Montreal, Quebec, Canada
+ Responsible for the delivery of creative placemaking mandates in Canada and the USA, including strategic advisory and production/implementation. + Projects include Strategic Placemaking & Programming Plans, Cultural Plans, Public Art Plans, and production of public artworks and other permanent or temporary installations. + Client sectors include real estate, municipalities, hospitality, and retail. + Project budgets range from $50K to $1M+ (CAD). + Coordination of municipal approvals and community and stakeholder engagement.
+ Host virtual cook-along workshops for private groups + Conceive, prepare and deliver seasonal "pop-up" menus for small groups + Menu development and consulting
+ Contributed to over 15 of the company’s urban development advisory mandates for North American private and public sector clients, including private real estate developers, municipal governments, healthcare and educational institutions, and community organizations + Worked closely with the firm’s partners on project scoping and management, research, and strategic analysis, including zoning and policy reviews, physical site evaluations, market gap and development positioning analyses relative to residential, office, retail, hospitality, and other uses + Advised, presented to, and/or collaborated with senior real estate, architecture, engineering, political and government clients and stakeholders + Managed a specialty leasing process for a major commercial real estate owner and developer, targeting best-in-class independent food operators—including restaurateurs, artisans, and producers—for a large-scale destination gourmet market hall in the Montréal area + Successfully negotiated deals with more than a dozen specialty retailers, representing approximately 20,000 square feet of retail space leased and $10 MM in total deal value + Performed financial and rent analyses to assist, evaluate and assess potential deals + Led three and contributed to many more of our team’s responses to Request for Proposals for projects in Canada, USA, and internationally