Reporting to the Director, Real Estate Services, the Real Estate Manager provides leadership and strategic oversight within the Infrastructure Real Estate team, supporting the delivery of key capital infrastructure projects across the City. This role leads and coordinates property acquisition activities required for road widening, road extensions, utility projects, and other priority infrastructure initiatives, including major projects such as 72 Avenue.
As a trusted advisor within Real Estate Services, the Manager advances fee simple acquisitions and partial acquisitions including statutory rights-of-way, easements, leases, licenses and related agreements needed to support project delivery. The role requires strong negotiation, stakeholder management, due diligence, valuation review, and project coordination skills, and includes work involving expropriation where negotiated acquisition is not achieved within required project timelines.