Grace Poon

  • Grace has a combined 20 years of corporate experience in commercial real estate, underwriting commercial surety bonds and vetting claims, and assisting in forensic psychiatric assessments. As a “people” person, Grace is passionate about and sees the value in the engagement of people and developing innovative strategies to enhance productivity. Dealing with large brokerage and investor clients regularly, she has learned the art of building positive rapport and creating lasting relationships. This has been achieved by the belief of keeping a step above, a step ahead, and delivering timely results.

    Prior to joining PMA Brethour, Grace spent 4 years at The CoStar Group, a commercial real estate research analytics company. Grace brings real estate knowledge and insights on retail, industrial, office, mixed-use, multi-family, and land asset types. Working with a multitude of clients including brokers, developers, lenders, appraisers, and major investors, she was able to work with clients on many projects from varying angles. Some of these clients include but not limited to: SmartCentres, MPAC, Pinnacle International, Manulife, Colonnade BridgePort, JLL, Avison Young, the City of Ottawa and the City of Brampton. Managing projects and project teams from the onset of strategic planning, to development and testing, through to final product launch, she has assisted clients achieve their end goal objectives.

    Grace attended the University of Toronto, wherein she received her B.A. Further to that, Grace holds several professional designations including her Certificate in Human Resources Management (Ryerson University), Certificate in Canadian Risk Management (University of Toronto), and her Associateship in Canadian Surety Bonding (University of Toronto).