Wendy Waters

Vice President, Research Services & Strategy at GWL Realty Advisors

Speaker

Wendy Waters has over 20 years of experience in real estate research, 17 of them with GWL Realty Advisors. At GWLRA she leads Research Services & Strategy team, which provides strategic analysis to support and grow the portfolios of real estate under management including office, industrial, retail and multi-residential assets. The research team focuses on the economic, demographic and social drivers of real estate performance as well as capital flow and market trends that shape returns. A key responsibility is providing proprietary research and analysis to support the development of new rental buildings (GWLRA has over 6000 units in the medium-term development pipeline including several buildings in the Calgary area). Her team also contributes intelligence for the asset strategies behind 12,000 units of multi-residential under management across Canada. Wendy regularly publishes research at gwlra.com/research and shares insights on panels across Canada. She is active with the Urban Land Institute (ULI) as well as is a Board member with the Urban Development Institute of BC.