Keynote Guest Speaker: Wendy Waters

Vice President, Research Services & Strategy, GWL Realty Advisors Inc

Wendy Waters is Vice President, Research Services & Strategy at GWL Realty Advisors (GWLRA), an institutional real estate manager and developer with over $17 Billion in assets under management in Canada and the US that includes office, industrial retail and multi-residential rental assets. Based in Vancouver, she leads the company's research function, which provides strategic analysis to support the performance of existing portfolios as well as to help pension fund and life insurance clients grow their real estate investments through development or acquisitions. Wendy has over 20 years of experience in real estate research, and has been with GWLRA since 2006. Wendy and her research team focus on the economic, demographic and social drivers of real estate performance as well as capital-flow, financial and market trends that shape returns. Their work also includes analyzing how urban and metropolitan spaces evolve long term, as well as monitoring shifting demand patterns. GWLRA’s Research can be found at www.gwlra.com/research and Wendy also regularly shares insights on panels and podcasts, and posts to twitter and LinkedIn. She is also on the management committee of the BC Chapter of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) as the Chair of Mission Advancement. Wendy has a Ph.D. in economic history from the University of Arizona, and lives in East Vancouver with her husband and two teenaged children.

 

PANEL SPEAKERS

 

 

Kevin Gardner - Principal, Canada ICI Capital Corporation

Kevin has been an integral member of the Canada ICI team since 2010 and leverages his deep commercial real estate relationships to position his clients with market leading debt and equity solutions that facilitates growth and future success. Kevin’s unique background as a Division I NCAA college athlete and his European hockey experience serves as a platform for the goal-orientated, determined and forward-thinking solutions he provides industry-leading developers and landlords every day.

Kevin and his team have completed over $1 Billion in CMHC MLI Select Financing in 2023 and commercial real estate brokerages, advocacy groups, REITs, Borrowers and Lenders are regularly requesting their market leading insight.

 

 

Rohit Gupta - President, Rohit Group of Companies

Rohit Gupta is President of Rohit Group of Companies. He has facilitated Rohit Group's transformation from an Edmonton based home builder to a national multi-asset real estate organization that includes residential, commercial, healthcare and land development, as well as real estate financing and technology. He has created a portfolio of suburban, urban, mixed-use, and healthcare centric developments that enhance community through architecture and placemaking while being affordable.

Ryan Ho - Associate Director, Altus Group

Based in Edmonton for over 25 years, Ryan continues to be actively involved in the appraisal of various types of investment real estate including multi-family, retail, industrial, developments and land. As a qualified commercial real estate appraiser, Ryan has completed numerous valuations, due diligence, and complex consulting assignments across Western Canada with a particular focus on multi- family developments, land and most recently seniors housing.

 

 

Bronwyn Scrivens - Associate Broker, Industrial Team - Omada Commercial

Bronwyn Scrivens specializes in acquisitions, dispositions, and leasing of industrial assets around the greater Edmonton region and province of Alberta. She focuses on integrated solutions for industrial owner/user businesses looking to improve operational efficiency through functional on and off market industrial facilities.