Fred Blondeau joined Green Street in 2024 to lead the Canadian research team. Before joining Green Street, Fred was Head of Research at Laurentian Bank Securities, where he joined in January 2022. Since 1997, Fred has evolved in various roles within the global equity research, portfolio and risk management sectors, more specifically within the global listed REIT/REOCs and Canadian MICs/Proptech sectors since 2001. Fred was previously REITs Analyst at iA Capital Markets, in 2020-2021; Head of Real Estate Research at Echelon Wealth Partners, from 2017-2020; and Head of Real Estate Research at Eight Capital (Dundee Capital Markets), from 2012-2017. Prior to 2012, Fred was Portfolio Manager (and co-founder) of the Global Real Estate Group at Eterna Investment Management, as well as CIO (and co-founder) at Presima (Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec), where he worked for nine years.