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Chelsea Virji

Burnaby,B.C.

Summary

Collaborative, strategic and solutions-oriented property management professional. Highly motivated with strong leadership skills. Experience with managing residential, retail, industrial, commercial strata and specialty-use properties across Canada and in the United States. Driven to establish and maintain excellent relationships.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Regional Director, Property Management

Beedie
01.2023 - Current
  • Oversee a portfolio of 75 properties located across Canada and the United States with a unique mix of asset classes
  • Manage a team to provide excellent management services for larger portfolio.
  • Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.

Senior Property Manager

Beedie
11.2017 - 12.2022
  • Manage 4,500,000 square feet of industrial, retail and office properties in the lower mainland
  • Create, implement, and manage operating expense budgets and 10 year capital plans for all properties
  • Specify, tender and manage capital improvement projects
  • Oversee tenant move-ins and exits including renovations and restorations
  • Oversee building operations and maintenance, scheduled maintenance staff and assistant property managers.
  • Investigated and resolved any tenant complaints.
  • Implemented and enforced policies and procedures to maintain properties to highest standards.

Property Manager

Beedie
10.2014 - 11.2017
  • Maintain excellent tenant relations with over 70 tenants and subtenants
  • Schedule all work for building operations with vendors and maintenance staff
  • Oversee repairs and renovations with tenants and suppliers and ownership
  • Create and manage budgets for smaller tenant improvements
  • Negotiate pricing with vendors and implement work
  • Perform interior and exterior building reviews
  • Enforce tenant compliance to lease agreements
  • Ensure vacant space was secure, monitored and marketable.
  • Handled tenant complaints promptly and appropriately, calling in trades, maintenance, and other support services.

Coordinator, Projects and Operations

Beedie
06.2013 - 10.2014
  • Prepare and organize contracts
  • Issue price requests and prepare comparative analysis
  • Respond to tenant inquiries and service calls
  • Issue purchase orders and subcontracts
  • Prepare move-in and exit reports for tenants
  • Schedule and coordinate service work and service calls.
  • Entered data, generated reports, and produced tracking documents.

Property Operations Manager

Sandhu Property Management
03.2011 - 05.2013
  • Manage 35 industrial and residential units in and around Vancouver, B.C
  • Lease negotiations and renewals as well as end of tenancy procedures
  • Collect rent and reconcile payments received as well as financial reconciliations
  • Coordinate repairs and renovations with tenants, suppliers and ownership
  • Emergency response services for all properties
  • Accounts payables functions including paying suppliers, property taxes and reimbursing tenants.

Leasing Coordinator

Dundee Realty Management Corp.
07.2009 - 03.2011

Leasing Coordinator, Corporate Real Estate

BMO Financial Group
08.2007 - 07.2009

Skills

  • Leadership coaching and mentorship
  • Meetings and Presentations
  • Performance Reporting
  • Contract negotiation
  • Budgeting
  • Onboarding
  • Process and procedure creation and implementation
  • Relationship Building

References

Available upon request.

Timeline

Regional Director, Property Management

Beedie
01.2023 - Current

Senior Property Manager

Beedie
11.2017 - 12.2022

Property Manager

Beedie
10.2014 - 11.2017

Coordinator, Projects and Operations

Beedie
06.2013 - 10.2014

Property Operations Manager

Sandhu Property Management
03.2011 - 05.2013

Leasing Coordinator

Dundee Realty Management Corp.
07.2009 - 03.2011

Leasing Coordinator, Corporate Real Estate

BMO Financial Group
08.2007 - 07.2009

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