Skyline Living Takes Home Prestigious Rental Industry Award
On December 16, 2019, the Skyline Apartment REIT, a privately-owned and managed portfolio of multi-residential properties across Canada, announced the acquisition of four properties in the greater Sudbury, ON area, with a total purchase price of $39.1 million.
[GUELPH, ON – December 9, 2019]
On Thursday, December 5th, 2019, Skyline Living proudly took home an award recognizing excellence in the rental housing industry, at FRPO’s (Federation of Rental Housing Providers of Canada) M.A.C. (Marketing, Achievement and Construction) Awards Gala.
Skyline Living accepted top recognition in the category of Resident Manager of the Year, an annual award designated for an outstanding on-site employee in the Ontario rental industry. Skyline Living is proud to announce Laura McNabb, Resident Manager at two properties in Owen Sound, ON, as the recipient of the award.
“Laura is a shining example of everything that Skyline Living values and appreciates in a staff member,” said BJ Santavy, Vice President, Skyline Living. “We are ultimately in the business of serving and helping people, and Laura’s personality fits perfectly with our culture of service. She is an incredible asset to Skyline Living, and a worthy recipient of Resident Manager of the Year.”
Skyline Living also received a Top-3 nomination in two additional categories: Property Manager of the Year (Ljuba Milosevic), and Leasing Professional of the Year (Nancy Hanna).
Skyline Group of Companies, as a corporate entity, also garnered two more Top-3 nominations in the categories of Outstanding Community Service and Environmental Excellence.
With its recent win, Skyline is now a FRPO M.A.C. award recipient for eight years in a row. Since its first submission to the FRPO Awards in 2009, Skyline has won 20 FRPO awards and received 33 Top-3 nominations.
“Our people are what ultimately drive Skyline’s growth and success, and we’re pleased to see that the industry has recognized an outstanding Skyline employee as one of the best in the business,” said Roy Jason Ashdown, Co-Founder and Chief Sustainability Officer of the Skyline Group of Companies.
“We face tough competition at the FRPO MAC Awards each year. The industry is continually making great strides on all fronts—service, philanthropy, and innovation—and we are proud to be a part of it.”
Skyline would like to recognize and congratulate all winners and Top-3 finalists, including Greenrock Real Estate Advisors (Outstanding Community Service), Sifton Properties Limited (Environmental Excellence), Melchior Management 777 Corporation (Property Manager of the Year), and MetCap Living (Leasing Professional of the Year) for their award wins in their respective categories.
The FRPO M.A.C. Awards are presented in recognition of the Ontario rental industry’s “best in the biz” in over 15 categories, ranging from Rental Developments to Customer Service to Environmental Excellence. This year’s M.A.C. Awards Gala was the largest yet, with over 1200 guests from across the industry in attendance.
The Federation of Rental Housing Providers of Ontario is the province’s leading advocate for quality rental housing, and represents over 2,220 members who supply and manage apartments for over 350,000 households across Ontario.