Scott Figler is the National Research Director for JLL in Canada. In this role he works with a variety of business lines and brokerage teams across all Canadian markets, providing analytics and thought leadership to drive value for our clients.
Scott leads a team of analysts, demographers, and data scientists that is committed to building Canada’s premier data management platform. His personal work infuses demographics, economic analysis, and high-frequency data into the commercial real estate arena to drive business development and brand awareness.
Scott also serves as the Canadian liaison to several global research initiatives within JLL and provides advisory services to commercial real estate clients across the office, industrial, retail, and multifamily segments of the market.
While Canada punches above its weight in scientific research, a lack of scale-up space is blocking the growth of its life science industry. However, a wave of new development is beginning to materialize that will support the industry's growth.