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Ottawa Real Estate Forum
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Chairs' Reception - Monday, October 6Shaw Centre, Ottawa

Gordon Lawlor
President and Chief Executive Officer at PROREIT
Speaker

Profile

Gordon G. Lawlor is President and Chief Executive Officer of PROREIT and serves on its Board of Trustees. Mr. Lawlor co-founded PROREIT in 2013 with James W. Beckerleg and served as its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary until April 2023.

Prior to founding PROREIT, Mr. Lawlor was executive vice president, chief financial officer and secretary of CANMARC Real Estate Investment Trust, a publicly-traded REIT with a diversified national portfolio of commercial properties. From 2005 to 2010, he held senior management positions, including as executive for a large, private international real estate investment and management company. Mr. Lawlor also spent nearly a decade at Emera Inc., a publicly-traded utility company where he served in a number of senior management positions, including as director of finance.

Mr. Lawlor has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Saint Mary’s University (Halifax, Nova Scotia) and received his Chartered Accountant designation in 1994.

Agenda Sessions

  • Session B2 - New frontiers: Exploring emerging secondary market opportunities across National Capital Region

    1:05pm