Pan-European property investment and asset management specialist BMO Real Estate Partners (BMO REP), part of Canada’s BMO Financial Group, has hired Lea Castelli (left) and Nadia Baïleche (right) for its Continental Europe team.
Both managers will be based out of BMO REP’s Paris office.
Castelli joins as European retail manager – Food & Beverage and will be responsible for sourcing new acquisitions, transactions, leasing strategies and negotiations with a focus on food and beverage restaurant operators across Europe.
Baïleche joins as European asset manager and will be responsible for leading leasing and project management activities. In addition, she will be tasked with developing relationships with retailers across Europe.
'Both Lea and Nadia form a key part of our ongoing retail investment strategy in Europe, bringing a wealth of relevant specialist expertise that we will seek to leverage in order to drive further value for our clients,' commented Ian Kelley, fund director Europe & head of France at BMO Real Estate Partners.
'On the back of recent prime high street retail property acquisitions, I look forward to working with Lea and Nadia to proactively increase our investment capacity and performance within the key European cities.'
Castelli was previously at Cushman & Wakefield where she spent the past year establishing a Food & Beverage Department in Paris. She has over five years of international experience within the real estate industry which includes roles with Sotheby’s and Aurora Realty Consulting in Montreal, Canada.
Baïleche joins BMO REP with over 10 years’ experience within the real estate industry. In her most recent role as a Retail Portfolio Manager at TH Real Estate, she was responsible for managing retail assets on behalf of Pan-European funds.
