Blair McCreadie AACI

This opened-ended pooled fund is well diversified by sector and region, and has yielded higher-than-average returns to its investors. The fund is on track to surpass the $1.5-billion mark for assets under management in 2018.

Blair’s 28 years-plus experience in real estate includes direct involvement in investment valuations, asset underwriting, financing, leasing, and asset management. Prior to joining Fiera Properties, he spent more than 15 years with one of the largest and longest-established, open-ended pooled real estate funds in Canada. There, he held a number of increasingly senior positions, which culminated in his appointment as head of Canadian real estate. Blair was instrumental in driving top-level performance, managing capital deployment and overseeing a period of rapid growth in 2011 and 2012, when the fund was the most active acquirer of real estate in Canada. Blair has also been responsible for raising capital for numerous real estate vehicles, domestically and internationally, creating and launching new products and maintaining client relationships.

Blair is a graduate of York University and holds an Accredited Appraiser Canadian Institute (AACI) designation.