Senior Real Estate Development Coordinator

Description:

Senior Coordinator, Real Estate Development

Location: 181 Bay Street, Toronto

In Office: 5 days per week

Overview Of Forum

Join us in delivering Extraordinary Outcomes™ through investment.

Forum is an investor, developer and asset manager operating across North America for over 28 years, focusing on real estate, private equity and infrastructure, with a strategic concentration in housing.

Our AUM exceeds $3 billion. We are committed to sustainability, responsible investing and creating value that benefits our stakeholders and the communities in which we invest, what we call our Extraordinary Outcomes™.

In 2024, Forum completed the largest real estate transaction in Canada with the Alignvest acquisition, making us the largest owner of Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) in Canada through our $2.5B open ended Real Estate Income and Impact Fund (REIIF). Our national development pipeline now exceeds $3.5 billion, positioning Forum as the largest developer of PBSA in Canada, operating from coast to coast.

The Forum team is adaptable, agile, and dynamic, committed to sustainable and responsible investing. Our people bring diverse cultural backgrounds and professional experiences, fostering innovation and thought leadership. We uphold integrity, trust, and transparency as core values, knowing that to achieve Extraordinary Outcomes™, we need to support and develop an Extraordinary team.

Position Overview

Forum is seeking a Senior Coordinator, Real Estate Development to play an impactful role within Forum’s largest and growing platform – it’s real estate business. With its focus on owning and developing (i) High turnover rental housing such as purpose-built student accommodations and furnished rentals (ii) Self-storage facilities and (iii) Commercial assets secured by credit tenant leases – Forum’s real estate business is poised for growth notwithstanding the challenging macro environment. This posting is for an existing vacancy at Forum.

Key Duties And Responsibilities
 

• Responsible for supporting real estate development projects from potential acquisitions, including assisting with due diligence (DD), analysis of planning policy, building massing, and active development sites across Ontario.
• Assist with the coordination of multi-disciplinary consultant teams, including planners, architects, engineers, and legal consultants, which includes meeting coordination, agendas, and minutes.
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis, with particular focus on supply, demand, and policy-driven development capacity.
• Coordinate formatting and preparation of documents for internal and external reporting, including RFP submissions, Investment Committee (IC) decks, planning and advocacy presentations, and materials for municipal and provincial review.
• Assist in budget and timeline updates, including tracking approvals-related costs, consultant contracts, invoicing, and adherence to municipal submission requirements.
• Assist in the review of consultant proposals, planning materials, and legal agreements related to land use approvals and development conditions.
• Manage project invoicing and evaluate consultant and vendor requests to ensure continued project delivery through the approvals and development process.
• Represent the company at public meetings, community engagement sessions, statutory consultations, and other stakeholder forums.
• Monitor and research provincial and municipal planning policies, relevant precedents, and market trends in Ontario to assess project feasibility and preserve asset value.
• Actively identify and address planning, policy, and approvals-related project roadblocks, collaborating with internal teams, consultants, and municipal stakeholders to improve processes and outcomes.
• Support the Development Team by tracking and monitoring changes in planning policy, legislation, and general real estate development trends in Ontario.
   

Candidate Profile
 

• Minimum 3+ years of professional development experience in a real estate developer, land sales brokerage, planning consultancy, or asset management environment, with demonstrated experience supporting development approvals in Ontario.
• Undergraduate degree in real estate, planning, land development, finance, or an equivalent discipline.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize work across multiple active files and approvals processes.
• High sense of urgency, with a demonstrated ability to execute on multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly process-oriented and detail-oriented.
• Proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint, Project, Excel, Bluebeam, SketchUp, and Adobe Acrobat.