Carolyn Laidley-Arn

Carolyn is well recognized in the Toronto commercial real estate, design and construction industries. Since joining Lennard in 2008, Carolyn has been involved in more than 250 successful lease and investment transactions and over 750,000sf of space. These including commercial sales, leases, renewals, expansions subleases, sublease and direct landlord listings for office, retail, industrial and investors. Carolyn generally acts as a “tenant representative” but aims for 20-30% of her business from the landlord or seller side, enabling her to be in tune and up-to-date with the marketplace and resulting in better insight and understanding of the needs and wants of all stakeholders. With over 20 years in the design and construction industries, Carolyn looks well beyond the real estate deal to ensure that space is the right one for each client, and they have a full appreciation of benefits and costs associated with the lease or acquisition. Carolyn focuses on delivering solutions that respond to each client’s unique needs and prides herself in her integrity, follow through, and the velvet glove and iron fist approach to negotiations. Most of Carolyn’s business is by referral, or repeat clients and has a long list of loyal and satisfied clients. Creative users, entrepreneurs and a disproportionate number of female business owners and executives have appreciated her approach and dedication to their success. Steady and consistent, she has been one of the top five agents at Lennard in terms of number of deals completed for the past four years. No other commercial real estate agent in the greater Toronto area has the level of experience with commercial office interior design and construction. A graduate of the University of Manitoba’s Interior Design program, Carolyn practiced interior design for 8 years, and as a senior interior designer was responsible for projects as large as 250,000 sf. Then, she spent 14 years as vice-president and executive project manager for a mid-sized construction management firm specializing in office interiors. Projects ranged in size from 1,000 square feet to well over 100,000 square feet and were often very complex involving extensive IT requirements, high end build-outs, tight timelines and the ever present budget challenges. Unlike most in the real estate industry, she has firsthand experience with the many challenges her clients face, particularly with a relocation or renovation, and she possesses creativity, skills and knowledge that provide her clients with an unparalleled advantage not available elsewhere in the industry.

• Specialties
  Landlord Rep, Tenant Rep (Full Service)
• Languages
  English
• Markets
  Greater Toronto
• Property Types
  Industrial, Office, Retail, Flex, Multifamily
• Awards
  BID, University of Manitoba, Toronto CREW, President 2007 ARIDO, Lifetime Member
• Websites
  LINKEDIN PROFILE
• Company Website
  Visit Site
• Organizations
  CREW - Network of Commercial Real Estate Women, NAIOP - National Association of Industrial and Off