said he was "thinking of something really funny" to get his genuine smile for our photo shoot. He hinted that he would tell us later. He forgot to tell us. What was it??? — creative director Jenny Reed BUILDING AN EMPIRE SEPTEMBER 2 0 2 5 $ 8 . 9 9 PLUS Cracking the code How to find a $300,000 condo in Vancouver p.18 Game on B.C. going all in on mahjong mania p.44 THE LEADERSHIP ISSUE Developer and philanthropist Ryan Beedie breaks ground on the biggest project of his career p.22 WORDS TO LEAD BY 25 leaders reveal the best advice they've ever received p.30 Display from August 25 to October 5 PM40065475 A PUBLICATION OF CANADA WIDE MEDIA LIMITED CEO & GROUP PUBLISHER Ryan Benn GROUP VP, PUBLISHING & OPERATIONS Nina Wagner EDITORIAL VICE PRESIDENT, CONTENT Anicka Quin EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Darcy Matheson (BCBusiness), Stacey McLachlan (Vancouver magazine), Anicka Quin (Western Living) SENIOR EDITOR Mihika Agarwal MANAGING EDITOR, FOOD & CULTURE Kristi Edwards, Dani Wright (on leave) ASSOCIATE EDITOR Sandrine Jacquot ASSISTANT EDITOR Kerri Donaldson WINE AND SPIRITS EDITOR Neal McLennan CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Karen Ashbee, Melissa Edwards, Alyssa Hirose, Amanda Ross, Julie Van Rosendaal EDITORIAL INTERNS Anjini Snape, Xiao Qing Wan, Elif Zaimler EMAIL bcb@canadawide.com DESIGN CREATIVE DIRECTOR Jenny Reed ART DIRECTORS Stesha Ho (Vancouver magazine), Edwin Pabellon (BCBusiness) DIGITAL VICE PRESIDENT, DIGITAL Darcy Matheson DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER Rebekah Ho ADVISORY COUNCIL Angus An, Maenam; Patrick Barron, Telus; TC Carling, North Shore Winter Club; Victoria Emslie, Nicola Wealth; Peter Jackman, Terminal City Club; Carol Lee, Vancouver Chinatown Foundation; Carol Liao, UBC Allard School of Law; Matthew McClenaghan, Edgar; Jennifer Murtagh, Maturn; Gary Pooni, Pooni Group; Audrey Plaskacz, Bosa Properties; Ken Tsui, Telus Originals; Greg Zayadi, Rennie SALES REPRESENTATION VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES Anna Lee VICE PRESIDENT, CUSTOM PUBLISHING & AGENCY SERVICES Chad Brealey SENIOR MEDIA SPECIALISTS Brianne Harper, Mira Hershcovitch, Sheri Stubel SALES COORDINATOR Victoria Nwaeze EMAIL sales@canadawide.com PRODUCTION/ADMINISTRATION GROUP VP, EDUCATION AND ADMINISTRATION Jane Griffiths GROUP DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Devin Steinberg DIRECTOR OF CIRCULATION Tracy McRitchie MANAGER, HR AND ADMINISTRATION Fiona Cochrane EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT & PRODUCER, EVENTS Hannah Dewar EVENTS & OFFICE MANAGER Julia Jarman PRODUCTION MANAGER/DIGITAL AD COORDINATOR Kim McLane PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE Natasha Jayawardana PRODUCTION SUPPORT TECHNICIAN Ina Bowerbank CUSTOMER SERVICE Kelly Kalirai FINANCE GROUP VP, FINANCE Conroy Ing, cpa, cma VP OF FINANCE Sonia Roxburgh, cpa, cga ACCOUNTING Terri Mason, Eileen Gajowski ADDRESS Suite 130, 4321 Still Creek Drive, Burnaby, B.C. V5C 6S7 TEL 604-299-7311 FAX 604-299-9188 WEB bcbusiness.ca EMAIL sales@canadawide.com BCBUSINESS is published eight times a year by Canada Wide Media Limited, Suite 130, 4321 Still Creek Drive, Burnaby, B.C. V5C 6S7. Phone 604-299-7311; Fax 604-299-9188. No part of this magazine may be reproduced in any form—print or electronic—without written permission of the publisher. For subscription info, call 604-299-1023 or email: bcbsubscriptions@canadawide.com. B.C. residents: to subscribe to BCBusiness for one year, send your name, address, telephone number and a money order or cheque for $28.95 (including tax) to BCBusiness at the address above. Send change of address notices and covers of undeliverable copies to address above. ISSN 0849-481X. Publications Mail Agreement No. 40065475. Printed in Canada.

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