Although several notable real estate companies in Metro Vancouver have had to make the difficult decision to let staff go in recent months, citing the extensive and ongoing downturn of the market, many others are still carrying on and July had no shortage of hires and promotions.
Big developers such as Anthem Properties and Century Group each made several hires or promotions, as did companies like Creative Energy and Warrington PCI.
Here are all the people who changed jobs or received promotions last month.
Development
- Neil Martin has joined Astria Properties as Head of Retail Investments.
- Ian Duke has joined Aquilini Group as EVP, after 14 years at Westbank.
- Barrett Sprowson has been promoted to SVP of Residential at Peterson.
- Jaclyn Murphy has been promoted to VP of Asset Management at Low Tide Properties.
- Joanne Shao has been promoted to VP of Real Estate Development at Century Group.
- Vanessa Isler has been promoted to VP of Real Estate Engagement, Marketing, & Sales at Century Group.
- Stefan Melnyk has been promoted to VP of BlueCity Construction, a Century Group subsidiary.
- Chase Melnychyn has joined Anthem Properties as VP of Real Estate Finance.
- Dané Va has been promoted to Director of Sales at Anthem Properties.
- Samantha Mills has been promoted to Senior Manager of Sales at Anthem Properties.
- Amin Sameni has joined Bosa Properties as Manager of Operations & Enablement.
- Miguel Peralta has been promoted to Brand Manager & Marketing Coordinator at Tera Development.
- Peter Campion has joined Beedie as a Senior Property Manager, after 14 years at Westbank.
- Aaron Grover has been promoted to Senior Analyst of Acquisitions at Porte Communities.
- Robyn Alexander has joined Third Space Properties as a Development Coordinator.
Government and Planning
- Christine Boyle has been appointed Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs.
- Ravi Kahlon has been appointed Minister of Jobs and Economic Growth.
- William Liang has been appointed to the City of Vancouver’s City Planning Commission.
- Lindsey Grist has been promoted to Director of Legislative Services at the City of Coquitlam.
- Pierce Mimura has joined the Capital Regional District as Manager of Asset Management.
- Paulina Heras has been promoted to Development Manager at BC Housing.
- Adam Rossi has been promoted to Senior Planner at the City of Surrey.
- Ruibin Li has joined the City of West Kelowna as a Senior Planner.
- Angele Clarke has joined the City of West Kelowna as Long Range Planning Manager.
Brokerages
- Armaan Sohi has been promoted to Associate Director of Investments at Marcus & Millichap.
Finance
- Sam Jamal has been named Regional VP of Commercial Banking for CIBC in British Columbia and Yukon.
- Brodie Wilson has joined Lotus Capital as Manager, Investments.
Other
- Mike Crawley has been named Executive Chair of the Board at Creative Energy.
- Kieran McConnell has been promoted to President & COO at Creative Energy.
- Krystal Kaju has joined Warrington PCI as Director of Residential Leasing, after over six years at Bosa Properties.
- Slavica Kosmajac has joined Warrington PCI as Director of Property Management.
- Sameena Tisdall has joined the Fairmont Pacific Rim as Director of Business Development, after over three years at the Shangri-La Vancouver.
- Kaden Kim has been promoted to Design Manager at Kalesnikoff.
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