Despite troubled times in the market, the real estate industry and adjacent sectors continued to tough it out and many companies — big and small — continued to hire or promote from within.
The most notable of them all, perhaps, was the City of Vancouver hiring Donny van Dyk as its new City Manager, less than two weeks after parting ways with Paul Mochrie. (The short timeline is now under investigation.) Meanwhile, companies like Conwest Developments, Prologis, Townline, OpenForm Properties, and Beedie all filled some important leadership positions.
Here are all the people who changed jobs or received promotions last month.
Development and Construction:
- Erin Elliott has joined Conwest Developments as Chief Financial Officer.
- Matthew Brock has joined Prologis as VP, Investment Officer, Vancouver, after over eight years at Bosa Properties.
- Michael Brimer has joined Townline as VP of Construction.
- Ryan Williams has joined Anthem Properties as Director of Construction.
- Asli Yilmaz Yetkin has been promoted to Director of Development at OpenForm Properties.
- Paris Lavan has joined Beedie as Director of Leasing, after over 11 years at JLL.
- Julien Kuehnhold has been promoted to Senior Development Manager at Anthem Properties.
- Brendan Djambazov has been promoted to Manager of Acquisitions and Financial Analyst at OpenForm Properties.
- Mitchell Walter has joined Chard as Senior Investment Analyst, Asset Management, after over a year at Wesgroup.
- Sam Zheng has joined QuadReal as Analyst, Global Portfolio Management.
- Jesse McCallum has been promoted to Property Manager at Morguard.
- Tolga Tosun has joined Beedie as a Senior Property Accountant.
- Dazle Gumaboa has joined Marcon as a Development Coordinator.
- Kole Macmillan has joined WCPG Construction as Development Coordinator.
- Dante Roman Caballero has been promoted to Construction Project Coordinator at Northland Properties.
- DharmaTeja Chigurupati has joined Anthem Properties as a Business Systems Analyst.
- Danielle Stewart has joined Anthem Properties as a Licensed Sales Associate.
Government and Planning:
- Donny van Dyk has been named City Manager at the City of Vancouver, effective September 8 and replacing Paul Mochrie, who departed on July 22.
Brokerages:
- Tyler Dolan has been named Head of Valuations and Advisory Services for Colliers.
- Alex Mei has been promoted to VP at CBRE.
- Anthony Ketsadachan has joined Cushman & Wakefield as AVP.
- Jennica Palecek has been promoted to AVP at Colliers.
- Falisha Saggu has been promoted to Senior Associate at Cushman & Wakefield.
- Bailey Broeders has been promoted to Business Services Coordinator at Colliers.
- Kyle Redmond has joined Avison Young as a Market Intelligence Coordinator.
- Aileen Lai has joined Oakwyn Realty as Controller.
Finance:
- Geraldine Hutchings has joined the Board of Directors of BCI.
- Stephen Smith has joined BGO as Principal, Commercial Property Management & Leasing.
- Rahul Kumanan has joined KingSett Capital as Director of Asset Management, Western Canada.
- Susan Wali has joined Allied Properties REIT’s team in Vancouver as Manager of Portfolio Operations, after five years at Oxford Properties.
- Ryan Peng has been promoted to Senior Analyst, Asset Management at Nicola Wealth Real Estate.
- Bryce Young has joined TD’s National Real Estate Group in Vancouver as an Associate.
Other:
- Laura Ferguson has been promoted to Regional Director of Operations for Amica Senior Lifestyles.
- Samson Tam has joined Corix as VP of Development.
- Jackie Graham has been hired as Senior Director of Development for the Vancouver Art Gallery.
- Amanda Leclerc has joined Devon Properties as Director of Property Management.
- Chelsea Nicholson has been promoted to Building Energy Manager at the BC Non-Profit Housing Association.
- Saleh Lavaee has joined Creative Energy as Manager of Regulatory Affairs.
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