Ari Soberano, MBA, Managing Director, Real Estate of Sharno Group Inc., heads the company’s real estate investment, development, and management initiatives and brings a diverse and unique depth of active real estate experience and expertise having worked across various real estate functions including acquisitions, development, investments, finance, leasing, property management, and commercial brokerage. Most recently, Ari Soberano was Manager, Acquisitions & Development at Rice Commercial Group Limited, a vertically integrated retail, industrial, and infrastructure property developer with a portfolio in excess of 600 acres, primarily in the Greater Toronto Area, including 5 million sqft of developed space and more than 6 million sqft in the pipeline. Rice Group is the preferred developer for Costco Wholesale and has built millions of square feet of industrial space for clients including Honda Canada Inc. and Hyundai Motor Company (Mobis Parts Canada Corp). Ari first joined Rice Group in 2014 with a focus on leasing and property management following his experience in commercial real estate brokerage at Devencore (formerly Newmark Knight Frank Devencore). After a temporary leave from Rice Group to complete his MBA in 2016-2017, Ari re-joined Rice Group with a focus on acquisitions and investments, supporting the strong growth of the firm’s property portfolio. Ari was also responsible for partnership relationships and leadership with the firm’s private investor clients and public fund & institutional partners, including TD Asset Management (formerly Greystone Managed Investments Inc.) and Choice Properties REIT (formerly Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust (CREIT) Management Ltd).Ari holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with Distinction from the Schulich School of Business where he specialized in Real Estate & Infrastructure. Prior to this, he completed a Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction at the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. Since 2013, Ari holds an active Ontario Real Estate License and is a registered Realtor® with the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB), Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA), and the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA).