UNIQUE VALUE
- 28 Years of Executive Business Experience
- Strong nationwide knowledge and relationships with major landlords, developers, retailers and institutions
- Fluency in risk mitigation with respect to finalizing deals and understanding all retail settings
- Unique troubleshooting ability to ensure minimal cost exposure and maximizing revenue potential
- Full understanding of all retail and real estate operational, development and leasing disciplines, as well as, a strong background on all related documentation
OUR TEAM AND ASSOCIATES
Warren Smagaren, Lead Consultant
Justin Poy, Senior Marketing Consultant
Justin Poy, Senior Marketing Consultant
Warren is an accomplished Retail & Real Estate Strategist, and Lead Consultant of Warren E Smagaren Consulting. His executive experience spans across 25 years’ and three continents where he has helped monetize, divest, and stabilize businesses, setting them up for successful growth plans and sustainability. He is best known for his level
Warren is an accomplished Retail & Real Estate Strategist, and Lead Consultant of Warren E Smagaren Consulting. His executive experience spans across 25 years’ and three continents where he has helped monetize, divest, and stabilize businesses, setting them up for successful growth plans and sustainability. He is best known for his level of integrity in providing innovative and attainable solutions for businesses, corporate retailers, retail franchisors, franchisees and real estate landlords.
Warren’s 360 vision, coupled with his in-depth knowledge of real estate and retail has earned him a reputation as a trusted advisor to over 150+ retailers & real estate owners, developers and institutional landlords. His fluency and efficacy in building and executing winning strategies that focus on growth, divestiture, renegotiation and asset value improvement programs are attributed to his progressive career, most recently as VP, Real Estate and Acquisitions.
A natural born leader, charismatic, and a fierce negotiator, Warren thinks strategically and holds a long term focus that has garnered results in diverse spaces and has won highly coveted RFP’s in various Universities, Colleges and Hospitals throughout Canada, as well as, Transit RFP’s in both Canada and Chicago in the USA.
Warren spent two (2) years doing executive Management studies at the prestigious University of Bath in England and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from McGill University where he majored in Industrial Relations. He has served as a Program Advisory Committee Member at Centennial College and is a Mcgill Alumni Member.
Justin Poy, Senior Marketing Consultant
Justin Poy, Senior Marketing Consultant
Justin Poy, Senior Marketing Consultant
Justin Poy is an award-winning advertising executive that has built his career in the context of Canada’s diversity and inclusion. The Justin Poy Agency (JPA), established in 1993, has created some of the country’s most iconic ad campaigns such as “Everyone Loves Marineland”, and served some of the biggest brands in Canada — The Canadian
Justin Poy is an award-winning advertising executive that has built his career in the context of Canada’s diversity and inclusion. The Justin Poy Agency (JPA), established in 1993, has created some of the country’s most iconic ad campaigns such as “Everyone Loves Marineland”, and served some of the biggest brands in Canada — The Canadian International AutoShow and The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). From strategic planning and creative to production and media buying, the Agency has gone on to win more than 20 international and domestic creative awards, including recognition at the Cannes Lions, for special effects created for the launch of SCREAM TV.
In addition to sitting on many charitable/government boards such as the SickKids Foundation and the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), and corporate boards, Justin is the recipient of the Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee Medals, and the Chinese Canadian Legend Award. He is the Honorary Patron of Asian Heritage Month (CFACI) and has been recognized as Alumni of Distinction at both Ryerson University and The Toronto French School (TFS).
The Justin Poy Agency understands that strategic advertising in Canada means creating messages that speak to needs and desires of the people that make up this diverse country. We are the Agency that knows how to effectively REACH. EVERYONE.
.jpg/:/rs=w:365,h:365,cg:true,m/cr=w:365,h:365)
Karen Hoffman, Senior HR Consultant
Justin Poy, Senior Marketing Consultant
Luyi Lu, Construction Advisory Consultant
Karen Hoffman is a Senior Consultant with Feldman Daxon Partners. Karen brings nearly 10 years’ experience as a career transition consultant, supporting, advising, and guiding transitioning individuals from diverse backgrounds and industries in both the not-for-profit and private sectors. Working with directors, managers, pre-management
Karen Hoffman is a Senior Consultant with Feldman Daxon Partners. Karen brings nearly 10 years’ experience as a career transition consultant, supporting, advising, and guiding transitioning individuals from diverse backgrounds and industries in both the not-for-profit and private sectors. Working with directors, managers, pre-management professionals, and students, Karen applies coaching and counselling principles to help individuals explore, identify and achieve realistic and attainable career goals. Karen holds a high participant engagement rate, facilitates energized and motivational workshops, and is passionate about possibilities and people development. Backed by progressive experience in HR consulting firms, Karen has well-developed strengths in career planning, management, transition and exploration, facilitation, vocational assessments, résumé writing, interviewing, networking and job search strategies.
Karen is passionate about continuing professional development. She holds an Honours Diploma in Career Counselling, and has over 10 years of study in Psychology. She is currently completing a Certificate in Adult Learning Principles, and has reached Level 5 in American Sign Language studies. Karen is an assessment enthusiast and holds great pride in her assessment training, which includes Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Strong Interest Inventory, and Personality Dimensions.
Luyi Lu, Construction Advisory Consultant
Luyi Lu, Construction Advisory Consultant
Luyi Lu, Construction Advisory Consultant
Luyi Lu began Global Construction in 2005 with a focus to specialize on turnkey buildouts using top quality materials. The Company has in total 30 years of experience, manufactures all of its own millwork in a state of the art facility. The Company completes Residential and Commercial Work including AAA TO C grade Malls, Offices and Resid
Luyi Lu began Global Construction in 2005 with a focus to specialize on turnkey buildouts using top quality materials. The Company has in total 30 years of experience, manufactures all of its own millwork in a state of the art facility. The Company completes Residential and Commercial Work including AAA TO C grade Malls, Offices and Residential and completes both interior and exterior works. The Motto is " On time, On Budget"
Lisa Smagaren, Client Services Manager
Luyi Lu, Construction Advisory Consultant
Lisa Smagaren, Client Services Manager
Lisa Smagaren is our Client Services Manager and wears many hats. Currently a Corporate Law Clerk, Lisa honed her client-focused administrative skills in progressive roles, providing support to legal counsel.
At a retail level, Lisa's greatest strength is forming relationships with her clients, built on trust over an 8 year history. Notab
Lisa Smagaren is our Client Services Manager and wears many hats. Currently a Corporate Law Clerk, Lisa honed her client-focused administrative skills in progressive roles, providing support to legal counsel.
At a retail level, Lisa's greatest strength is forming relationships with her clients, built on trust over an 8 year history. Notable qualities include her unique ability to maintain calm in high-volume, high- pressure environments coupled with her broad administrative capacity.
As our Client Services Manager, Lisa lays the foundation for WES Consulting with her proactive approach to efficiency and quality. She maintains a keen focus on partnering with clients to gather requirements, facilitate client consultations and deliver service excellence.
Outside of the office, Lisa has an ongoing business of home organizing, colour consulting and home office makeovers which can be viewed on her instagram @ SMAGZSTYLE.
Lisa is active in the community and has completed various charity runs over the years, with annual participation in the Terry Fox Run for over 15 years and as a personal donor.
TESTIMONIALS
Bradley P. Jones SVP Leasing and Operations, Oxford Properties Group Inc.
Bradley P. Jones SVP Leasing and Operations, Oxford Properties Group Inc.
Bradley P. Jones SVP Leasing and Operations, Oxford Properties Group Inc.
Warren is a highly skilled negotiator and a retail and real estate executive that has sound knowledge of overall retail and real estate disciplines given his extensive background and successful track record of growing the brands he has been associated with. Warren has always conducted himself with the highest level of honour and decency and is a pleasure to work with.
Karen Busteed, Senior Vice President, Capacity Commercial Group LLC
Bradley P. Jones SVP Leasing and Operations, Oxford Properties Group Inc.
Bradley P. Jones SVP Leasing and Operations, Oxford Properties Group Inc.
Warren is a talented real estate strategist and transactor. He combines solid analytical skills with an expertise in client relationship management. I have worked with Warren for a number of years and am always impressed with his ability to get things done while making it look easy.
Richard Zhou, President and CEO, Blockchain Venture Capital Inc.
Justin Poy, President & Creative Director, The Justin Poy Agency (JPA)
Justin Poy, President & Creative Director, The Justin Poy Agency (JPA)
We choose to work with Warren’s firm for his breadth of knowledge and experience in business management, operations and supply chain, from the macro-level all the way down to the details of retail operations. As the next generation of digital currency CADT, we feel that Warren and his experienced team will help make BVC Pay’s digital token and platform a household brand.
Justin Poy, President & Creative Director, The Justin Poy Agency (JPA)
Justin Poy, President & Creative Director, The Justin Poy Agency (JPA)
Justin Poy, President & Creative Director, The Justin Poy Agency (JPA)
I have worked with Warren since 1997 in both the retail, real estate, branding and advertising sector. His professionalism and the quality of clients he brings to the table are exactly the type of firms that we at JPA like to work with, to bring his visions to life.