Arlin Markowitz
Vice-président exécutif
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Arlin Markowitz founded the Urban Retail Team when he joined CBRE in 2015 and continues to lead it today. The team consists of 7 members and has a market dominate position in the downtown Toronto. Through his 16 year real estate career in both leasing and sales, he's burnished a reputation as the city's premier urban retail specialist and has represented many of the world's most recognizable brands as well as Toronto's top landlords.
A downtown Toronto native, Arlin focusses on Canada's urban high streets, condo retail, and the best-performing malls. As a leasing agent, he's represented both tenants and landlords, placing Hermès, Salvatore Ferragamo, Zegna, Equinox, Holt Renfrew Men's, MCM, COS, Brooks Brothers and Lululemon in some of the country's most coveted addresses. He's also assisted many international brands, including Muji on their first entry into the Canadian market.
Arlin has also personally executed over five hundred million dollars in investment sales in Toronto. Notable sales transactions include:
- 110 Bloor Street West on behalf of H&R REIT sold to ProWinko
- 19 Bloor Street West on behalf of The Bank of Nova Scotia sold to a private European investor
- High-street retail portfolio in Downtown Toronto on behalf of The Pearl Group sold to a private investor
Arlin is sought after as a retail consultant to many real estate developers, aiding them with site selection and the extraction of maximum value from the ground-floor retail units of their mixed-use developments.
Prior to joining CBRE, Mr. Markowitz was a top broker at Cushman & Wakefield in Toronto. He also previously worked at development and property management firm The Carlton Group and shoe retailer David's Footwear, both in Toronto.
Mr. Markowitz is a graduate of Montreal’s Concordia University, and an active member of ICSC the International Council of Shopping Centers.
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Streetfront Urban Retail • Investment Properties • Landlord and Buyer Representation • Retailer Representation
Our team, led by Senior Vice President Arlin Markowitz, specializing in Urban Retail and Investment Properties, provides seamless and comprehensive real estate brokerage services to premium urban property owners and retailers. Our professionals have a thorough understanding of the special requirements of retail properties in Downtown Toronto, with a specific niche in the luxury and streetfront space. Streetfront urban retail properties represent our core business.
Agency Brokerage • Listing Urban Retail Properties for Lease
The team provides landlord advisory services. We provide strategic planning when listing your property for lease and provide tenant mix advice, tenancy analysis, retail market analysis and ultimately, can position and market your property in a way which will ensure you extract its maximum value through our best in class lease listing platform. CBRE Urban Retail is backed by industry-leading research and analysis. Balancing the power of our global footprint with local expertise, we create competitive advantage that impacts our clients' bottom lines.
Investment Properties
We excel in the acquisition and disposition of income producing assets and infill land in downtown Toronto with specific expertise in the sale of the retail space at the base of condominiums and the sale of streetfront mixed use properties that combine retail and multi-residential components.
Urban Retailer Representation
Besides classic brokerage services such as lease negotiation and site selection, we provide our clients with best in class research, demographic and socioeconomic analysis, transportation patterns, pedestrian and vehicular traffic counts, gross occupancy cost planning, co-tenancy and competitor considerations, and market penetration strategy. Our goal is simple; we partner with our clients to understand fully their business objectives and creative innovative ways to optimize the value of their brand. Arlin’s previous experience in the footwear industry allows him to think like a retailer, specifically in the luxury market. The team’s retailer clients benefit from Arlin’s experience with luxury shoe retailer David’s Footwear, where he worked as a buyer, store manager and salesperson over a 6 year period.
My Team
Emily Everett
Senior Associate
Daniel Jacobs
Brokerage Sales Rep
Kaitlyn Filip
Marketing Coordinator, Urban Retail Team
Toronto Urban Retail Listings
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