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Real Estate Forum
December 3-4, 2025
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, SouthChairs’ Reception – December 2 – Fairmont Royal York

Steven Paynter
Principal, Building Transformation & Adaptive Reuse Leader at Gensler
Speaker

Profile

Steven Paynter is the Global Leader of Building Transformation and Adaptive Reuse at Gensler. Steven led Gensler’s original research team, which developed a conversion algorithm for the rapid assessment of existing office building stock and ESG assessment. Widely regarded as an industry leader, Steven focuses on unlocking the value of Class B & C buildings by converting them to residential, shaping the future of cities, the design of post-pandemic office buildings and led high-rise mass timber projects with Google and Sidewalk Labs for five years. Steven also recently featured on Forbes’ 2023 The Future of Work list, which highlights the top 50 leaders rethinking the world of work.

Agenda Sessions

  • D1 – Case study - The conversion story: Repositioning and transformation of vacant office space to residential from those that have done it successfully

    11:30am