FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TRIOVEST REALTY ADVISORS INC. ANNOUNCES TWO SENIOR APPOINTMENTS:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TRIOVEST REALTY ADVISORS INC. ANNOUNCES TWO SENIOR APPOINTMENTS:
RETAIL LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES STRENGTHENED BY PROMINENT INDUSTRY VETERANS
TORONTO, ON, November 11, 2014 – Triovest Realty Advisors (triovest.com), a national provider of
real estate investment management and property management services to institutional and private
investors, has made two senior appointments that strengthen its retail leadership capabilities.
“It’s a pleasure to announce the elevation of Tom D. Falls to the role of Senior Vice President, Retail
and to welcome John G. Crombie as Senior Vice President, Retail Leasing Canada,” says Kim
McInnes, President and CEO of Triovest Realty Advisors. “Triovest re-launched the Retail Leasing
Group earlier this year under Tom’s leadership; the appointment of John – a prominent member of
our industry – enables Triovest to expand its leadership capabilities and bring greater value to our
clients” he adds.
Details about each appointment follow:
Tom D. Falls, Senior Vice President, Retail
Tom D. Falls, CPA CA, joined Triovest in 2012 as Vice-president, Retail Asset Management and
became Senior Vice President, Retail in January 2014. Falls leads the national leasing, tenant coordination, construction, lease administration and asset management teams. He has more than 25
years of experience, including 15 in real estate management and shopping centre operations. In his
current role, Falls leads Triovest’s leasing, tenant co-ordination, construction, lease administration
and asset management teams.
Falls began his career with KPMG working for clients in the financial services, real estate, and retail
industries. After briefly serving in the real estate credit risk management group with Bank of Nova
Scotia, he joined Oxford Properties in 1997 as a Director of Finance. Over the next five years, Falls
held many roles and worked on a variety of projects involving public and private financings, equity
issues, acquisitions, dispositions, and M&A transactions. In 2003, he joined the Retail Group at
Oxford as Regional Vice-President of Property Management, responsible for operations, leasing and
tenant co-ordination for eastern Canada. As part of Oxford’s strategic initiatives, Primaris REIT was
formed and taken public; Falls was responsible for Western Canada and eventually the REIT
portfolio. From 2010 through mid-2011, Falls served as Vice-President Eastern Canada. After briefly
working at 20 Vic Management Inc., he joined Triovest as Vice-President, Retail Asset Management
and was responsible for the CPPIB portfolio of shopping centres managed by Triovest.
John G. Crombie Senior Vice President, Retail Leasing Canada
John G. Crombie has been appointed Senior Vice President, Retail Leasing Canada. Responsible for
retailer relations and business development, he has more than 25 years of commercial real estate
experience.
Before joining Triovest, Crombie was the Senior Managing Director of Retail Services for Cushman &
Wakefield, a member of the National Management Team and the Canadian Representative for
Cushman & Wakefield’s U.S. and Global Executive Committee for Retail Services. In these capacities,
he was responsible for providing strategic direction and developing national and international sales
and brokerage opportunities for Cushman & Wakefield’s Canadian retail business. Crombie’s real
estate career started in 1986 in Toronto where he was a successful office leasing specialist for nine
years and earned the President’s Round Table Award for excellence in sales performance.
Crombie is a member of multiple professional associations, including the Commercial Real Estate
Development Association (NAIOP), the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), the
Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC) and the Building Industry and Land Development
Association (BILD). He is a board member for the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) and a member of
the Markham Board of Trade. A noted industry spokesperson, Crombie has delivered keynote
remarks at many conventions and seminars and is a quoted expert in various Canadian media,
including: the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, CTV television and BNN.
Triovest Realty Advisors (triovest.com) is a national provider of real estate investment management
and property management services. Triovest manages in excess of $7.2 billion of incomeproducing properties on behalf of institutional and private investors.
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Ryan Schott
Senior Director, Marketing
Triovest Realty Advisors Inc.
(416) 941-1724
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