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Derek Lobo

Founder and CEO , SVN Rock Advisors Inc.

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Derek Lobo

Founder and CEO , SVN Rock Advisors Inc.

Derek Lobo is the CEO of SVN Rock Advisors Inc., a unique full-service brokerage firm. He has focused his entire career on the North American apartment building business. He’s recognized as an expert in new apartment construction, affordable housing, student housing, and has established a sterling reputation as an expert advisor in this field.

The W.I.D.R. mindset: Rethinking office conversions 

Derek Lobo Commercial Office Ontario Sep. 10 2025

For years, office-to-residential conversions have been viewed with skepticism as too costly, too complex, too unpredictable. But in cities like Kitchener and across Southwestern Ontario, that mindset is beginning to change.

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