In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Michael Emory, President & CEO at Allied. We learn about Michael’s initial connection with the city of Toronto, first attending law school, and then entering the world of real estate. Michael shares his early experience with the adaptive reuse of existing structures, and how that informed Allied’s future business and transitioned them from inspired amateurs to real estate professionals leading the evolution of office space that focuses on the needs and aspirations of human users. All of this laid the foundation for Allied to consolidate distinctive urban office space, and take a more humanistic approach to provide workspace. Michael’s self-acknowledged enthusiasm for life and his business is infectious. He contends that people cannot continue to live and work in isolation from one another. Furthermore, if buildings are located in urban neighborhoods that are mixed-use and amenity-rich, they are more appealing to the people that use the buildings. The question to be answered is how tenant experience is delivered. Michael believes it will require a more meaningful level of engagement between the building operator and their tenants.

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