Marie-France Benoit

Marie-France Benoit serves as Avison Young’s national director of market intelligence, providing insights for thousands of clients and commercial real estate professionals.

Since joining Avison Young in 2022, she has been responsible for developing and implementing the company’s market intelligence strategy across Canada, as well as overseeing the rollout of advanced market analysis solutions powered by the company’s technology.

Benoit has more than two decades of experience in the commercial real estate industry, including 15 years with Altus Group, where she held various roles in business development, advisory, and product and data-platform management. She is well-known for delivering insightful market analytics and strategic solutions within the sector and is regarded as a specialist in communicating commercial real estate market information.

Benoit speaks frequently at conferences and serves the industry in many ways as a volunteer. She is a past-president of CREW Montreal and previously served on the boards of the Quebec chapter of the Urban Development Institute and a Quebec technology park.

She has also served on several industry committees.

Her diverse skills cover development, leases, acquisitions and dispositions, real estate economics and appraisals, among other aspects of commercial properties and the analysis of them.

Benoit holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University’s J-Molson School of Business and an Executive MBA in real estate studies from Université du Québec à Montréal.

These are just some of the reasons why she has received a Canadian Women in Real Estate Award.