Vancouver Real Estate Forum 2021 | Informa Connect | 14 April 2021 | Virtual event

Why Has Vancouver Ranked Once Again as the Top Market to Watch in Canada? Join Us to Learn the Answers
Why is Vancouver continuing to perform as a very dynamic market during these very challenging times? Is this market immune to the effects of COVID-19? Notwithstanding the once-in-a-lifetime public health crisis, Vancouver continues to be an attractive place to live and conduct business. This has helped cement its status as a safe haven for investment – even with today’s uncertainty. You will learn more details about these factors throughout the Forum.

The Forum has evolved since its inception in 1994 to become the largest annual conference on investment, development, leasing and financing in the GVRD and Lower Mainland.

How will Vancouver perform over the next twelve months? What are the challenges and what are the opportunities in this market during the pandemic and potentially in the future?

Join a wide range of executives from across the country to learn why and how this market continues to exceed many expectations.

The Forum has developed this reputation by offering high-quality speakers and an insightful program focusing on key issues, challenges and opportunities in office, industrial, multi-residential and retail in the Vancouver and the Lower Mainland markets. The topics have been of particular interest to real estate owners, investors, developers, lenders, brokers and other intermediaries.

We hope you will take advantage of this once a year event and look forward to welcoming you over the two days.

2021 Speakers

CO-CHAIRS:

Carolyn Egan
AVP, Retail Leasing, Western Canada, Choice Properties REIT

Jon Stovell
President, Reliance Properties

SPEAKERS:

Guy Akester
Vice President, Real Estate, Montrose Properties

Brent Alston
Director, Alston Properties

Blake Asselstine
Vice President, Asset Management, Beedie

Loren Bergmann
Managing Director, Workplace Strategies, CBRE Limited

Kathy Black
Vice President, Development, Fiera Real Estate

Rob Blackwell
Executive Vice President, Development, Anthem Properties Group Ltd.

Eric Bond
Senior Specialist, Market Analysis, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Jeff Boyd
Senior Vice President, Real Estate, Dollarama L.P

Carey Buntain
Vice President, Multi-Family & Investment Sales, Avison Young

Eric Carlson
Core-Founder & CEO, Anthem Properties

Byron Chard
President & CEO, Chard Developments Ltd.

Kasey Chauhan
Vice President, Origination Commerical Financial Group, Equitable Bank

Patrick Cotter
Partner, ZGF Architects

Brad Cutsey
President, InterRent REIT

Greg D'Avignon
President & CEO, Business Council of British Columbia

Chris Doulos
Senior Vice President, Real Estate Design and Construction, Cineplex

Robert Duteau
Senior Vice President, Investment, Grosvenor Americas

Nick Gaganiaras
Executive Managing Director, Supply Chain Consulting, Colliers International

Jim Hartshorne
President, Keycorp Canada

Eric Horie
Senior Vice President, Head of Mortgage Origniation, Vancouver, Trez Capital

Michael Hungerford
Partner, Hungerford Properties

Shenoor Jadavji
President & CEO, Lotus Capital Corp.

Karen Janes
Senior Vice President, Real Estate Development & New Business Development, Aritzia

Carter Kerzner
Vice President, CBRE Limited

Tom Knoepfel
Senior Vice President, Retail, Cadillac Fairview

Kleo Landucci
Chief Commercial & Corporate Affairs Officer, Ashcroft Terminal, Member of the PSA Group

Martin Liddell
Chief Financial Officer, Starlight Investments

Jon Love
Chief Executive Officer, KingSett Capital

Mike Mackay
President, Strand Development

Emeka Mayes
Vice President, Investments, First Capital REIT

Ted Mildon
Director, Office Leasing, Oxford Properties Group

Amanda Neal
Executive Vice President, Partner, Devencore Realty Victoria Ltd.

Steve O'Connell
Chief Executive, Grosvenor Americas

Jaclyn O'Neill
Vice President, Asset Management, BentallGreenOak

Walter Pela
GVA Regional Managing Partner, KPMG

Megan Pfrimmer
Vice President, Investments, Slate Asset Management LP

Alistair Pickering
Vice President, Industrial, Oxford Properties Group

Eric Plesman
Senior Vice President, Investments, Oxford Properties Group

Andrew Ramlo
Demographer, Urban Planner & Executive Director, Urban Futures & Vice President, Consulting, rennie

Gavin Reynolds
Executive Vice President, JLL

Marc Ricou
Senior Vice President, Development, QuadReal Property Group

Max Rosenfeld
Vice President, Acquisitions & Asset Management, Crestpoint Real Estate Investments Ltd.

Jarvis Rouillard
Vice President, Acquisitions & Leasing, PCI Developments

Brent Sawchyn
Principal, PC Urban Properties Corp.

Tim Sommer
Senior Vice President, Investment Sales, Cushman & Wakefield

Benjamin Tal
Managing Director & Deputy Chief Economist, CIBC

Pedro Tavares
Senior Director & General Manager, RVA, Altus Group

Jay Taylor
Chief Operating Officer, Mountain Equipment Company

Norm Taylor
Vice President & Managing Director, Real Estate Finance, CMLS Financial

Andrew Tong
Senior Vice President, Investments, Concert Properties

Jim Ward
Managing Director, Canadian Mortgage Investments, QuadReal Property Group

Wendy Waters
Vice President, Research Services & Strategy, GWL Realty Advisors Inc.

Chuck We
Senior Vice President, Western Canada, Hudson Pacific Properties

Jeremy Wedgbury
Senior Vice President, Commercial Mortgages, First National Financial LP

Ted Willcocks
President & CEO, Triovest

Chris Wood
Executive Vice President, Retail, JLL

2021 Sponsors and Partners

PLATINUM:
• Cushman & Wakefield
• FCT
• KMPG
• Ivanhoe Cambridge
• Otera

GOLD:
• Bentall GreenOak
• CBRE
• CMLS Capital
• Goodman
• Gowling WLG
• KingSett Capital
• QuadReal
• Triovest
• Yardi

PROPTECH:
• JLL

LIVE-HAPPENING NOW:
• Fanson Capital

NETWORKING IN THE ZOOM LOUNGE:
• Stewart

PPE FACIAL MASK:
• Trez Capital

HAND SANITIZER:
• MNP

PEN:
• WestPark

SWAG BAG:
• Avison Young
• Metrotower Office Complex
• Wyse

JOURNAL:
• Peterson
• Starlight Investments

YOUNG LEADERS:
• Chicago Title

PRESENTER BIOGRAPHIES:
• MCAP

POST NOTES:
• Koffman Kalef
• Marcus & Millichap

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
• Cadillac Fairview

CLOSING ROUNDTABLE:
• Crew Vancouver

PLENARY SESSION:
• Citifund
• First National Financial
• Fiera Real Estate
• Lawson Lundell
• First National Financial
• Fiera Real Estate
• Lawson Lundell
• Macdonald Commercial

SPEAKER VIDEO SERIES:
• Appraisal Institute of Canada
• Concert

VIRTUAL EVENT PLATFORM:
• CareVest Capital
• Equitable Bank

ONLINE DAILY ATTENDEE POLL:
• Impark

POST FORUM SURVEY:
• RealTech

REGISTRATION:
• Desjardins Business

CONCURRENT SESSION:
• Altus Group
• CoastCapital
• Colliers
• iA Financial Group
• Laurentian Bank
• Manulife Investment Management
• McCarthy Tetrault
• Morguard

SIGNATURE:
• Altus Group
• Remax Commercial
• Slate
• WPM

SUPPORTING ASSOCIATION:
• Crew Vancouver
• The Real Estate Institute of British Columbia
• RICS

MEDIA:
• RENX