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In this discussion we sat down with one of Canadian real estate's most impactful contributors - George Przybylowski. As the founder of the Real Estate Forum and Vice President of Informa - George is the organizer of Canada's largest annual conferences and expositions focused on commercial real estate investment, leasing, financing and development; building design, construction and renovation; and real estate management and property operations. He is responsible for bringing to prominence many of today's most influential real estate minds through his events. 

In this interview George takes us through a storied career - from a rock n' roll tour with Lighthouse to a career in politics working to renew neighbourhoods and promote intensification. Illustrative of his impact, George was recently presented the NAIOP Community Service Award.

This discussion will be interesting for those who care about real estate history, events, politics, rock n' roll, and longevity in an industry where 30% attrition in a company is commonplace. 

To learn more about George - visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-przybylowski-b767a37/?originalSubdomain=ca

To learn more about Real Estate Forums - visit https://www.realestateforums.com/portal/en/home.html

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Sam Mizrahi is the visionary behind The One - the tallest residential project in Canada currently being constructed on the southwest corner of Yonge and Bloor in the heart of Toronto. 

Sam takes us through how he strategically assembled 14 properties, why the retail they are building is going to be the best retail in Canada, and how you execute on a project of this magnitude - the construction of which totals over $1,000,000,000.

Sam is the president of a number of corporations, including Mizrahi Developments, Mizrahi Design Build, Mizrahi Inc. and Mizrahi Enterprises Inc. In 2015, he was named the 45th most influential person in Toronto by Toronto Life. Before becoming a developer, Mizrahi founded Dove Cleaners in 1992. The company grew to have over 100 franchises in Greater Toronto.

Visit https://onebloorwest.com/ for more information on The One

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In this episode, we talk seniors housing with Canada's most successful seniors housing developer - Steve Suske.  

Steve Suske is President and CEO of Suske Capital Inc. A proven entrepreneur with over 40 years of professional experience in developing and managing businesses, Steve has overseen, led and advised over $5 billion in business transactions across a variety of sectors.   

Steve is the founder of Chartwell Retirement Residences (TSX: CSH.UN), as well as Regal Lifestyle Communities Inc. which was privatized by Revera Inc. and Welltower Inc. (formerly known as Health Care REIT, Inc.) on October 26, 2015. He also founded Spectrum Seniors Housing Development Corporation. Steve was instrumental in the creation of the Delmanor Corporation, the Tridel Group seniors housing arm. He also advised Sifton Properties Limited and Villabar Real Estate Inc. on their entries into seniors housing, as well as those of many other industry participants, who established such reputable chains as Regency Care, Viva Retirement Communities and Pacific Arbour Retirement Communities.   

He is currently Chair of Polski Solar S.A., MTCO Holdings Inc., Points West Living Limited Partnership, Canoe Bay Development Inc., Chancery Seniors Housing Investments Inc., MetroPoint Developments Inc., Help for Mom, High-Rise Senior Services, and 103 Street Developments. He is also a Director of theExecutionOffice Inc.   

Steve graduated from the MBA program at the Richard Ivey School of Business in 1977 and maintains close ties with the business school, acting as an Entrepreneur-In-Residence since 2009.  In 2017, Steve was honoured with the Ivey Distinguished Service Award, an award for alumni who have provided extraordinary service to the Ivey Business School over an extended period of time.   

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Wayne Berger is the CEO of IWG (parent company to Regus, Spaces, HQ, Signature, and No.18) for Canada and Latin America. He was generous enough to let us shoot this monster episode in a Spaces location in Toronto's Queen West neighbourhood. Wayne sits at the helm of IWG - the largest and most successful provider of coworking space globally.

In this episode we cover A LOT including: 

- Why large enterprises like Deloitte are partnering with coworking providers

- How office workers differ from country to country 

- How IWG plans to continue to keep up with the insane demand in the space

- What differentiates the providers as more entrants explore coworking (eg. Oxford Properties recently announced it will be experimenting with the model)

This is our longest episode by a large margin, and for good reason. If you care about office space, leasing, or emerging trends this is the episode for you. 

Read more about IWG and the changing nature of the industry here: https://www.iwgplc.com/WorkspaceRevolution/Index

Watch the full video on Youtube at: https://youtu.be/WKmtrIfyWwA

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On this week's CRE Rundown, Dayma and Sim discuss the recent announcement that Hines is planning to develop a 10 story mass timber office building for their development in east Toronto, Ottawa moves forward with Phase II of it's LRT expansion, Oxford's Hudson Yards project opens, and more.

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A little bit about Avtar - he joined Colliers in 1981, and still holds the all-time record for gross revenue by a broker. Throughout Colliers, Avtar has a status among legends (though he would never admit that) achieved from a rocket-like career trajectory culminating with him successfully leading the Colliers National Investment Team. 

Currently he is the principal (and founder) of Premise Properties - an active real estate investment firm headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. They focus on the long-term investment horizon and execute with a hands-on asset management approach. Since their inception, Premise Properties has completed transactions in Western Canada, Eastern Canada and the United States.

In addition to leading Premise Properties, Avtar currently holds four board positions with Aspen Properties, Morguard North American Residential REIT, Peterson and UBC Properties Trust.

You can read more about Avtar at http://premiseproperties.com/

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Welcome back to the CRE Rundown. This week Blackstone teamed up with local apartment giant - Starlight, to buy 8 apartment buildings across the GTA, Oxford & CPPIB sell Dynamic Funds Tower complex in Downtown Toronto, Gap announces it will be closing 230 (undisclosed how many in Canada), and the guys discuss the coming interest rate announcement.

Home Outfitters announced it's closing stores across Canada, JLL lost key members of its capital markets team, Netflix establishes a hub in Toronto, and Canopy - the worlds largest Cannabis company - suggests it may open a REIT.

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Hal Gould is the co-founder of New York Fries & Cultures Restaurants, the former President of Wendy's Canada, and the owner of Ivest - the largest student housing owner/operator in Canada. He's one of the nicest guys you could ever meet. His story is largely a tale of gritty entrepreneurship that has paid off. There is A LOT to take from this episode. 

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Hi everyone, here's something new. The CRE Rundown is a week in review highlighting all the important CRE events from last week! We're going film these episodes every Sunday and release them every Monday morning from now until forever (with the exception of this one as Family Day was Monday). In this episode we discuss the backlash against Sidewalk Labs in Toronto, RedFin entering Canada, a down housing market, and Payless joining the growing list of the retail deceased. Let us know what you think! Thanks for listening.