Maxime Foucaud is CBRE Ottawa’s new managing director, the company announced Sept. 27. The former managing director of CBRE’s Ottawa office, Louis Karam, departed the role to take on the managing director position at CBRE’s Quebec office and asked Foucaud if he’d be interested in the Ottawa job. Foucaud had previously worked as vice-president for […]
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Maxime Foucaud is CBRE Ottawa’s new managing director, the company announced Sept. 27.
The former managing director of CBRE’s Ottawa office, Louis Karam, departed the role to take on the managing director position at CBRE’s Quebec office and asked Foucaud if he’d be interested in the Ottawa job.
Foucaud had previously worked as vice-president for CBRE’s national investment team in Montreal.
“To be in management and play a different role – that ticked a lot of boxes for me for what I wanted to do next,” Foucaud said in a press release.
Karam said that Foucaud’s success as a broker and his history with Ottawa makes him “the right person for the job.”
An Ottawa native, Foucaud moved to Montreal to pursue a bachelor of commerce degree at Concordia University at age 17. He began his career in commercial real estate in 2012 with Cushman & Wakefield as a broker. He joined CBRE in 2019, when his five-person capital markets team at Jones Lang LaSalle in Montreal, led by Scott Speirs, left to join CBRE Group.
During his time with the capital markets team, Foucaud brokered some notable files, including the sale of Molson Brewery’s site in 2018, the Montreal World Trade Centre in 2019, and Tour KPMG in 2021.
“As I transition into the role of managing director for the Ottawa office, I’m excited about the opportunity to build upon Louis’s success, and am eager to work with the talented team in Ottawa,” Foucaud said.
Foucaud visited the CBRE Ottawa office over the summer and said he found himself inspired by the energy, camaraderie and enthusiasm he encountered.
“You get that feeling when you talk to the people here, that feeling of youth and drive and focus,” he said. “It’s a young office, with the top producers in their 40s, and the people here are motivated.”
CBRE Ottawa is also more collaborative than many of the siloed shops he’d worked at in the past, he noted. “The mindset in Ottawa feels unique – both welcoming and tight-knit. There is a strong worth ethic and collaborative drive to meet our clients’ needs.”
As he returns to CBRE, Foucaud plans to match the energy and drive he admires in his new colleagues at the Ottawa office.
In his time away from the office, Foucaud and his wife Angela grow their own food and raise livestock on the farm in Wakefield that they purchased during the pandemic.
