Management Team
Alex Avery
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Avery brings more than 20 years of real estate and capital markets experience. He served on the board of trustees of H&R REIT from 2017 through 2021, and as Executive Vice President, Asset Management & Strategic Initiatives from 2020 through the spin-off of Primaris REIT in 2021. His previous roles include portfolio management of real estate securities with FrontFour Capital and 12+ years as a sell-side equity analyst at CIBC Capital Markets.
416-642-7837
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Patrick Sullivan
President & Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Sullivan has 30+ years of experience in the real estate industry, spanning brokerage, leasing, operations, asset management and leadership, including 25 years focused on enclosed shopping centres. He joined Oxford Properties in 2003 with a focus on properties managed on behalf of Primaris and has been Chief Operating Officer at H&R REIT’s subsidiary Primaris since 2013.
403-990-0680
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Rags Davloor
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Davloor brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to Primaris REIT spanning executive and board leadership roles in finance, operations and development. With extensive experience in mergers, acquisitions and strategic planning over his 35+ year career, Mr. Davloor has cultivated broad and deep relationships in Canadian capital markets, and enhanced investor confidence in Primaris REIT.
416-645-3716
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Mordecai Bobrowsky
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Mr. Bobrowsky brings decades of experience in the real estate industry to managing all legal affairs at Primaris, encompassing everything from leasing and operations to acquisitions and development. Prior to joining Primaris in 2013, Mr. Bobrowsky was a senior associate at Minden Gross LLP, a leading Bay Street law firm specializing in commercial leasing and held senior legal positions at First Capital Realty and RioCan.
416-642-7851
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Leslie Buist
Senior Vice President, Finance
Ms. Buist earned her Master of Accounting degree from the University of Waterloo and is a Chartered Professional Accountant. She worked with Primaris from 2010 to 2013 as the Assistant Vice-President, Finance and Vice-President, Finance. She furthered her career by holding senior finance and accounting positions elsewhere, before returning to Primaris REIT in January 2022.
647-206-7905
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Graham Procter
Senior Vice President, Asset Management
Mr. Procter brings an accounting background and 20+ years of experience in the real estate industry to overseeing asset management, operations, property accounting and lease administration at Primaris. Prior to joining Primaris in 2017, Mr. Procter worked at Brookfield Property Partners where he rose to Vice President of Operations, and Cogir Real Estate before that, where he was Director of Finance from 2002–2010.
416-642-7822
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Leigh Murray
Head, National Leasing
With 25+ years of experience in the enclosed shopping centre industry, Ms. Murray currently leads national leasing, design and construction for Primaris REIT. She is the Broker of Record for all Ontario properties, and she runs leasing for Devonshire Mall in Windsor and Dufferin Mall in Toronto. Prior to that, she had positions in leasing with Boston Pizza and Northwest Atlantic (currently JLL).
416-642-7803
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Lauren Robbers
Vice President, Leasing
With 15+ years of leasing experience in the shopping centre industry, Mrs. Robbers is responsible for overseeing leasing activity for properties located in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Previously, Mrs. Robbers was Director, Retail Leasing at JLL for Eastern Canada, and prior to that had progressive roles at Ivanhoe Cambridge and Cadillac Fairview. She also holds an Ontario Real Estate Licence and a Leasing accreditation from ICSC.
416-642-2382
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Craig McLellan
Vice President, Leasing
Mr. McLellan joined Primaris in 2012 and rose quickly through the ranks of the company, beginning as a Leasing Coordinator. From there, he evolved to become a Leasing Representative, a Retail Leasing Manager of New Brunswick and British Columbia. Today, as the Vice President of Leasing for the entire firm, his role involves overseeing leasing activity for all properties located in British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba.
647-258-3675
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Stephen Roy
Vice President, Development & Construction
Mr. Roy has been part of the Canadian real estate industry for decades, with experience as the Director of Asset Management at Toronto Dominion Investment Real Estate, Vice President of Development at Oxford Properties, and Senior Vice President, Development, Head of Development at Freed and Construction at Sienna Senior Living. He has led over 40 development projects totalling over 1 billion dollars.
647-577-3644
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Joseph Martino
Vice President, Information Technology
Mr. Martino drives Primaris’ overall IT strategy with 20+ years of experience in Information Technology, Digital Transformation and Technology Operations. He was previously consulting on ERP and major digital transformation projects and, prior to that, was Global VP of Information Technology at a market leader in connected vehicle and sensor technology.
416-645-3712
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Claire Mahaney
Vice President, Investor Relations & ESG
Ms. Mahaney has close to two decades of real estate capital markets experience, including establishing Real Asset Strategies Inc. She has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration — Finance and Marketing — from Coastal Carolina University and a Masters in Financial Management from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya. She is a CFA charter holder and an FSA Credential Holder from the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board. Ms. Mahaney previously led Investor Relations at Crombie REIT. Prior to that, she was part of the strategy and research team at Cadillac Fairview and a REIT analyst at Sentry Investments (now CI Financial), analyzing and recommending global real estate investments.
647-949-3093
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Kathleen Girardeau
Vice President, National Operations
Ms. Girardeau leads Primaris' property teams including operations, strategic planning, leasing, marketing, development and specialty leasing. She came to Primaris in 2010 after stops as a General Manager at both Oxford Property Group and Cadillac Fairview. After proving herself as a GM for Primaris, she rose to become Director of Portfolio Management before being named Vice President of National Operations.
403-984-1937
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