Tech Advisory Services

Daniel Holmes is the Executive Managing Director for the Greater Toronto Region, previously serving as the Senior Managing Director of the Office Practice Group. In these progressive leadership roles, he has led sales advisor teams, and overseen operations, recruitment, the Eastern Acceleration Advisor Development Program and strategic business development. Daniel’s track record of deeply understanding advisors and clients’ unique challenges and employing diverse strategies to solve them, combined with his experience building successful advisor teams, will be key in growing our client base and reinforcing Colliers’ preeminence in the GTA office sector.

Daniel began his real estate career with Colliers in 2002 as an office leasing broker and completed more than 500 transactions on behalf of national and international clients. Daniel consistently demonstrated a unique understanding of how to approach each client to exceed their unique needs through a use of diverse strategies. This experience has served as the foundation of his understanding of the industry, as well as the needs of his team, and their clients.

Matt specializes in advising tenants in leasing, acquiring and financing office properties in Metro Vancouver. He is known by his clients for his work ethic and his ability to develop strategy processes that accomplish their financial and non-financial objectives. In his role at Colliers he has completed nearly 200 real estate transactions accounting for approximately $500 million in value.

​Outside of Colliers, Matt volunteers with the United Way, is the Co-Chair of a non-profit technology organization and is an advisor/mentor to young entrepreneurs.

Yanis focuses his efforts in the North-East Toronto market as an Office Leasing Specialist, with a specialization in the technology sector.  Over the years Yanis’ strong work ethic and attention to detail has contributed to the successful execution of many complex real estate transactions. 

Since 2007 Yanis has completed over 500 lease transactions, including lease renewals and relocations. On behalf of his clients, Yanis has been involved in over 4,000,000 square feet of office leasing. This high level of transaction management gives Yanis a very strong understanding of the market place and a solid reputation in the commercial real estate industry.

From Fortune 500 Companies to owner operated businesses, Yanis provides insightful local market knowledge combined with a thorough understanding of his client’s business objectives to create well developed real estate strategies for his clients. Yanis’ thorough process ensures the mitigation of risk and creates a strong leveraged negotiation for his clients.

Ari Laniado is an advisor for Colliers International, where he serves on the leadership of the Tech Advisory Services team, in addition to serving as a licensed commercial agent for the Colliers Toronto office.

Ari has leveraged his previous experience in the tech sector to provide specialized advisory to  high-growth and venture capital backed companies. His clients have benefited from  his innovative approach and supplementary knowledge of flexible workspace, strategic leasing solutions, and data-driven property acquisition.

Following a succesful stint at Xerox, Scott joined Colliers in 2009 and has developed a strong knowledge base of the Greater Toronto Area office markets. Specializing in office leasing with a focus on tenant representation, Scott's forte is to assist clients in the renewal and relocation of their office space. Scott's personable approach and his attentive desire to deliver upon clients' hot buttons fosters an unparalleled agent-client relationship.​