Avison Young

Levine, Robert ···

Principal

Specialization  

All major commercial real estate transactions that require imagination, experience and value additions.

Education  

B.Sc and Msc. (Business Administration) specializing in Urban Land Economics from the University of British Columbia.

Professional Experience  

• 30 years experience in commercial real estate sales, leasing and advisory roles.
• Sales and leasing transactions with a value of about $6.0 billion. Sale transactions included office buildings, shopping centres, warehouses and land sales, and assembly for development purpose.
• 10 years with Avison Young — 7 of them as Managing Partner of the Vancouver office. One of the founding partners of the Avison Young Group.
• 15 years with Knowlton Realty — 5 years as Manager of the Vancouver Office.
• 5 years with Public Works Canada — 2 years as Manager of Federal Government lease procurement for B.C. and the Yukon.

Major Transactions  

Office Building sales examples:
1050 W. Pender (250,000 s.f.)
800 Burrard (220,000 s.f.)
111 Dunsmuir (220,000 s.f.)

Shopping Centre sales examples:
The Schroeder Portfolio (1,000,000 s.f.), Greater Vancouver & Prince George
Royal City Centre (350,000 s.f.), New Westminster
Pine Tree Village (200,000 s.f.), Coquitlam
Cottonwood Mall (215,000 s.f.) Chilliwack

Industrial sales examples:
Hopcott Centre (750,000 s.f.), Delta
The VW Warehouse (130,000 s.f.), Richmond
Brighouse Industrial Park (600,000 s.f.), Richmond

Land Assembly examples:
Hudson Bay Parkade and adjoining properties (120,000 s.f. of land), Vancouver
500 & 600 block of Granville (125,000 s.f. of land), Vancouver

Lease examples:
Amec Inc. (220,000 s.f.), Vancouver
Canada Post (110,000 s.f.) Vancouver
Dept. of Justice (90,000 s.f.) Vancouver
Kilborn Engineering (70,000 s.f.), Vancouver

Clients and Testimonials  

• Bentall Capital
• Grosvenor International
• Morguard
• GWL Realty
• Blackstone Partners
• Most major Canadian commercial real estate investors