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Lois Cormack is the President & Chief Executive Officer and is a member of the Board of Directors of Sienna Senior Living, one of Canada’s largest senior living companies. As a respected executive with experience in real estate, hospitality, health services, senior living and infrastructure, she has led the company through significant growth that has seen it more than double in size over the past five years to 12,000 team members that serve over 10,000 seniors.

Ms. Cormack’s commitment to a mission-driven culture has resulted in a number of prominent recognitions for the company. Sienna was named one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures by Waterstone Human Capital in 2017. Sienna’s executive and board diversity is featured annually in Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt’s Diversity Disclosure Practices.  For her achievements in business, Ms. Cormack was recognized in the Financial Post CEO-100 scorecard for 2019, which ranks S&P/TSX companies based on two- year return to investors.

Ms. Cormack currently serves on the Board of Trustees at Allied Properties REIT, previously served on the Board of Governors of Seneca College, and is actively involved in industry associations. She holds a Masters of Health Administration from the University of Toronto, and is a graduate of the Ivey Executive Program at the University of Western Ontario and the ICD-Rotman Directors Education Program.

On this episode we discuss affordable ownership with Chief Development Officer for Options for Homes, Daniel Ger.  Options develops high quality condos with their building partner Deltera (of the Tridel Group of Companies). They take what would normally be a developer's profit and offer it to purchasers as down payment support to make home ownership more accessible sooner. This mission driven organization is takling affordability head on. 

Learn more about their projects at https://www.optionsforhomes.ca/

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On episode #23 we sat down with Reetu Gupta, President and CEO of Easton's Group of Hotels, the largest private hotel developer in Canada. With 19 hotels, several under construction in addition to multiple condominium projects across Canada, Easton's Group is one of the most well recognized developers/operators in the Canadian hospitality sector.   Reetu Gupta is a complete powerhouse. Named to Canada's top 40 under 40, she discusses her experience growing up in a family business, how the hotel industry is doing, and where it's going in the next 5 years.   

To learn more about Reetu or her companies, visit eastonsgroup.com  

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Bob Corteau is the CEO of Altus Group, a publicly traded commercial real estate services company. Their platforms are used by virtually every major real estate player in North America. With revenues of approximately $500M, Altus Group has massive positive impact on the real estate industry on a daily basis through their Argus software, Realnet data, tax and appraisal consulting, and additional services.   Bob Corteau is responsible for the overall strategic direction of the company. Altus Group has approximately 2,300 employees around the world, with operations in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Bob was formerly the President of SAP for North America (SAP currently valued at $223Bn).  This discussion will be fascinating to those who care about real estate history and big data changing our market.

Learn more about Bob on Linkedin here

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Brett Miller has over 3 decades of experience in the commercial real estate industry. He began his career at Canderel. He eventually moved on to become the managing director of CBRE's Montreal operation. In 2012 he became the CEO of JLL, leading their company's growth across Canada. Recently he returned to Canderel as the CEO.   Canderel has been around for over 40 years operating across the Canadian landscape. With 400  real estate professionals, they have handled over $15 billion in acquisitions, development and management projects. Combined over the years, this translates to more than 60 million square feet of owned, managed and developed properties.  

Learn more about Canderel here: https://canderel.com/ 

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"A veteran of city planning has been tapped for the top job at city hall." - Toronto Star, March 28th, 2018.  

We were extremely lucky to be joined by Toronto's Chief City Planner on this episode. Toronto is a global city, and with that comes a number of challenges. We have housing affordability issues, heavy infrastructure demands, and a steady influx of newcomers. Gregg Lintern is the steady hand in charge of solving these problems. With over 35 years experience, Gregg is thoughtful in his approach.   In this episode we discuss laneway housing, Bill 108, Justin Trudeau's re-election, pre-zoning, and planning across the City of Toronto.   

To learn more about Gregg, please follow him on twitter here: Gregg Lintern

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Our guest today is Dennis Mitchell, CEO & CIO of Starlight Capital. Starlight Capital is a Canadian asset manager with a focus in global real estate and infrastructure businesses. Starlight Capital is a wholly owned subsidiary of Starlight Investments, allowing it to leverage the scale an operating expertise of the $11Bn organization.

Dennis Mitchell joined Starlight Capital in March 2018 as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer. Dennis has over 15 years of experience in the investment industry and has held executive positions with Sprott Asset Management, serving as Senior Vice-President and Senior Portfolio Manager, and Sentry Investments, serving as Executive Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer.

This video will be interesting for those of you interested in the public markets. This episode was filmed on October 4th, 2019.

Co-living is a vertical gaining serious momentum in across the globe. At it's core, it's a move toward smaller units combined with more living area over all / amenities for the tenants. Medici Living Group - the parent company to North America's Quarters - is the largest operator of co-living today, having recently raised $1.5Bn USD to go after the sector in North America and Europe.

We were extremely lucky to be joined by two of the smartest guys in the industry. Our guests today are Greg Gould & Don White. Greg is the head of Canada and Strategic Partnerships for North America at Medici. He is an executive leader in charge of growing Medici's North American brand - Quarters. Prior to teaming up with Medici, Greg was a leader at Goldman Sachs for over 15 years.

Don White is an Executive Vice President at Colliers International with over 25 years experience. Since 2000, he and his team have completed more than $3Bn in transactions. Don is also the President and Founder of Private Pension Partners - a leader in real estate development and asset management. 

Read more about Medici, Greg, Don, & P3 via the links below:

-https://www.medici-living.com/

-https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregmgould/

-https://www.linkedin.com/in/don-white-cfa-cpa-cga-017006178/

-https://privatepensionpartners.com/

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In episode 17, we sat down with Michael Emory - CEO and Founder of Allied Properties REIT (Allied). Allied was known initially for its leading role in the emergence of Class I workspace, a format created through the adaptive re-use of light industrial structures. This format typically features high ceilings, abundant natural light, exposed structural frames, interior brick and hardwood floors. From founding the company over 30 years ago, Michael has grown Allied to a portfolio of 160 distinctive properties, over 11 million square feet of space, and - at the time of writing - a market cap of roughly 6.024 billion. 

With uncompromising commitment toward a vision, Allied has been able to create some of Canada's most notable environments and communities. 

This episode will be especially interesting to you if you care about the following:

* Entrepreneurship;

* REITs;

* Building design;

* Coworking;

* History;

* New Developments (eg. The Well - located at Spadina Ave and Front St in Toronto); and much more.

For more information on Allied Properties REIT - check out their website here: https://www.alliedreit.com/ 

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In this conversation Dan Sheremeto joins Dayma and Garret to discuss the world of Commercial Real Estate Investment Banking. 

How does the real estate investment banking process differ from a traditional real estate transactions? How do you advise on the purchase of a retirement portfolio valued at $986M? Where should we look for major opportunities in the next 5 years? Dan answers all these questions and more over this insightful chat.

Dan began his career at Cannacord in 2005 and has had direct involvement in the inception and growth of our real estate investment banking franchise over the course of 12+ years. Dan leads the Canadian real estate investment banking group, with a practice focused primarily on raising equity and debt capital for public and private real estate companies, as well as real estate M&A advisory. During his career, Dan has been involved on over 100 corporate finance transactions on a lead-managed basis, raising aggregate gross proceeds of over C$5 billion for REITs and REOCs spanning all asset classes and stages of development, as well as 3 real estate M&A transactions representing aggregate enterprise value of approximately C$8 billion. Dan holds an Honours Business Administration degree from The Richard Ivey School of Business at Western University.

To learn more about Dan or his company - visit: https://www.canaccordgenuity.com/capital-markets/about-us/contacts/toronto/dan-sheremeto/ 

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