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London, GB

London Area, United Kingdom

Advisor, design manager & client liaison on large-scale high-end residential condo and hotel projects in Miami, New York, and Croatia.

London Area, United Kingdom

• Business development for North American projects
• Management consulting to improve firm profitability and operations
• Development & expansion of unique retail concepts in London and New York
• Design, FF&E, operations, and business development of Foreign Exchange News, Sol's Deli, and Shreeji News
• Interior architecture & design management for high net-worth clients projects in London, New York and Europe

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Advisory and development management consulting on approvals, design, financing, and partnerships for large-scale urban projects, with a specific focus on high-end multifamily residential, affordable housing financing & partnerships, low & zero-carbon projects, and creative public-private partnerships.Clients include family investment offices, land trusts.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Engaged by Dream, one of Canada’s largest impact-driven real estate developers, in a management consulting capacity to launch and create all required infrastructure for a new affordable housing charity in advance of a.
• Created a strategic business plan for the Foundation, inclusive of vision, values, operating principles, partnerships, long-term budget, fundraising plan, and detailed program delivery guide
• Oversaw the launch of the Foundation’s first programs in 2021 and recruited the Foundation’s initial staff team to enable full-time programming to begin through 2022
• Today the Dream Community Foundation invests in programs and services that create a sense of belonging for tenants in mixed-income communities and enable vulnerable and low-income populations to thrive.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Directly managed a $4.5 billion, 5.5M ft2 development portfolio, focused on large, sustainable design-focused mixed-use projects with a mix of rentals, condominiums, office, retail, and district energy systems;
• Responsible for all stages of the development life cycle: acquisitions analysis, pro forma modelling, rezoning/entitlements (including staff-level and political negotiations), design team and consultant management.
• Project lead for Sen̓áḵw, an historic partnership with the Squamish Nation to develop 6,000 net zero carbon rental units on 10.5 acres of reserve land in downtown Vancouver - the largest First Nations economic.
• Negotiated complex federal approvals for Sen̓áḵw, partnership agreement with the Squamish Nation, complete servicing agreement with the City of Vancouver, and initial $600M federal construction financing package for.
• Development manager (concept design through to tendering) for Mirvish Village, the redevelopment of Toronto's Honest Ed’s site into a LEED Platinum, all-rental, mixed-income community featuring micro-retail, a.
• Developed and secured $220M in funding (from all 3 levels of government) for the Mirvish Village affordable housing program, an innovative partnership that delivered 300+ affordable units—one of the largest-ever.

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

• Collaborated with Dr. Richard Florida and the MPI Cities team on project design, stakeholder engagement, and policy research focusing on liveability and creativity as catalysts for economic development in cities
• Team lead on a formative new report on Toronto as a global city: synthesized data to assess & visualize the city’s urban growth patterns; performed quantitative and qualitative metropolitan industry analysis, including.

Paris Area, France

• Conducted extensive research into the shifting economics of urban renewable energy systems
• Analyzed the multi-billion dollar decline of European public utility companies
• Case study analysis of district energy financing mechanisms throughout Europe

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

• Managed the creation of an in-depth feature on urban post-secondary programs in Canadian universities, released in Fall 2013
• Conducted research, liaised with universities & professional associations, interviewed industry experts, and created a national professional survey

Toronto, Canada Area

• Wrote, edited & managed content on the changing face of Toronto’s urban realm
• Gained strong familiarity with Toronto’s planning regime & real estate development process

Toronto, Canada Area

• Created a complex cost-analysis report for a small café chain, allowing for thousands of dollars of annual savings in operating costs; created a marketing strategy based on residential research
• Created market feasibility strategies for targeted U.S. retail and foodservice brands

M.Sc. City Design

Honours Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.H.) With High Distinction/Summa Cum Laude, Political Science, Urban Studies, Environmental Studies

Activities and Societies: Opinions Editor of The Strand newspaper, Student Liaison for the Urban Studies Student Union (URSSU), Founding.

International Relations And Affairs, Urban Governance, Urban Sustainability

Full-year study abroad program

Ontario Secondary School Diploma