I am a second-year student studying Economics and Financial Management really love real estate. I just go my first internship working in the finance department at one of the largest REITs in Canada. I was wondering what are the best firms to start working for when I graduate if I want to pursue a career in acquisitions both public and private equity?
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The pension funds are a great place to start like Oxford/Cadillac Fairview/QuadReal/CPP.
The top REIT in the country certainly isn’t a bad place to start (which REIT? “Top” varies by asset class).
Pension funds are a good starting place, although if you want to learn how to source deals I’d lateral out after Analyst level. All their deals come to then they don’t have to pursue. I personally see pensions as a place to settle in later in career.
If you want REPE, target KingSett, Slate, Brookfield, Hazelview and Starlight. Of those I think Starlight is the only one that hires straight from UG if you didn’t intern there. To add to that it’s not a shop I’d stay at long term as it’s known for low pay and poor progression.
Your other option is a top brokerage team (CBRE and RBC are generally most well respected here - RBC is technically REIB but most REIB in Canada is just brokerage with the occasional equity/debt issuance for REITs), then lateral after a couple years.
That's awesome thank you both for the information I just got hired at Allied Properties REIT they do office.
Besides networking and getting an internship what would be the most important thing I do to increases my chance of landing a position in one of those shops when I graduate?
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