Commercial Real Estate Services
in the Greater Toronto Area

Peter Garrigan is the Executive Managing Director for the Greater Toronto Area Brokerage and National Industrial Brokerage Lead for Canada.

As Exectuive Managing Director, Peter is responsible for helping the growth of all practice groups including Industrial, Office, Investment, Retail and Debt across Downtown Toronto, Toronto West, Toronto North, Burlington, and Kitchener-Waterloo with their respective Managing Directors.

Peter began his real estate career at Colliers in 2004, growing his network as he took on progressive roles within the organization. As the Senior Managing Director, Industrial Practice Group, Toronto Region, Peter empowered, supported, mentored his 60+ advisors to help foster new opportunities with landlords and tenants while growing revenues +130%. He is a big advocate of the tools and integrated services at Colliers, looking at ways to bring the right people together to achieve success for clients and the business.

Peter is one of Colliers’ greatest ambassadors. He cultivates strong relationships with advisors and leaders in real estate across Canada. He has helped recruit over 150+ advisors through his leadership roles, mentored their careers, while growing the business.

On top of his 18 years of commercial real estate experience, Peter has held two-terms as President for the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) Central Canada Chapter and has developed strong ties to the real estate community both locally and nationally.

Peter focuses on maximizing value and minimizing risk by developing unique solutions to achieve clients’ real estate goals. His ability to create relationships with key tenants and landlords has produced many opportunities for his clients.

John Duda is the President of Real Estate Management Services, Canada. John began his career as Director of National Property Services at CIBC, joining Colliers in 2010. Appointed as head of Real Estate Management Services in 2017, John has driven significant growth both organically and strategically through the development of new service lines and markets. In his role as president, John a oversees 14 offices across Canada, working closely with local teams to create value-driven strategies in support of clients’ goals. 

As an Executive Director at Colliers International I am fortunate to lead a passionate team that assists  real estate owners and their tenants to take a proactive approach in reviewing and reducing  their property assessments and taxation. Our growing team of professionals strives to serve our clients above and beyond their expectations.

I am a legal and business professional with over 20 years of experience developing and leading corporate strategies to grow value; expand corporate presence; and protect corporate interests. I have provided legal support and business guidance and direction to property tax practice groups in Canada and the United States. Throughout my career I have successfully leveraged innovative approaches and established strategic relationships to deliver professional services, build market share and increase revenue. 

Applying the knowledge and skills I have acquired providing counsel to an administrative tribunal, serving as an Acting Chair of a provincial property tax assessment appeal board, and representing taxpayers in proceedings before property tax assessment appeal tribunals across Canada my role has most recently included providing legal representation in high value property tax assessment appeals in Ontario. As a property assessment appeal advocate my goal is ensuring the most cost-effective management of my client’s property tax assessments and property tax liabilities so they can realize their corporate objectives. I am focused on this goal and on delivering value to clients but always in the context of a commitment to ethical standards and operating with integrity

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As Managing Director of the Valuations and Advisory Services Group in Ontario, Stephanie oversees a team of 38 professionals delivering appraisal and tax services to over 3600 clients throughout Canada. The team offers extensive expertise in a variety of real estate asset classes and can tailor their work to our specific clients needs.

Scott Addison has been working in commercial real estate for over 30 years. As Partner, Strategy & Consulting at Colliers Canada, Scott uses this expertise to build effective real estate strategies for large companies and property owners.  He previously served as the President of Brokerage Services at Colliers International, appointed in 2015. Through Scott's  tenure in this role, he  demonstrated a history of leading top performing teams enabling him to oversee 28 offices across Canada. Scott  has driven organic and strategic growth of the brokerage business by committing to providing value-enhancing and client-centric strategies and solutions.
 
As a leader that believes in the power of diversity and inclusion, Scott is an executive sponsor of the Colliers' North American Diversity Committee. He is  dedicated to building an office culture that is enterprising, collaborative and inclusive.He has  led the integration of Colliers’ national proprietary CRM platform and data solutions to deliver timely and relevant market intelligence to our clients. As an advocate for innovation, Scott has been a mentor to the Colliers Proptech Accelerator program and fostered innovation by empowering individuals to advance their professional development.
 
Scott  holds a Bachelor of Political Science and Economics from the University of Toronto. Scott currently serve as Director at the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), and previously chaired the industry association’s Broker of the Year nominating committee. He has  also  been an active member of REALPAC, the industry association committed to the vitality of the Canadian real estate industry.

Alam Pirani is Executive Managing Director of Colliers Hotels based in the Toronto office. He leads the team of professionals responsible for hotel investment advisory services in Canada and the Caribbean and is an Executive Member of the Colliers Global Hotel Team. Alam’s specialized experience is in sourcing equity and debt capital for hotel and leisure investments and providing strategic advisory services for hotel and leisure-related assets. Since joining Colliers in 1991, Alam has been directly involved in portfolio and single asset and debt transactions with a market capitalization of over $15.0 billion in Canada and over $3.0 billion in the Caribbean acting on behalf of REIT’s, public companies, institutional investors, opportunity/investment funds and private capital sources.

Prior to joining Colliers, Alam was with the hotel and leisure time industries consulting firm of Laventhol & Horwath, where he was involved in advising clients on development, valuation and strategic planning in the lodging industry. Alam has also worked in various operations capacities with hotel companies and with a private real estate investment/development company. Alam received his formal education in Hospitality & Tourism Management at Ryerson University.