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Helping your business grow through innovation

The National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) is Canada's leading innovation assistance program for small and medium-sized businesses.

If you operate an innovative small or medium-sized business in Canada, we can help you build your innovation capacity and take your ideas to market. We do this through financial assistance, advisory services and connections to the best business and R&D expertise in Canada. It's a winning model we've been using to drive business growth—and Canada's innovation system—for over 70 years.

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Lucas Atkins

President, Capital Markets | Canada

Toronto Downtown

Lucas brings over 20 years of experience in real estate, including investment banking, private equity, business development, mergers and acquisitions, development and equity and debt capital raising to Colliers. Over the course of his career, he has been involved in over $30 billion of real estate transactions across a variety of real estate asset classes and has assisted in raising over $50 billion in public, private and joint venture capital, and cross border financing activities.

His expertise in commercial real estate and strong relationships established over many years reinforces Colliers' industry-leading position in Canada. 

Working across business lines and borders, Lucas drives the strategic vision of Colliers’ Capital Markets.
 

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Charu Mahant

Sales Representative

Toronto Downtown

Charu Mahant is an emerging real estate advisor within the office leasing team at Colliers International’s Toronto office. With a successful sales career spanning 20 years, Charu has established a reputation as a well-respected and innovative client advocate with a knowledge of developing lasting client relationships. Charu exemplifies a work ethic based on honesty, integrity and perseverance; she understands all impactful variables of the commercial real estate market, including the impacts of macroeconomics on local real estate markets. Her innovative and strategic approach allows Charu to stay ahead of unprecedented challenges, which offers clients an advantage through her execution and delivery of proactive solutions. 

Charu works on a team lead by Tom Muha,  which focuses  on  commercial office leasing and investment sales within the Greater Toronto marketplace. Tom's team delivers  both strategic planning and execution within office leasing, industrial leasing and investment sales. Together, their collective expertise and consultative approach allows them to deliver value for their clients that extends well beyond a traditional brokerage model.

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Brandon Garth

Sales Representative

Burlington - Hamilton

Brandon is a Sales Representative with Team Murray-Faldowski at Colliers International, focusing on the Industrial, Office and Land asset classes within the Oakville-Burlington-Hamilton markets. He works alongside his team, Doug Murray, Bryan Faldowski, Simon Henderson, Justin Venancio, Bryce Dimitroff, and Kennedy Banks in developing and capitalizing on opportunities for their clients, as well as maintaining positive relationships with his own. He has an extensive background in networking and customer relations, and uses his expertise to help his clients achieve their goals and dreams.

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Anuj Shah

Senior Application Developer

Toronto Downtown

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Chris Vyriotes

Sales Representative

Toronto Downtown

An emerging leader at Colliers, Chris specializes in the acquisition and disposition of commercial properties in the GTA and surrounding areas. Chris has worked through commercial solutions for private and institutional grade owners, across a wide array of assets, enhancing his real estate and market expertise to an unparalleled level. Chris works alongside a team of successful brokers at Colliers; their vertically integrated team promotes success for their clients from the sales and leasing process to consulting and valuation. 

  • Investment Properties, Land, and Redevelopment Sites
  • Land Assembly
  • Industrial and Office Sales

Since joining the industrial in 2016, Chris consistently provides his clients with a high level of professionalism and market expertise throughout the transaction process, optimizing his clients’ success. 

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