+1 416 643 3414 Alam N. Pirani
EXECUTIVE MANAGING DIRECTOR Alam leads the team of professionals responsible for hotel investment advisory services in Canada and specific markets in Latin America/Caribbean. Alam’s specialized experience is in sourcing equity and debt capital for hotel and leisure investments, and providing strategic advisory and valuation 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 $5.0 billion, acting on behalf of REIT’s, public companies, institutional investors, opportunity/investment funds and private capital sources.
Alam’s experience includes:
- Recognized leader in the Canadian hotel real estate market with experience spanning a multitude of lodging property types and classes across the country.
- Current member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants, represented by some 200 of the industry's most respected professionals from across six continents.
- Hotel and leisure consultant with Laventhol & Horwath, where he advised clients on development, valuation and strategic planning in the lodging industry.
- Guest speaker and moderator at numerous industry conferences, market updates and other engagements, in addition to being widely quoted in the media.
- Various operations capacities with hotel companies and a private real estate investment/development company.
- Undergraduate degree from Ryerson University's Hospitality & Tourism Management.
+1 604 661 0846 Tom Andrews
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Tom has been with Colliers for over 25 years and during this period has held senior management positions including Vice President, International Offices. He has played a key role in the growth and development of Colliers International Hotels in Western Canada and is recognized as a leader in the Vancouver real estate community.
Tom’s experience includes:
- Specializing in the sale of full service resorts and hotels for the last 20 years and is actively involved in the hotel and resort real estate market in the Greater Vancouver Area and throughout Western Canada.
- He has developed strong relationships with investors in Asia Pacific, particularly Japan and Hong Kong, and his long-standing connections within Western Canada give him a unique level of contact with major investors.
- He continues to foster key relationships through advising the major active buyers and sellers in Canada, creating significant value for these clients in a number of challenging situations.
- Tom speaks periodically on the lodging industry throughout North America.
+1 416 643 3456 Robin McLuskie
VICE PRESIDENT Robin joined Colliers in 2003 and is responsible for business development, underwriting and managing client communication for Colliers’ hotel real estate listings across Canada. As Vice President of Canadian hotel brokerage operations, she focuses on client management and acts as a liaison between buyers and sellers, managing information requirements to ensure a streamlined and efficient process that meets set timelines.
Robin’s experience includes:
- Valuations of over $1 billion worth of hotel real estate investments across Canada and parts of the Caribbean, with a specialized breadth of knowledge on the dynamics of the financial and operational aspects of real estate investments, asset management and management contracts.
- Specializing in hotel due diligence, she completes a thorough pre-marketing due diligence program at the onset of each listing to become fully knowledgeable of the Property, allowing the Team to effectively highlight strengths and opportunities, and pro-actively mitigate any negative factors that may occur during the sale process.
- Co-authors and helps manage the production of the quarterly INNvestment Canada Newsletter and annual Canadian Hotel Investment Report. She is also a guest writer for Global Hotel Network and Hotelier Magazine.
- Member of the Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals (“CAAMP”).
- Advanced Certification in Hotel Real Estate and Hotel Investments - Cornell University - 2010.
- Graduated from Ryerson University’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management program in 2005 and studied abroad in Auckland, New Zealand.
+1 416 643 3791Prathmesh Mehta
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT Prathmesh (Prath) joins Colliers International Hotels with a comprehensive background in hotel and commercial real estate. Holding an MBA from Virginia Tech and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Mumbai, highlights of his career include serving as a strategic advisor to a variety of North American lenders, private owners, public companies and institutional clients. Prath is focusing his efforts on new mandates across Canada with a particular focus on asset underwriting.
Prathmesh's experience includes:
- His most recent work experience includes working with the Hotel Valuation and Consulting team at CBRE Hotels, where he was Associate Director.
- His prior work experiences includes working with BankOne (Now JP Morgan Chase) and Salomon Smith Barney (now Morgan Stanley Smith Barney), as well as being on the acquisition team with Indage Hotels in Mumbai.
- Extensive valuation and underwriting of several investment properties including hotels, office, retail, multi residential and industrial assets.
- Hotel Real Estate Investment and Asset Management certification from Cornell University.
+1 604 661 0850Hamir Bansal
SALES ASSOCIATE Based in Vancouver, Hamir works closely with Tom Andrews and the rest of the Canadian hotel team based in Toronto, providing investor coverage and pursuing hotel mandates in Western Canada. Hamir has considerable experience selling hotel properties in British Columbia and Alberta to a variety of private and institutional investors. Hamir has a Bachelors degree in Hotel Management from Mangalore University and
has completed the Hotel Real Estate Investment and Asset Management certification from Cornell University as well as appraisal courses at UBC’s Sauder School of Business.
+1 416 643 3761 Russell Beaudry
SENIOR ANALYST Providing support to brokerage and advisory activities, Russell handles the production of marketing collateral and the integration of value-add research. He has assisted in a variety of strategic advisory assignments for clients across Canada and in the Caribbean/Latin America, including market and feasibility studies, valuations and operational reviews. Russell is also responsible for the preparation of client/investor communication, in addition to leading Colliers’ national hospitality research and media initiatives.
Russell’s experience includes:
- Prepares, updates and tests financial models in the underwriting and marketing process.
- Manages Colliers’ national supply and transaction databases, tracking the development of new hotel construction projects and lodging asset sales across the country.
- Responsible for the quarterly production of INNvestment Canada, annual Canadian Hotel Investment Report and Canadian Hotel Investment Sentiment Survey.
- Operational and management experience with Marriott International and Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts in the rooms and food and beverage divisions, including completion of Four Seasons’ intensive Manager-in-Training (“MIT”) program.
- Graduate of Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University in Toronto, specializing in Hospitality and Tourism Management.
+1 416 643 3497Amy Kwan
PROJECT COORDINATOR Amy organizes various brokerage activities and assists in the coordination of projects and day-today activities of both the Toronto and Vancouver offices. She conducts market research, due diligence review and financial analysis in the preparation of investment memoranda and has also developed relationships with a multitude of local and national contacts for the benefit of clients.
Amy's experience includes:
- Coordinates brokerage marketing campaigns.
- Assists with the preparation of client communication and research materials.
- Manages various databases, including the tracking of potential investors and the updating of Colliers’ national supply and transactions databases.
- Liases with local cities and towns and gathers timely intelligence from a variety of reputable sources to ensure the accurate analysis of economic and market trends.
- Management experience in hotel operations with Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts.
- Graduate of the Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Ryerson University in Toronto.
