Canada
People & Companies News for Week Ending June 21, 2024
- Dena Knopp has been elected as president of the Appraisal Institute of Canada for the 2024-25 term. Knopp joined the AIC in 2003 and obtained her Canadian Residential Appraiser designation in 2007. She operates her own residential appraisal firm, Advantage Valuation in Calgary and the surrounding area. Her appraisal property coverage areas include vacant land, leasehold properties, and country residential acreages, with a focused specialization in relocation appraisals. Knopp has also testified as an expert witness before the City of Calgary Assessment Appeal Board and the Municipal Government Board.
- Canada’s REstack has expanded into the U.S. by combining with Point Advisers, headed by Scott Morey and Robert Lieberman. The merged company will operate under the REstack brand provide managed and project-based advisory services to the real estate investors, owners, operators and developers. Vancouver-based REstack offers a market-leading real estate investment platform and suite of services to private equity and institutional real estate managers. The firm’s financial, management, and technology support services are designed to enable rapid and efficient company growth. The Point team provides advisory services for real estate organizations’ front-to-back office strategies, processes and technology.
- Leyad has surpassed the 100-employee milestone. The Montreal-based development firm has expanded through several property acquisitions in recent months, including: A hotel and spa in Lac Brome, Que., three Winnipeg assets, a Montreal warehouse that will be converted into an artists’ hub and shopping centres in North Sydney, N.S. and Moncton. Leyad remains in hiring mode, seeking renovations and commercial property co-ordinators as well as accountants and a property concierge.
- Sutton Group has appointed James Innis as president and chief operating officer. He will lead Vancouver-based Sutton’s new growth, technology and capital market initiatives, said the company in a news release. Innis has experience in real estate, financial services and capital markets in Canada, the UK and Germany. He most recently served as managing director at R-LABS. He has also also led the investment, and served on the board of, Assembly, an off-site pre-fabricated mass timber housing company that has grown into a national leader.
- Ahmed Helmi has joined Realty One Flagship as the real estate brokerage firm’s new vice-president of sales in Toronto. He moved to Realty One from Royal LePage in Mississauga, Ont., where he served for about 14 years, most recently as managing broker and coach. A licensed realtor since 2001, he previously served as vice-president of sales and operations at Johnston & Daniel in Toronto. That was one of several executive positions which he held with the firm during a seven-and-a-half-year tenure.
- Restaurant Brands International has hired Patrick Siewert as its senior advisor in the Asia-Pacific region. Siewert works out of Hong Kong and will advise Toronto-based RBI on its Asia-Pacific business, including new master franchise partnerships and top talent recruitment. Siewert is a former Coca-Cola chief operating officer and Carlyle Group managing director, covering Asia for both firms. RBI is one of the world’s largest quick-service restaurant franchisors. The company has about 4,500 restaurants in Asia, including more than 2,300 in China.
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