Peter Mason, SIOR, FRI, PLE

Professional Information

A respected commercial and industrial real estate broker for over 40 years, Peter Mason has extensive expertise brokering transactions in office, industrial and land throughout the Greater Toronto Area and Ontario. As the Senior Vice President and Director of Business Development in Toronto East, he is team leader for the development of the 53-acre Commerce Valley Business Park in Markham. To date successfully has attracted three national hotels, 10 restaurants and the new 163,000 square foot Head Office for Wyeth Canada. This site will attract an additional 1.1 million sq.ft. of development.

Before joining Cushman & Wakefield LePage, Mr. Mason founded Mason International in 1967 and was President until 1997 when he merged with a national brokerage company of which, he was Senior Vice President and Managing Director. He is very active in the commercial real estate industry and has won several notable awards in recognition of his sales excellence and contributions to the business community, including Commercial Realtor of the Year and Businessman of the Year.

Mr. Mason was the first Canadian to become the International Chairman of the Advisory Board for New America Network (now NAI) in 1996, representing 6,000 agents worldwide. He was Co-Owner and Canadian President of NAI, building a network throughout Canada from 1989 until 1996. Mr. Mason is also a past President and Honorary Life Member of both the Ontario Real Estate Association and the Toronto Real Estate Board, a former Director of the Canadian Real Estate Association and former Director of FIABCI. He is the past Chairman of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, Central Canadian Chapter, and was a founding Director of the Real Estate Council of Ontario for governance of Ontario's 48,000 agents. Mr. Mason was also a member of the Justice of the Peace Review Council for the Province of Ontario, and is a former Vice President of CoreNet Canada. He is a past member of the Ontario Commercial Council (OCC) for the Ontario Real Estate Association. In addition, he was a member of the Canadian Real Estate Association Task Force Building Committee. He is currently the Ontario Director for the Canadian Commercial Council for CREA. Mr. Mason is currently Co-Chairman with Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti for the Capital Fundraising Campaign for the $500,000,000 addition and expansion of the Markham Stouffville Hospital.