Ottawa Real Estate Forum 2021 | Informa Connect | 13 October 2021 | Virtual

The Forum will continue the tradition of providing valuable insights on the market trends, issues, strategies, and opportunities in Canada’s National Capital Region.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across the real estate property classes and the market overall will be integrated within the Forum.

Discussion will focus on what is facilitating growth in Canada’s sixth largest real estate market and how it is continuing to perform from a leasing, investment and development perspective through a turbulent eighteen months.

The program will focus on both Ottawa and Gatineau, offering a range of panel discussions and sessions on the transformational office market; the federal government’s real estate strategies; key municipal planning policies; the continuation of development activity; and the significant challenges facing retail; and how the industrial, apartment and condominium markets are performing.

Prospective post-pandemic trends will be examined beginning with the future of work environments. Will they be remote, hybrid or back to the office fulltime?

Discussion will also focus on what engines of the local economy are creating job growth and real estate demand in both the Ottawa and Gatineau markets.

The Forum will be targeted to meet the needs of real estate executives, brokers, developers, investors, asset managers, and other professionals active in the acquisition, leasing, financing, management, and marketing of office, industrial, retail, and multi-unit residential real estate.

2021 Speakers

Aik Aliferis
Senior Managing Director & Senior Director, Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap Brokerage

Elliot Altberg
Executive Vice President, Crestpoint Real Estate Investments

Robert Baron
Consultant, BCGi Baron Consulting Group

James Beach
Vice President, Real Estate, Broccolini

Pierre Bergevin
Senior Vice President, Head of National Advisory, CMLS Financial

Paul Black
Associate, Planning, Fotenn Planning + Design

Marlon Bray
Senior Director, Cost Consulting & Project Management, Altus Group

Daniel Byrne
President, Main and Main Developments Inc.

Brian Casagrande
Partner, Fotenn Planning + Design

Kasey Chauhan
Vice President & Managing Director, Commercial Originations, Equitable Bank

Vincent Chiara
CEO & Founder, Groupe Mach

David Coletto
Founding Partner & CEO, Abacus Data

Court Curry
Manager, Right of Way, Heritage and Urban Design, City of Ottawa

Glenn D'Silva
Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Manulife Investment Management

François Ducharme
Managing Director, Cognita Talent Inc.

Stéphan Déry
Assistant Deputy Minister, Real Property Services, Public Services and Procurement Canada

Sarah Esler
Senior Portfolio Manager, Mortgage Investments, AIMCo

Ian Fitzner-LeBlanc
Vice President - Distribution, Residential and Commercial Solutions, FCT

Hugh Gorman
Chief Executive Officer, Colonnade BridgePort

Alain Grandmaison
Executive Vice President, Construction Junic

Dan Gray
Vice President, Leasing, QuadReal Property Group

Michael Gregory
Deputy Chief Economist & Head of U.S. Economics, BMO Capital Markets

Shawn Hamilton
Vice President, Business Development, National Capital Region, Canderel Group

Shawn Hamilton
President, BOMA Ottawa

Alf Hendry
Chief Executive Officer, Homestead Land Holdings Limited

Ashley Hopkins
President & CEO, Paradigm Properties

Peter Hume
Chief Strategist and former City of Ottawa Councillor, HP Urban

Colin Johnston
President, Research Valuation and Advisory, Altus Group

François Juneau
Vice President, Investments & Administration, Multivesco

Oliver Kershaw
Principal, Landlord & Tenant Representation, Office Leasing, Avison Young

Gordon Lawlor
Executive Vice President & CFO, PROREIT

Candice Lerner-Fry
First Vice President, Leasing, Marcus & Millichap

Paul Macchione
Vice President, Investments, Fiera Real Estate

Neil Malhotra
Chief Financial Officer, Claridge Homes

Catherine Marchand
Director Planning & Economic Development, City of Gatineau

Curt Millar
Chief Financial Officer, InterRent REIT

Julie Neault
Senior Advisor, Timbercreek Capital

Mark O'Brien
Managing Director, Operations, PROREIT

Fraser Paddison
Director, Retail Leasing, Colonnade BridgePort

Michael Polowin
Partner, National Municipal Group Leader, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP

Kelly Rhodenizer
Director, Commercial & Multi-Family Development, The Regional Group

Sean Robertson-Tait
Director & General Manager, Ottawa, Altus Group

Samantha Schneider
Principal, Christopher Simmonds Architect

Ryan Semple
Director, Business Development, Avenue 31

John Sicard
President & CEO, Kinaxis

Nathan Smith
Executive Vice President, Managing Director, Capital Markets Group, Cushman & Wakefield Ottawa

Linda Sprung
Director of Leasing, KRP Properties

Michael Stones
Director, Property Management & Leasing, Crown Realty Partners

Michael Swan
Assistant Vice President, Office/Industrial, Leasing & Property Management, Morguard

Julie Taggart
President, Taggart Realty Management Inc.

Meredith Thatcher
Co-Founder, Agile Work Evolutions Inc.

Miguel Tremblay
Partner, Fotenn Planning + Design

Mike Tsourounis
Senior Managing Director & Co-Head of Private Real Estate Investments, Hazelview Investments

Martin Vandewouw
President, KRP Properties

Gordon Wadley
Chief Operating Officer, Dream Office REIT

Theresa Warnaar
Senior Vice President, Retail & Asset Resilience, KingSett Capital

Michael Waters
Chief Executive Officer, Minto Group

His Worship Jim Watson
Mayor, City of Ottawa

Jeff Westeinde
President, Zibi, Partner, THEIA Partners & Executive Chairman, Milestone Environmental

Warren Wilkinson
Managing Director, Colliers

Stephen Willis
General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development, City of Ottawa

Cliff Youdale
Chief Development Officer, Ottawa Community Housing

Sharda Young
Associate Vice President, Real Estate, Giant Tiger Stores Limited

Nico Zentil
Senior Vice President, National Investment Team, CBRE Limited

2021 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Cushman & Wakefield of Ottawa
• FCT
• KPMG
• Otera
• QuadReal

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Cadillac Fairview
• Fengate
• First National Financial
• Gowling WLG
• KingSett Capital
• Manulife Investment Management
• Marcus & Millichap
• Morguard

PRINCIPAL SPONSOR:
• BOMA Ottawa

ESG SPONSOR:
• Wyse Meter Solution Inc.

PPE FACE MASK SPONSOR:
• Trez Capital

LIVE - HAPPENING NOW SPONSOR:
• IWG PLC

YOUNG LEADERS SPONSOR:
• Chicago Title

LUNCHEON SPEAKER SPONSOR:
• Yardi

VIRTUAL EVENT PLATFORM SPONSORS:
• Equitable Bank
• GGFL, LLP
• Multivesco

CLOSING ROUNDTABLE SPONSOR:
• CMLS Capital

JOURNAL SPONSORS:
• Brentcom
• Canderel

PENS SPONSOR:
• Colliers

NETWORKING LOUNGE SPONSORS:
• Broccolini Real Estate Group
• Stewart Title

MINTS SPONSOR:
• Taggart Realty

SWAG BAG SPONSORS:
• Catalyst Kanata
• Mann Lawyers

HAND CLEANSER SPONSOR:
• Paradigm Properties Inc.

PRESENTER BIOGRAPHIES SPONSOR:
• Citi

POST NOTES SPONSORS:
• Kelly Santini LLP
• Laurentian Bank

PLENARY SESSIONS SPONSORS:
• CBRE
• Colonnade Bridgeport
• KRP
• Soloway Wright

CONCURRENT SESSIONS SPONSORS:
• Altus Group
• Arnon Corporation
• BLG
• Colliers International
• Dream REIT
• Fotenn
• Juteau Johnson Comba
• Regional Group
• Vancity Community Investment Bank

POST FORUM SURVEY SPONSOR:
• CanFirst

SIGNATURE SPONSOR:
• Cominar

MEDIA SPONSORS:
• Ottawa Business Journal
• RENX