Bob Rennie

Bob Rennie (born 1956) is an art collector and a real estate marketer based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Four years and over $10 million[9] were spent renovating the building to transform the heritage landmark into an exhibit space for the Rennie Collection, open to the public free of charge.

Creed's installation inspired the title of Julia Kwan's 2014 documentary film about Chinatown, Everything Will Be, in which Rennie is interviewed.

Rennie is a vocal opponent to the proposed move of the Vancouver Art Gallery from the current location in Robson Square to a newly constructed building on the city-owned Larwill Park (formerly the bus depot) next to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

[16] Rennie has been criticized for trying to gentrify Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, one of the poorest communities in Canada, with the Woodward's Building project, which includes 536 condominiums and 200 non-market homes.

Amidst a growing housing affordability crisis[20] in the run-up to the 2014 Vancouver municipal election, Rennie raised eyebrows and some outrage organizing an exclusive $25,000 a plate lunch[21] for developer colleagues to have a private audience with then-mayor Gregor Robertson.

[22][23] In 2012, Rennie made a major contribution to the National Gallery of Canada with his donation of Brian Jungen's 2004 artwork Court.

Consisting of 210–240 factory sewing tabletops repainted to look like a basketball court, the work has previously never been shown in Canada.

His current memberships include Council for Canadian American Relations (CCAR), BCIT Inspire Campaign Cabinet, British Columbia Centre on Abuse Community Engagement Board, Urban Development Institute (UDI), Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics Advisory Board and Mayor's Economic Advisory Committee.

Rennie was awarded the Order of British Columbia in 2014 for demonstrating "exceptional dedication to strengthening and enhancing arts and culture in BC.