- Local Business Development -Develop and implement a corporate company visitation program to obtain economic and business data to identify opportunities and challenges. Advise businesses on strategy in response to opportunities/challenges by providing support, information and resources.- Business Attraction -Implement effective business attraction initiatives including generating, contacting and pursuing business leads. Contacting and meeting with business owners/senior… Show more - Local Business Development -Develop and implement a corporate company visitation program to obtain economic and business data to identify opportunities and challenges. Advise businesses on strategy in response to opportunities/challenges by providing support, information and resources.- Business Attraction -Implement effective business attraction initiatives including generating, contacting and pursuing business leads. Contacting and meeting with business owners/senior executives/developers to present and promote the City of Barrie as an investment destination and for businesses to locate and/or expand.- Industrial/Commercial Real Estate Inventory Management -Manage City-owned industrial land inventory. Prepare Purchase and negotiate Agreements for available City-owned industrial lands, analyze market conditions for determining property valuations. Show less

- Responsible for expanding business opportunities through the development of new management contracts, and real estate asset growth in major urban markets across Ontario. - Analysing appropriate development sites, negotiating and purchasing land, developing business relationships with investors for the purpose of creating and managing upscale retirement communities.