February Panel Luncheon:
2026 and Beyond. What's going to happen...
Sponsored by
Moderator
Michael Ferreira
Senior Vice President
Anthem Property Group
Michael Ferreira has over 30 years of experience in market intelligence, advisory, and capital relationships. Prior to joining Anthem Properties, he founded and led Urban Analytics, Western Canada’s leading real estate data and advisory firm, guiding its growth (along with partner Jon Bennest) until its acquisition by Zonda in 2021.
At Anthem, Michael serves as Senior Vice President, Finance, managing relationships with high-net-worth individuals and family office partners. He also provides strategic market insights across the company’s development, investment, and acquisition teams, leveraging his deep industry knowledge and analytical expertise.
Michael is a recognized thought leader in the real estate sector and is frequently sought after by media outlets and industry stakeholders for commentary on market trends and dynamics.
He studied at the University of British Columbia and the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Michael is a very lucky husband of over 31 years and father to two adult children he is immensely proud of.
Rob Wilson
Director
BTY
Rob Wilson is a senior executive at BTY and a key leader behind the firm’s evolution into a multi‑region, multi‑service consultancy serving real estate, infrastructure, and energy clients across North America, Europe, and the Middle East. With 20 years of experience, he has driven BTY’s expansion and strengthened the Canadian owned and operated firm’s ability to deliver Complete Project Development Solutions across all stages of asset development, operation, and acquisition. His leadership drives BTY’s $50‑billion‑plus real‑estate portfolio, reinforcing the firm’s reputation in due diligence, project monitoring, risk management, and construction costing, capabilities trusted by Canada’s top lenders, developers, and institutions.
Brendan Piovesan
Partner
Farris
Brendan is a solicitor in the firm’s corporate & commercial and real estate groups, acting principally for private real estate developers and advising his clients on all aspects of real estate development. He has extensive experience advising clients on development specific site acquisition considerations, structuring partnerships and other investment vehicles, preparing offering memoranda and other public offering documents, securing equity and debt financing, negotiating, drafting and securing rights of way, easements, ground leases, air space subdivisions, rezoning and other municipal permits, and all other matters necessary to successfully carry out and complete a real estate development project in British Columbia.
Brendan also has extensive experience working with in-house and outside counsel for most major municipalities in British Columbia, works regularly alongside or opposite most of the major banks, credit unions and Mortgage Investment Corporations lending in the Province, and he has strong relationships with many of British Columbia’s top commercial real estate brokers and sales and marketing agencies.
Ryan Lalonde
Director and Co-founder
MLA Canada
As a strategist and industry influencer, Ryan Lalonde creates innovative ways for clients to connect with homebuyers in leading MLA’s data technology division. Driven by a passion for delivering excellence at every turn, he partners with expert teams at MLA to build dynamic sales programs with impactful brand awareness. Working alongside some of Canada’s most noteworthy development partners, Ryan has stewarded some of the largest multifamily mixed-use development sites in Canada. His fearless disruption of the status quo translates into forward-thinking solutions that benefit industry leaders and the wider community. He is a board member of Fintech and Proptech and actively advocates on behalf of BC Children’s Hospital and World Housing initiatives to end global homelessness.
Event Details
Register early to join us. Guests are welcome!
When: Tuesday, February 10th, 2026
11:45 a.m. Registration
12:00 p.m. Lunch
12:45 p.m. Guest Speaker
Where: Terminal City Club, 837 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
Cost
$80 (incld GST) MIABC Members
$115 (incld GST) Non Members
$25(include GST) Students
Note
No refunds will be given for cancellations made less than 3 business days prior to the event date, substitutions are allowed.
No receipts will be issued. Please print a copy of your registration page or notice. If you are paying by cheque (group of 5+ only), please make it payable to The Mortgage Investment Association of B.C. and present it to the event registration desk, when checking-in for the event. No cash payments at the door.
