BC Real Estate Industry Hires And Promotions: June 2025

Another month has come and passed, and another group of companies have made some notable hires or promotions, even as the real estate and development industry in British Columbia (and beyond) continues to struggle.

Commercial real estate brokerages Marcus & Millichap made a series of promotions, while Avison Young and Colliers both made two big hires, as did big-name developers like Concert Properties, Wesgroup, and Wesbild.

Here are all the people who changed jobs or received promotions last month.

Development

Craig Watters has been named COO of Concert Properties.
Meghan Murtha has been promoted to General Counsel at Wesgroup.
Betty Wong has been promoted to Director of Development Accounting at Wesbild.
Pauline Thiessen has been promoted to Sales and Leasing Operations Manager at Townline.
Paraic Treacy has joined Cascadia Green Development as Manager of Finance.
Nicholas Frappell has joined Tera Development as a Development Coordinator.
Grant Balacko has joined Anthem Properties as Senior Site Superintendent.
Geevan Dhesi has joined Zenterra Developments as a Sales Advisor.
Stephanie Nguyen has joined Ledingham McAllister as Sales Coordinator.
Melissa Bottyan has joined QuadReal as a Lease Documentation Coordinator.

Government and Planning

Trevor Welsh has joined the City of Coquitlam as Director of Building Permits & Chief Building Official.
Marcio Teixeira da Silva has been promoted to Senior Development Manager, Private Partnerships at BC Builds.
Annie Silver has been promoted to Manager of Indigenous Asset Management at BC Housing.

Brokerages

Rob Blouin has joined Avison Young as Principal & Director of the new Property Tax Services team in Vancouver, after 17 years at Altus Group.
Colin Kehoe has joined Colliers’ Development Advisory team in Vancouver as VP of Development, after six years at QuadReal.
Susan Thompson has been promoted to Director of Research at Colliers.
Erin Vance has been promoted to VP of Sales at Fifth Avenue Real Estate Marketing.
Kitty Ng has been promoted to Sales Director at KEY Marketing.
Trevor Shumka has been promoted to Director of Investments & Leasing at Marcus & Millichap.
Robert Hamilton has been promoted to Senior Director as Marcus & Millichap.
Stefan Safrata has been promoted to Director of Investments & Leasing at Marcus & Millichap.
Sunil Suvarna has been promoted to Associate Director at Marcus & Millichap.
Alex Girling has both been promoted to Associate Director as Marcus & Millichap.
Erica Qu has been promoted to Leasing Manager at MLA Canada.
Wing Ng has joined Cushman & Wakefield as Senior Marketing Specialist.

Finance

Patricia Narbaitz has been promoted to Director of Partnership Portfolio at BCI.

Other

Abi Bond, who recently departed her role as Executive Director of the City of Toronto’s Housing Secretariat and was previously Managing Director of the City of Vancouver’s Homelessness Services and Affordable Housing Programs, has joined the Squamish Nation as Senior Executive Lead.

National

Tony Irwin has been named President & CEO of the Canadian Federation of Apartment Associations, rebranded Rental Housing Canada. Rental Housing Canada has also appointed its 2025 Board of Directors.
Wallace Wang has been named CFO of Bridgemarq Real Estate Services (parent company of Royal LePage), effective July 1.
Denis Dubois has been appointed as President and CEO of Desjardins Group.
Zachary Vaughan has been appointed CEO of Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT, effective July 2, and is succeeding Craig Mitchell, who has retired.
Les Miller, CEO of Crown Realty Partners, retired on June 30 after 23 years, and the firm is now led by the three managing partners.

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BC Real Estate And Development Industry Hires And Promotions: June 2025

​Commercial real estate brokers, Marcus & Millichap, Colliers, and Avison Young all made notable hires or promotions, as did developers Concert Properties, Wesgroup, and Wesbild.

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Government and Planning

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Commercial real estate brokers, Marcus & Millichap, Colliers, and Avison Young all made notable hires or promotions, as did developers Concert Properties, Wesgroup, and Wesbild.

It's time to say "Hello" to Jeremy Kalenuik, Engel & Volkers Ocean Park, who focusses on South Surrey, White Rock, Langley, and Cloverdale.

In an effort to spur housing development and make homes in Caledon, Brampton, and Mississauga more affordable.

The Marine Landing stacked industrial project by Wesbild at 8232 Manitoba Street in Vancouver recently completed construction.

The City of Coquitlam is now holding public engagement on its proposed land use plan for Burquitlam and Lougheed Station, as well as southwest shoulder and corridor areas.