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Mark is married with a young family of four (4) children and resides in West Vancouver. His only career has been in Commercial Real Estate starting at a young age of 19 and his main attributes are a strong work ethic, desire to keep learning, competitiveness to improve and creativity to accomplish client’s objectives.
Mark started his career in Commercial Real Estate in Vancouver in 1981 with Royal Lepage. In 1994, Mark was one of the founding partners that helped establish Avison Young in Vancouver and help grow the company into a National Organization.
He has a strong background in Leasing as he established himself early on in is career as one of Vancouver’s premier office leasing brokers having represented many BC based company tenants as well as some of the top Landlord’s in the city.
Since 2001, Mark has moved his core focus to the Investment side have completed a large volume of transactions on a diverse range of real estate assets across western Canada representing both Buyers and Sellers. The Leasing background provides an important skill set to excel in the Investment side.
Born and raised in Vancouver, after graduating from Magee Secondary, Mark proceeded to complete the four (4) year Urban Land Economics Diploma at the University of British Columbia (REIBC).
In addition to the 7.0 million square feet of lease transactions brokered throughout Greater Vancouver and North America, Mark has established himself in the Investment field.
Since 2001, Mark has brokered transactions on Commercial Investment properties valued in excess of $1.0 Billion which covers a broad range of asset types including Office, Industrial, Shopping Centres, Storage Facilities, Parkades, Apartment Buildings and Land.
Mark has consistently been one of the top three (3) National producers for Avison Young since 2000.
Member of National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)
Member of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver
Current Director for the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation in North Vancouver.
Committee Chair for the Lions Gate Hospital Annual Golf Classic.
Coaches Minor Hockey at Hollyburn Country Club for past eight (8) years.
Significant past involvement coaching minor soccer and baseball.
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