- What Graywood poached Gregory Sweeney from Manulife
- Why The industry veteran is taking on a new COO role
- What next Objectives include expanding asset management and purpose-built rental businesses
Graywood Developments has hired Gregory Sweeney to fill the newly created role of chief operating officer, Green Street News can reveal.
Sweeney made the move to Graywood effective June 2 from Manulife Investment Management, where he departed as senior managing director and head of transactions and capital markets for real estate equity. He had been with Manulife since 2011.
In his new role, Sweeney reports to chief executive Stephen Price.
The COO role was created to oversee Graywood’s operational divisions, including divisions that David Hamilton, chief development officer, previously led.
Sweeney’s objectives include working alongside the senior leadership team to drive the company’s next phase of growth, while overseeing the organization’s activities within its operational divisions. Those divisions include development, construction, sales and marketing, and asset management.
His specific growth initiatives include expanding the firm’s asset-management and purpose-built rental businesses.
Graywood is a full-service real estate investment-management company headquartered in Toronto. The firm has a 40-year track record developing and managing real estate across Canada.
