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The Rise of SW Ontario with Mitchell Blaine of JLL Jun 12, 2023

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Recorded at the Southwestern Ontario Real Estate Forum, we’re welcoming Mitchell Blaine on today’s episode. He is the Executive Vice President at JLL, and was born and raised in Kitchener. Blackberry’s emergence in the mid-2000s was a huge economic driver for this region, and Mitchell explains the positive effects still being experienced from it today....

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Portfolios Built for the 2020s with Michael Cooper of Dream Unlimited Jun 09, 2023

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Michael Cooper, President and Chief Responsible Officer of Dream Unlimited, sits down with us today at the Toronto Real Estate Forum. Dream has a presence in Canada, the US, and Europe, investing both publicly and privately. Michael talks about how Dream has influenced affordable housing in Canada, and why 2020 was an inflection point for...

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Investing in Ottawa with Hugh Gorman of Colonnade BridgePort Jun 05, 2023

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Coming at you from the Toronto Real Estate Forum we’ve got Hugh Gorman joining Aaron and Adam in this episode. He is the CEO of Colonnade BridgePort. Hugh started the company in 2009 after managing several real estate portfolios throughout Canada. Colonnade BridgePort is headquartered in Ottawa, so we’ll hear all about the real estate...

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Adapting Assets To A New World with Jon Love of Kingsett May 30, 2023

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Today we’re at the Toronto Real Estate Forum and joined by Jon Love for his second podcast appearance. He is the Founder and CEO of KingSett Capital, which is a private equity real estate investment firm. Jon provides his opinion on why it’s best for employees to go back to the office, along with his...

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Land in 2023 with Mike Czestochowski of CBRE May 25, 2023

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Mike Czestochowski joins us today for his second appearance on the podcast, recorded at the Toronto Real Estate Forum. He is the Vice Chairman at CBRE and has a particular expertise in land. We’ll hear about the state of the land market in South Ontario right now, including why deals have slowed down yet there...

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Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2023 with Frank Magliocco of PwC 2023 May 23, 2023

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At the Toronto Real Estate Forum, we’re welcoming Frank Magliocco back to the show. He is a partner in the Audit and Assurance Group of PwC Canada, and annually takes us through PwC’s Emerging Trends report. Today, of course, he’ll tell us all about what’s hot in 2023. There were three large trends in the...

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Re-Thinking Multifamily with Aly Damji of Forum Asset Management Apr 14, 2023

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Joining Aaron and Adam in the office is Aly Damji. He is Managing Partner, Real Estate at Forum Asset Management. He’s all about multifamily properties in Ontario, so that’ll be what the conversation revolves around today. Aly tells us about strategic decisions that Forum has made in the way it conducts business that allows them...

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GTA Condo & Rental in 2023 with Shaun Hildebrand of Urbanation Mar 09, 2023

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Today we are welcoming back Shaun Hildebrand, President of Urbanation, for his fourth appearance on the podcast. His last time on the show was in June 2020, which was a starkly different time for real estate compared with where we are now in early 2023. After getting an update on Urbanation’s expansion, Shaun explains what...

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Top 5 Highlights: Toronto Real Estate Forum 2022 with Peter Altobelli of Yardi Feb 21, 2023

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Peter Altobelli is back with us today to once again go through his top five key takeaways from the 2022 Toronto Real Estate Forum. Peter is the Vice President of Yardi Canada, which provides many different solutions to the real estate industry. Unsurprisingly, the most common talking point at the forum was the Canadian economy....

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Canadian vs US Real Estate with Dean Holmes of QuadReal Feb 14, 2023

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Dean Holmes joins us today at the Canadian Apartment Investment Conference. He is Senior Vice President, Residential Operations at QuadReal, and will be talking in-depth about apartments in this episode. We hear about the contrasts between the Canadian and US market from Dean, particularly regarding rent control and tenant turnover. He’ll also talk about the...

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