People Who Perform - The Real Estate Careers Podcast

Richard Costello connects with Vera Liu Vera is Director of Investments with KingSett Capital, responsible for sourcing, structuring, and negotiating the acquisition and disposition of real estate opportunities across Western Canada.  Vera has over 10 years of real estate investment experience covering the full range of asset types from office, industrial, multi-family, hospitality, senior’s housi...

Richard Costello connects with Nic Paolella. Nic Paolella is the Vice President of Development at Marcon, responsible for leading all new development projects.  As part of the second generation of his family’s real estate development firm, Nic is helping build on the success of the company’s 35 years and 12,286 homes to date. Nic is passionate about urban planning and design and aims to create bet...

Richard Costello connects with David Wan. David is a residential sales and marketing leader with over three decades of experience and a broad portfolio of work in Vancouver, Toronto, Hong Kong and Singapore.  A graduate of the British Columbia Institute of Technology’s marketing management program, David went on to become an instructor at BCIT later on in his career in which he taught real estate...

James Ashley connects with Elena Boyack Elena’s working career has been focused on talent acquisition in the commercial real estate industry. She started her career working for a recruiting agency in Toronto that specialized in real estate hires. In 2010, Elena moved in-house with Great West Life as a Staffing Specialist. For the last eight years, she has grown her career at Triovest Realty Adviso...

Nicola connects with Marlene Farias.  Marlene has over 25 years of Commercial Real Estate experience and is currently SVP Property Management at Triovest Realty Advisors. She is a passionate and hard-working industry leader known for building teams of excellence and maximizing the value of real estate investments. In this episode, you will hear: Emigration to Canada from Ecuador and the ways she h...

Richard Costello connects with Peggy Howard.   Peggy Howard is a renowned shopping centre General Manager who has been the beating heart of Ivanhoe Cambridge’s portfolio in British Columbia for over twenty years. Peggy’s accolades include managing Guildford Town Centre mall during a $280 million redevelopment and expansion, which was the largest mall redevelopment in the company’s portfolio at the...

Richard Costello connects with Bradley Cumming. Bradley is VP Investments with Freed Developments in Toronto and oversees an investment group, which is responsible for the company’s real estate acquisitions, dispositions, deal structuring, and capital raising. Over the last twelve months his team has raised several hundred million of both debt and equity for new acquisitions and structured partner...

Nicola Denning-Millar connects with Theresa Warnaar.   Theresa is SVP, Retail and Asset Resilience at Kingsett Capital.  With over twenty years in the industry, Theresa's asset management experience includes retail and office investments in Canada, the US, Germany and Spain.  Theresa has held held progressive positions overseeing corporate environmental programs, project management as well as...

Richard Costello connects with Myles Millard.   Myles is a Director with Hines in Toronto and is responsible for a wide variety of functions including acquisitions/dispositions, asset management, and development.   Myles is the lead on the T3 Bayside development, which is comprised of two ten-storey mass timber office buildings in the Queens Quay area of Toronto. In this episode, we hear about Myl...

Nicola Denning-Millar connects with Ana Lopez Ana is Managing Director, Lease Documentation, Central & Western Canada at Allied Properties REIT. She is responsible for overseeing lease transactions and administration nationally. Prior to joining Allied Properties in 2010, Ana held positions at Colliers International and SNC-Lavalin. She is a graduate of Ryerson University and holds her CLO des...

Richard Costello connects with Andrew Tong. Andrew Tong is the Senior Vice President of Investments at Concert Properties and is responsible for leading the planning and performance of Concert’s real estate income portfolio across Canada.  Andrew is also Managing Director of Concert’s CREC Commercial Fund LP, which he played a key role in creating in 2016.  This open-ended fund includes over 70 of...

Nicola Denning-Millar connects with Laura Pinto.   Laura Pinto may have found her way into the CRE industry by chance and not choice initially but from day one she has not looked back.  Taking the advice of her mentors, Laura has involved herself with everything the industry has to offer and has experienced accelerated personal and professional growth as a result.   Laura is currently Manager of S...

Richard Costello connects with Murtaza Haider   Murtaza Haider is a professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University in Toronto, and an adjunct professor of engineering at McGill University.  Murtaza is also the Director of a consulting firm Regionomics Inc.    Murtaza specializes in applying analytics and statistical models to find solutions for socio-economic challenges.  Wit...

Richard Costello connects with Maud Chaudhary. Maud is a creative and humble executive with close to 20 years of institutional real estate experience across multiple geographies.  Previously one of QuadReal’s top investment leaders as Vice President, International Real Estate Americas, Maud has held senior leadership positions with Dream Office REIT, Oxford Properties Group and Abu Dhabi Investmen...

Richard Costello connects with Scott Kyle Scott Kyle is no stranger to commercial real estate having spent the past 20 years performing senior management roles for institutional property owners.  Guided by his passion for helping people, in 2020 Scott embarked on a new chapter by joining the team at HighView Partners.    In this episode Scott discusses the following:        How he got his start in...

Richard Costello connects with Denise Wong. Denise has over 15 years of commercial real estate experience focused on the office sector and currently oversees a portfolio of approximately 10 million square feet with Brookfield Properties.  Denise holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary and an MBA from Queen’s University. Denise is a truly dedicated professional who is pas...

Richard Costello connects with Nada Sutic. Raised in a resourceful household, Nada grew up caring about the world around her.  Environmental Studies was a natural fit for her Undergraduate studies and Nada entered the workforce with a passion for helping people, businesses and communities better manage waste and energy. BOMA provided her entry into the CRE industry where Nada ran environmental pro...

Richard Costello connects with Daniel Bronfman A rising star in the CRE industry, Daniel works for Canderel, leasing a portfolio of 12 office and retail properties across the GTA. Not shy of taking on responsibility, Daniel is also the designated broker of record for Canderel in Ontario.  Known for his excellence in customer service and ability to get deals done even during a global pandemic, Dani...

Nicola Denning-Millar connects with Susan Allen Susan has over 20 years’ progressive experience in the ‘Commercial Real Estate Industry’ in the operation and management of leading award-winning flagship assets including Toronto Eaton Centre, where she led a team of 160 people. In this capacity, she was responsible for the strategy, vision and day to day operations of the multi-billion dollar asset...

Richard Costello connects with Karen Sweet. Karen Sweet is currently Sr Manager Financial Services - Canadian Real Estate Practice Lead with Accenture. Karen has over 15 years of experience in consulting, asset management and finance and has worked for leading groups including Westfield and Oxford Properties.  Karen is an expert at delivering large-scale technology and innovation transformations w...

James Ashley connects with Luciano Cedrone. Luciano is a security professional with a unique blend of law enforcement, corporate and commercial real estate experience. He spent a decade with York Regional Police Service, before transitioning into commercial real estate, and climbing his way to Vice President of Security at Brookfield Properties. he helped manage the financial district security res...

Nicola Denning-Millar connects with Carrie Ashfield Carrie had a serendipitous start to her real estate career after accepting a temporary assignment working for a development company.  Carrie would soon discover that her personality, head for numbers and work ethic allowed her to flourish in a world that she previously never knew existed.   In this episode Carrie discusses the following: The meri...

Nicola Denning-Millar connects with Farrah Khimji Farrah is the Founder of Futura Funds and works with both technology start-ups and corporate clients to develop strategies and best practices on how best to integrate technology and innovation into the commercial real estate industry. Farrah has over 15 years of finance, accounting and advisory experience and has worked for a large property owner,...

James Ashley connects with Dave Casimiro Dave is Senior Vice President of Canadian Operations at NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT. He has worked in the industry for nearly 20 years, 14 of which have been dedicated to healthcare real estate. He graduated with an MBA from York University in 2013. He is an active member of numerous real estate associations include NAIOP and BOMA, and  volunteers...

James Ashley connects with Jim Dimanis. Jim is Vice President of National Residential Operations at BentallGreenOak. His real estate career has taken him across Canada; from the hustle and bustle of Toronto to the scenic wonder of the Yukon. He has been "a student of the business" for more than twenty years, and is committed to bettering the lives of the people he serves.  In this episod...