Moving Day: January 2026 Industry Hires And Promotions

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For your information, reference, and networking needs, here are the moves, hires, and promotions the real estate and development sector saw in January 2026:

Kayleigh Johnson has been promoted to Senior Director of Marketing at Peterson Real Estate.

Thomas Fyfe has been promoted to Development Manager at QuadReal Property Group.

Jason Kraatz has been appointed as CEO of Hopewell Residential, effective January 19, 2026. Jill MacKenzie is stepping down as President, with her final day on January 16, 2026, and the role will not be replaced.

Dexter Kirby is now Development Manager at Paragon Living.

Nicole Pflueger is now Senior Project Manager at Peterson Real Estate.

Cresa promotes three vice presidents to its Toronto principal group: Adam Raithby, Jeff Sharpe, and Mark Titleman have been promoted to principal roles, effective January 19.

Luke Moran has been appointed Senior Vice President, Leasing & Property Management at Peterson Real Estate.

Anne McMullin has announced she will be stepping down from her role as president and CEO of the Urban Development Institute (UDI) of British Columbia after nearly 14 years of leadership.

Karen Cvornyek has been appointed Canada East Business Unit Director at Arcadis.

Jessica Arbour has been promoted to Senior Manager, Business Transformation & Innovation at Wesgroup Properties.

Wylen Wong is now Director, Real Estate Operations at TransLink.

Arturo Lopez has been promoted to Business Analyst at Wesgroup Properties.

Tim Rodgers is starting a new position as Project Manager at Canderel Group.

David Chaikof has been appointed as a Senior Strategic Advisor to Osmington Inc., a private investment company founded and controlled by David Thomson, Chairman of Thomson Reuters. He will work alongside Lawrence Zucker, John Tory, and Phillip Crawley.

Joe Rosati, P.Eng, LLM has been promoted to Senior Vice President at Lennard.

Brian Williamson is now Director of Construction at QuadReal Property Group.

CreateTO has appointed new board leadership: Mark Bonham has been appointed Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of CreateTO, while Bruce Davis and Allison Mendes have been elected as board members.

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Moving Day: January 2026 Industry Hires And Promotions

For your information, reference, and networking needs, here are the moves, hires, and promotions the real estate and development industry saw in January 2026.

Interested in the moves, promotions, and hires across additional industry sectors? Check out January's latest below:

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“Recruitment for mission-focused priority roles is underway through platforms including GC Jobs," says a spokesperson, "and additional hires will follow as the Agency stands up the teams driving partnerships, Indigenous collaboration, investment, and project delivery.”

Developers like Anthem, Beedie, Chard, Concert, QuadReal, PCI, and Polygon all have notable projects set to complete this year.

The Canadian economy is acclimating to tariffs, and the Bank of Canada has room to nudge the policy rate if need be.

With the Yonge Corporate Centre acquisition, Europro now owns three significant assets along Yonge Street in the North Yonge corridor.

From the street, the home reads as fluid and deliberate, with soft curves and signature arches that immediately set it apart from the city’s more angular stock.