Ontario Real Estate And Development Industry Hires: March 2025

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 March.

Development

Calvin Younger and Jane Rafuse have joined the Board of Trustees at Ravelin Properties REIT (formerly Slate Office REIT).
Rory Perusits has been promoted to Senior Manager of Financial Analysis & Reporting Operations at Minto Group.
Adam Lambros has joined Beedie's team in Toronto as Director of Industrial Development, after over six years at Panattoni.
At Starlight Investments, Michael Hanak has been promoted to SVP of Leasing and Marketing, Bradley Cumming was promoted to SVP of Investments, and Sabrina Ma was promoted to VP of Finance.
At Dream, Preston Searle has been promoted to Director of Asset Manager, Alex Heath was promoted to Associate Director of Development, and Michael Hasko was promoted to AVP of Retail Property Management.
Alexandra Screpnechuk has been promoted to Director of Investments at Dream Industrial REIT.
John McKinlay has been named President and CEO of Centurion Asset Management, effective March 31.
At BGO, John Pulla has been promoted to Director of Property Finance and Connie Aiello has been promoted to VP of Commercial Mortgages.
Scott Antoniak has joined Crestpoint Real Estate Investments as EVP and Head of Investments.
Karen Ford has joined Precedent Land Company as President, Land, Canada.
At Osmington Gerofsky Development Corp, Jared Freedman has been promoted to Senior Director, Investments and Hamza Chatila was promoted to Development Associate.
Bryan Salazar has joined Portage Capital as Managing Partner, after 10 years at KingSett Capital.
Sean Atkinson has been promoted to SVP of Operations at MarshallZehr.
Mario Barrafato has retired as CFO of Choice Properties REIT, with Erin Johnston stepping into the role.

Brokerages

At Colliers, David Moretti has been promoted to SVP and David Moretti and Michael King have been promoted to EVP at Colliers in Toronto.
Sandy Upson has joined Avison Young as Director of Investment Valuation & Advisory Services in Ottawa.
Christopher Valela has joined CBRE Toronto Downtown as an AVP.

Finance

Pier Nasso has been promoted to Director & Head of Real Estate Private Equity at BMO Capital Markets.
Nathan Aumais has joined RBC as Associate Director of Real Estate Markets.
Andrew Arntfield has been promoted to VP of Real Estate Finance at CMLS Financial in Ottawa.

Construction

Zoë Knowles has joined EllisDon as VP of Government Relations.

Government

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has updated his cabinet, shifting Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Agribusiness Rob Flack to Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Former Housing Minister Paul Calandra is now Education Minister.

Other

Cathy Polan, Belleville-based realtor, has been appointed President of OREA and the association has announced a new board of directors.
At Hyyve, Matthew Campoli from The Agency brokerage joined the advisory board alongside Christopher Alexander who joined the board after three years as President of RE/MAX Canada.
Roni Levit has joined KSV Advisory as Manager of Restructuring.
Noah Peng has joined HOOPP as Senior Analyst of Real Estate Valuations.

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