Mel de Oliveira*

• CBRE Retail Services Group
• Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM Institute)

• Top 5 in Waterloo Region office for 2025 
• Past President of the Central Canada CCIM Chapter

• Conestoga College of Applied Arts and Technology, Dpl. Bus. Admin - Accounting 
• Lakehead University, B. Admin - Accounting 
• CCIM Institute - Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM)

• The Canadian Red Cross Society
• Drewlo Holdings Limited
• MNP Ltd.
• The Sitzer Group
• Canada Post Corporation

Mel has been involved in a wide variety of industrial, commercial, and investment transactions including:

• Purchaser representation for the 112,420 SF former Stanley plant in New Hamburg to Euro-Can Manufacturing.
• Seller representation for Truscan Property Corporation in the sale of the office building at 67 King Street East, Kitchener and the McGregor Plaza at 190 St. Andrew Street, Cambridge.
• Search and lease negotiations of the 25,000 SF design build lease at 103 Randall Drive, Waterloo for Northern Digital Inc.
• Managing the request for proposal process and lease negotiations for the freestanding TD Canada Trust branch with drive up banking machine at Hespeler Road and Bishop Street in Cambridge.
• Buyer representation of the 52,300 SF former Graybar Building at 509 Mill Street, Kitchener for Delta Elevator Co. Ltd.
• Landlord representation for the land lease to the McDonald's restaurant at the Woodland Park Plaza at 100 Jamieson Parkway, Cambridge.
• Represented Sun Life Canada in the power of sale disposition of the 60,000 SF office building at 276 King Street West, Kitchener.
• Power of sale representation for various financial institutions including the Royal Bank of Canada, Laurentian Bank of Canada, National Bank of Canada, Sun Life of Canada, TD Canada Trust etc.
• The completion of numerous project leasing assignments of retail, office and industrial multi-tenant buildings such as Chicopee Park Plaza, JC Group portfolio, Zevest portfolio etc.
• Various lease renewal negotiations for office tenants such as Tech Hi Consultants Ltd., Frontline Corporate Communications Inc., Dr. Don Edwards etc.
• Office tenant representation assignments for such organizations as Community Care Access Centre of Waterloo Region, Pilot Insurance Company, Ceridian Canada Limited etc.
• Lease termination negotiations for Random House of Canada for a 10,900 SF former office at 73 Water Street North, Cambridge.
• Seller representation of the 3,410 SF medical office building for Dr. Kim Papp of Probity Medical Research at 30 Union Street East, Waterloo and the dual agency representation for the purchase of the new 10,400 SF office at 135 Union Street East, Waterloo.
• Seller representation of Rockel Holdings Limited for the sale of 23,140 SF of office buildings at 139-153 Union Street East, Waterloo.
• Seller representation on investment property sales at below 8% cap rates for 410 Hespeler Road, Cambridge, as well as 105 & 110 Baffin Place, Waterloo.
• Retail tenant representation of Boston Pizza for land lease at Alpine Plaza, Kitchener and land acquisition at 35-37 Woodlawn Road West, Guelph.