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Canada  + Cross Border News + Ontario  + Finance  |  June 10, 2024
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By: Monte Stewart

CRE Industry Leaders to Converge at Canada Kick-off

Canadian commercial real estate industry leaders will converge at CIBC Square in Toronto on Tuesday for Connect’s Canada Kick-off Event.

The afternoon conference will be Connect’s first in Canada.

Panelists will include Peter Senst, president of CBRE’s Canadian capital markets national investment team; Rob Kumer, the new CEO of Kingsett Capital; Syl Apps, managing director and co-country head for Hines; Lindsay Brand, chief investment officer at Concert Properties; Mark Kenney, CEO of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT; Ray Wong, Altus Group’s vice-president of data solutions and client delivery; and, Marie-France Benoit, Avison Young’s director of Canadian market intelligence.

The experts will discuss where the Canadian commercial real estate market is headed through 2024 and beyond, examine ways to house Canada’s growing population and explain why U.S. and other international companies are coming to Canada.

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About Monte Stewart

Monte Stewart serves as Content Director - Canada for Connect Commercial Real Estate. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monte provides daily news coverage of major Canadian commercial real estate markets, including Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Calgary. He has written about the real estate sector for various media outlets and Avison Young since the early 2000s. In addition, he has covered sports, general news and business for several leading wire services and publications, including The Canadian Press, The Associated Press, The Calgary Herald, The Globe and Mail, Research Money, The Daily Oil Bulletin, Natural Gas World and The Toronto Star. Monte is active in his community as a youth basketball coach and raises funds for such charitable causes as Movember.
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