Guest: Kevin Barrett, Director of Client Services, CBRE
Location: Prospect Point, Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC
In episode 9 of Real-Steps, Kevin Barrett joins the show for a longboarding session at Stanley Park while sharing a candid update on Vancouver’s evolving market. From his vantage point at CBRE, he highlights booming industrial and retail sectors, renewed activity across asset classes, and the growing complexity of workplace strategy conversations in the downtown core. Drawing on experience spanning furniture, client side real estate at Tesla, and now advisory at CBRE, Kevin explains how early engagement, cross functional expertise, and relationship building shape stronger project outcomes. The episode reinforces a clear takeaway: in commercial real estate, long term success is built as much on industry relationships as it is on market timing.