Moving Day: October 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 October 2026:

Kyle Chatterson has been promoted to Associate VP of Leasing at Dream Unlimited.

Deanna C. has been promoted to Documentation Analyst of Leasing at RioCan REIT.

Alexandra Katz has been promoted to Managing Partner, Head of Capital Partnerships at Hazelview Investments.

Rav Dhariwal has joined Wesgroup Properties as Preconstruction Manager

Diana Pricop has joined PURE Industrial as a Senior Analyst of Asset Management.

Erika Schickedanz has joined Colliers as Transaction Manager.

Myah Ollek has been promoted to Associate VP at CBRE.

Kevin Stark has joined Cameron Stephens as Managing Director of Strategy and Investments.

Vincent Chan has been promoted to VP of Real Estate Finance at RBC.

Laetitia Pacaud has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Waterfront Toronto

Duygu Serim has been promoted to Information Technology Analyst at CMHC.

Nisreen Balh has joined H&M Group as Head of Expansion (Real Estate) for Canada.

Steve Vallevand is retiring as Senior Vice-President of Retirement Operations of Chartwell Retirement Residences.

Kevin Somra has been promoted to Director of Development & Planning at Crombie REIT.

Owen Rapp has joined Cushman & Wakefield as Research Analyst.

Sameer Remtulla has been promoted Chief Development Officer at Deveraux Group of Companies.

Nicholas Espinola has been promoted to Senior Property Manager at Signet Group.

Laura Holland has joined Concert Properties as Senior VP.

Tyler Yen has joined Dream Unlimited as VP of Investments.

Jesse Selles has joined KingSett Capital as Director of Multifamily Mortgages.

Noam Goldfarb has been promoted to Director of Finance, Asset Management at Graywood.

Angela Tang has joined Newmark as Director of Financial Planning of Analysis.

Ema Selman has been promoted to Senior People & Culture Manager at EllisDon.

Brian Winters has joined Le Meridien Pinnacle Toronto as the Opening Director of Sales and Marketing.

Brendan Shea has been promoted to Associate VP at Cushman & Wakefield in Toronto, and Steven Lam has joined as Associate VP in Vancouver.

Wilson Leung has joined Gensler as Technical Designer.

Brendan Keefe has joined Peakhill Opportunity REIT as Director of Asset Management.

Brandon Chan has been promoted to Junior Development Manager at Sightline Properties.

Jonas Varrik has been promoted to VP of Asset Management & Leasing (Salesperson) at GWL Realty Advisors.

Bruce Knapp has joined B+H Architects as Consulting Architect.

Malik Yacoubi, CEO and Co-Founder of nesto, has been named the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2026 Eastern.

David Pearson has joined Anthem Properties Group as President.

Francis Baillargeon has joined Fitzrovia as CFO.

Dory Al Kafrouni has been promoted to Director at Trisan Construction.

Reid Taylor has been promoted to Head of Institutional Brokerage, Capital Markets at Colliers.

Adrienne Legault has joined Metta Lifestyles as Community Relations Specialist.

Jesse Garofalo has joined Peak Construction Group as Sr. Estimator.

Kat Rigter has joined BGO as Leasing Manager.

Gary E. Lee has joined Graywood as Head of Build-to-Rent.

Elena Camborda has joined MapYourProperty as Affordable Housing Development Coordinator.

Neil Martin is now Vice President, Retail and Asset Management at Astria Properties.

David Wittenberg has been promoted to VP of Development at Tricon.

Brian Choi has joined Timbercreek as Director of CMHC Origination.

Yusuf M. has joined First Gulf Corporation as Development Coordinator.

Mario DeSantis has been promoted to Construction Manager, Planning, Scheduling, and Logistics at EllisDon.

Joanna Patton has joined Arup as Senior Urban Planner.

Connar Walik has been promoted to Principal at Superkül.

Alexis Wernitz has joined Polygon Homes as Sales Coordinator.

Leigh Licursi has been promoted to Director of Real Estate Finance at BMO.

Chuka Azinge has joined Manulife as Senior Director of Project Management Office - Corporate Real Estate.

Jennifer Keesmaat has been appointed Co-Chair of the National Housing Council.

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Moving Day: October 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 October 2026.

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