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Avison Young Appoints Stephen Leopold as Chair of Quebec Operations
April, 2010
Stephen Leopold has been appointed as the Chair of Avison Young’s Quebec Operations, advising on strategy and growth, which includes tenant representation, investment sales, leasing, mortgage advisory and brokerage and strategic consulting. He will be based out of the company’s Montreal office and will also assist in establishing a property management and project management capability out of the province of Quebec.
A prominent Canadian and New York real estate executive, Leopold’s career spans four decades. He has served as an investigator on U.S. Senator Sam Ervin’s Watergate Committee and as an Executive Assistant to Brian Mulroney during Mulroney’s bid for leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party.
In 1976, Leopold became Vice President of Canada’s largest mortgage bank, Marcil Trust (now RBC Capital), and in 1977, he formed his own firm, Leopold Property Consultants, which is based in Montreal and became the largest company in North America to exclusively represent the corporate user of space. As a result, Leopold and his company represented some of North America’s leading companies and professional firms, thereby causing the development of 30 major office and industrial buildings in Canada and the U.S.
In the mid-1990s, Leopold began to pursue large-scale property development in Manhattan, where he conceived and created Skymarkets in the World Trade Centre. In 2002, Leopold assumed the chairmanship of William B. May International, a leading name in the New York real estate since 1866.
“As Avison Young pursues a vigorous program of market penetration in Quebec, Stephen’s experience and knowledge of real estate and his creativity will benefit us enormously,” says Bernard Poliquin, President and Managing Director of Avison Young, Quebec. “He brings an uncommon and legendary insight to our industry as well as remarkable energy and flair that have made his name synonymous with real estate innovation."
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