Moving Day: March 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 March 2026.

March 31, 2026

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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 March 2026:

Raymond Wong has joined Newmark Canada as Vice President of Research with the Valuation & Advisory group, after nine years with Altus Group.

Patricia Roset-Zuppa has been promoted to Vice-President of Multi-Unit Housing Solutions at CMHC.

Jordan Ruppert has been promoted to Vice President of Construction at Starlight Investments.

Cédric Fitzgerald Gardner has been promoted to Operations Manager at Forest Hill Residential.

Colleen McCarville has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Corporate Services at Killam

Taylor Palaroan has been promoted to Associate on the Loan Asset Management team at Peakhill Capital.

Colliers Appoints New Global Leadership: Christian Mayer has been appointed Global Chief Financial Officer and CEO of Commercial Real Estate, while Elias Mulamoottil has been named Global Chief Investment Officer and CEO of Engineering.

Matthew Whitty has been promoted to SVP of Eastern Canada at Brookfield Properties.

Andrew Sjogren has joined Minto Group's GTA division as President, after almost 15 years at Mattamy Homes.

Roger J. Chouinard has been appointed Chief Legal and Strategic Initiatives Officer at Vancouver-based real estate company Chard.

JLL Promoted three leaders: Anushka Mahajan to Senior Digital Marketing Analyst and LeighAnn Jandrists to Senior Marketing Manager. Ritu Soudagar has joined JLL as a Supply Chain and Business Development Manager.

Jon Gauntlett has joined BGO as Director of Leasing.

Anuj Kadyan has joined CBRE as Chief Technology & Transformation Officer, effective May 15.

Yannick Blier has been promoted to Director of Leasing and Asset Management at Pure Industrial.

Aashna G. has been promoted to Associate of Real Estate Finance at BMO.

Pino Di Mascio has joined Build Canada Homes as Vice President, Land Strategy and Planning.

Corrado Russo and Michael Tsourounis have been appointed co-CEOs of Hazelview Properties.

Tanya Schiwy has left Colliers after over seven years, most recently as Senior Marketing Manager, Tenant Advisory, Strategy & Pursuit.

Manuel Garber has been promoted to Senior Vice President at Brookfield.

Garrett Derderian has joined Cushman & Wakefield as Vice President, Americas Corporate Communications.

Daniel Drees has been promoted to Vice President of Portfolio Management at BGO.

Phillip Santana has joined Stelumar as Community Development Lead after 10 years with Mattamy Homes.

Kyson Vi has joined Great Gulf as Investment Associate.

Kimberly Horvath has been promoted to Director, Investments at Pure Industrial, D'Arcy Boulton has been promoted to Senior Associate of Investments and Dominique-Galia M. has been promoted to Leasing Manager.

Richard Clift has started as Senior Director at Newmark.

Jan Kim has been promoted to Senior Director of Origination, CMG at MCAP.

Layla Pirelahi, Patrick Schilling, Nicolas Romera Glen, and Marta Nicolau have joined Francl Architecture Inc. as associates.

Alcott Vaz has been promoted to Platform Owner at Harbourfront Wealth Management.

Sasha Ischenko has been promoted to Senior Vice President at Lennard Commercial Realty.

Asimina Constantine has joined CBRE as Client Service Assistant.

Marielle Dilla has been promoted to Marketing Specialist and Jasmine Wong to Graphic Designer at Colliers’ in-house marketing agency.

Vivek Hariharan has been appointed Business Manager for Turner Construction’s Toronto business.

Travis Vokey has left Allied Properties REIT after six years, and will be returning to Dynacare.

Jillian F. has joined CBRE as Senior Vice President, and Archi Keshari has joined as Associate.

Annely Zonena has joined the City of Toronto as Director of the Waterfront Secretariat.

Nicholas Stephen has been promoted to Manager of Real Estate Asset Management at Forum Asset Management.

Joyce Lau has been promoted to Associate Director, Development at Dream.

Danielle Culp has been promoted to Principal Planner at Durham Region.

Catherine Vourakis has joined First Capital as Director of Commercial Real Estate.

Colin Johnston has been promoted to Managing Director of Western Canada at Vault Mortgage Corporation.

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Moving Day: March 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 March 2026.

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

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The Ontario Real Estate Association called development charges "one of the most direct levers available to reduce costs and accelerate construction" of new housing.

For a new generation of buyers, getting in may look different, take longer, and require more creativity than ever before.

Windowless dens have been criticized, by everyone from architects to end users, for their lack of light, air flow, and temperature control. In short, they're a hot topic.

The "GTA Rental and Affordable Housing Initiative" is a partnership between High Art Capital and the Building Ontario Fund.