As President, Advisory, Canada, Allison leads Cushman & Wakefield’s Advisory business across the country, which includes more than 400 professionals. The Advisory business focuses on delivering brokerage services across all asset classes throughout the firm’s Canadian markets. Allison is also responsible for driving all business strategy and managing priorities for the Canadian Advisory business. She has an extensive understanding of the commercial real estate and broader business-community landscape as well as the firm’s own operations and priorities, which enables her to drive a strategy that best serves the firm’s people, clients and communities.

Prior to her current role, Allison led Cushman & Wakefield’s Toronto Central office, where she developed and drove an overall strategy of growth and identified areas of opportunity to optimize results in the Greater Toronto Area. As Executive Managing Director, Allison focused on the initiatives relating to broker advancement, talent recruitment, bolstering sales support capabilities, and building strong client relationships.
With more than 20 years of brokerage and landlord experience, Allison has mastered the intricacies of the commercial real estate landscape. Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield in 2018, Allison was Director of Leasing at Dream Office REIT where she oversaw 2.8 million square feet of office product in downtown Toronto and was responsible for key assets including Scotia Plaza (1.8 million square feet) and Adelaide Place (600,000 square feet). Allison’s effective leadership played a key role during the company’s unprecedented growth. Her strategic approach and creative vision led to the execution of a multi-million-dollar re-brand and lease up of Scotia Plaza, winning the business of two fortune 500 tech companies.