Senior Associate, Development

• Dec 2022 - Present

Associate, Development

• Nov 2021 - Dec 2022

Tenblock is a third-generation developer and owner of multi-family housing and mixed-use properties in Toronto. Our company is entering a new growth phase, acquiring properties for development while also identifying intensification and redevelopment opportunities within our existing legacy portfolio. We are committed to developing projects that advance public goals and improve the public realm while delivering on corporate objectives.Key Responsibilities:Support senior management and Development Managers in establishing the project vision and communicate it effectively to project participants, stakeholders, and the public.Support the hiring and coordination of professional consultant teams to produce materials for internal review, development applications, and public meetings.Support preparation, submission, management, and achievement of planning approvals such as OPAs, ZBAs, S. 37 agreements, draft plans of subdivision, SPAs, minor variances, building permits, etc.Support the creation and tracking of project budgets and schedules, and support preparation and presentation of status reports to management and partners.Proactively monitor and provide actionable insight into municipal and provincial planning policy changes, City Council and Committee items, and industry trends.Contribute input for potential acquisitions including site planning and feasibility analysis, budget and schedule assumptions, risk analysis, market research, due diligence investigations including legal and environmental review, and related tasks.Build meaningful professional relationships with stakeholders including partners, municipal and agency staff, and neighbourhood stakeholders. Show less

Manager, Planning & Policy

• May 2019 - Nov 2021

REALPAC is Canada’s senior-most Commercial Real Estate organization comprised of 125 member companies. REALPAC advocates on their behalf at all levels of government, coast to coast. As Manager, Planning & Policy I have been able to gain significant perspective by liaising with executive members of the Commercial Real Estate industry and make influential submission to government across a wide range of policy issues. My accomplishments with REALPAC so far include: Leveraged pro forma analysis and scenario modelling to apply real world underwriting criteria to proposed Inclusionary Zoning bylaws in Toronto. This better engaged stakeholders, demonstrated lack of development feasibility, and improved recommendations to government. Led innovation-oriented research initiatives into Last Mile Delivery, the Future of Malls, and Logistics & Fulfillment land uses in Mixed Use development projects to provide guidance and thought leadership to industry stakeholders. Designed and managed monthly COVID-19 impact and risk mitigation surveys for residential, industrial, office, and retail asset classes. Results were analyzed and presented to 7 different monthly REALPAC committees and emailed to 3000 individual members. Coordinated REALPAC decisionmakers, members, and industry organizations to organize advocacy initiatives, formulate policy recommendations, and draft well-researched submissions to municipal, provincial, and federal governments on emerging policy issues. Show less

Policy Research Intern

• Apr 2018 - Aug 2018

This position introduced me to many of the key issues facing the Canadian commercial real estate sector. Some of these topics included housing affordability, land use planning regulation, innovative city building, real estate investment, sustainable development and taxation. In this role I assisted REALPAC’s public policy and government relations team in crafting policy submissions, white papers, research reports and other publications for consideration by senior members of government and policymakers. Over the course of my four months with REALPAC I wrote two large policy papers focusing on Rent Control and Inclusionary Zoning legislation in Ontario, prepared briefs on new rental housing policy directions in British Columbia, prepared articles regarding Calgary/Edmonton's potential to become a "Silicon Stampede" Tech City and monitored ongoing policy initiatives during both the 2018 Provincial and Municipal elections. Show less

Residential Architecture, Design, and Zoning

• Sep 2014 - Sep 2017

Starkey Group Architects Inc. is an architecture firm with new attitudes towards transitional architecture, which specializes in high-end residential design. Managed residential projects from planning and zoning analysis through to design development, seeking variances, and securing building permits. Prepared for, coordinated legal team, and attended Toronto’s Committee of Adjustment for Minor Variance applications, leading to two decisions in our client’s favour. Coordinated consultants in delivering design solutions to address problems identified by construction managers pertaining to site conditions, structural issues, and interior design conflicts. Collaborated with clients to establish designs and detailed plans for their properties in both new build and substantial renovation contexts. Performed planning analysis to establish highest and best use recommendations for client’s properties. Show less

Residential Construction

• May 2014 - Aug 2014

Experienced how architecture & planning goals are accomplished at the site level by collaborating with skilled trades to deliver quality work in a timely manner. Learned exceptionally high standards for construction quality and site safety and to ensure timely project delivery, expected quality, while maintaining due regard for health and safety best practices. Experienced how architecture & planning goals are accomplished at the site level by collaborating with skilled trades to deliver quality work in a timely manner. Learned exceptionally high standards for construction quality and site safety and to ensure timely project delivery, expected quality, while maintaining due regard for health and safety best practices.

Residential Construction

• May 2013 - Sep 2013