Like our ever-changing cities and towns, Ontario's real estate and development landscape (and the people who make it run) are also ever-changing. From new hires and retirements to promotions and partnerships, here are all the notable moves, updates, and appointments you should know about from the first month of 2025.
Development
- At QuadReal,Alex Volpe has been promoted to Director in Toronto, Cindy Wong to Director of Valuations, Chris Tiessen to Director of Industrial East, and Mark Macgregor joins the company as Director of Residential Operations.
- Jeremy Cheung has joined Crestpoint as an Investments Analyst.
- Christina Varriano has been promoted to Development Manager at RioCan.
- Ravelin Properties REIT (formerly Slate Office REIT) has welcomed seven people to its leadership team.
- Aleks Karamarkovic has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Graywood.
- At KingSett Capital, Will Biderman has been promoted to Associate Director of Mortgage Investments, Jenil Doshi to Associate Director of Mortgage Investments, and Jordan Forfar to Executive Director.
- At Slate Asset Management, Julia Morassutti has been promoted to Vice President, Steven Dejonckheere to Managing Director, and Allison Gilks to Vice President of Development.
- Giancarlo Spataro has been promoted to VP of Acquisitions & Business Development at Capital Developments.
- Grant Gonzales has joined SmartCentres REIT as Director of Corporate Affairs.
- Kuda Saburi has been promoted to Director of Development at Concert Properties in Toronto.
- Kanistan Emmanuvel has been promoted to Vice President of Asset Management & Investments at CT REIT.
- Jennifer Gellatly has joined Pizza Hut Canada as Development Manager.
- Talia Ocean, Clay Janzen, and Valentina Chu have been promoted to Senior Planners at Goldberg Group.
- Charles Arbez has been promoted to Senior Director of Development at Hullmark.
- At CentreCourt, Andrew Ferizovic has been promoted to Vice President of Acquisitions and Jake Mandel to Vice President, Business Lead.
- At Fitzrovia, Oscar Lisa has been promoted to Director of Investments, Bahar Joshan Poosh to Executive Vice President of Design, Michael Covello to Vice President of Accounting and Finance, and Raquel Lovsin to Manager of Corporate Operations.
- Allison Miller has been promoted to Senior Asset Manager at Choice Properties REIT.
- Jeremy Hurwitz has been promoted to Vice President of Retail at Tricon Residential.
- Ranbir Sangha has been promoted to Vice President of Innovation & Business Enablement at CAPREIT.
Brokerages
- At CBRE, Iris Munro has been promoted to Vice President, Head of Property Marketing, Spencer Mussett to Executive Vice President at CBRE Toronto, Amit Kumar to CBRE Canada’s Development Strategy & Consulting practice, and Evan Stewart and Emelie Rowe to Senior Sales Associates with CBRE’s Land Services.
- Trevor Jackson has been promoted to SVP at Lennard Commercial Realty, while Michael Zeldin has been promoted to VP.
- At JLL, Ryan McCarthy has been promoted to Senior Vice President at JLL Toronto and Ryan McDonnell has started a new position as Associate Vice President of JLL.
- At Colliers, Robert Frost has been named Senior Managing Director of Colliers' Toronto West office and Jonathan Olynick has become Senior Managing Director for Toronto Downtown.
- At Avison Young, Carson Lambert has started as Principal & Senior Vice President, Eamonn McConnell as Vice President of Multi-Residential, and Kelsey Gordon as in-house Corporate Counsel.
Finance
- Hamzah Khan has been promoted to Senior Relationship Manager for Real Estate Corporate Banking at CIBC.
Other
- Patrick Pichette has been named Interim-CEO of Realtor.ca.
- Stefani Konidis has become Chair-elect for the Niagara Association of REALTORS®.
- Sophie van Oosterom has been named Managing Director, Head of Real Estate at CPP Investments.
- Daniel Foch has joined Hyyve's Advisory Board.
- Elechia Barry-Sproule has become President at TRREB.
- Ted Wilson has been named President of the Ontario Association of Architects.
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