CoStar Group appoints new research director for Canadian branch

CoStar Group, the data/analytics leader of the $17 trillion commercial real estate industry, is pleased to announce the hire of Jacques-Yves Bouchard to serve as the Research Director in Canada. In this role, Bouchard will facilitate market-critical information that enables clients to make informed high impact business decisions while serving as a mentor to Research Managers in the pursuit of research excellence.

“Bouchard’s extensive and strong leadership experience will be instrumental in CoStar Canada’s continued growth,” said Lisa Ruggles, Senior Vice President of Global Research. “With CoStar’s vision of being a center of excellence, he will help continue to expand CoStar’s research capabilities to deliver the most value to clients.”

Recently named to Fortune Magazine’s top 100 fastest growing companies in the world, CoStar Group maintains the largest, centralized real-time database of commercial real estate information available. Delivering comprehensive market coverage of accurate and complete commercial real estate information, CoStar’s research contributes to the most important segment of the economy, ultimately helping businesses open offices, stores, warehouses and manufacturing facilities. More than 24 million people visit CoStar’s websites each month to aid in those decisions.

Bringing nearly eight years of Commercial Real Estate leadership experience, Bouchard has a proven track record of bringing tremendous value, repeatedly demonstrating the ability to increase efficiency while helping connect customers to the information they need to reach their goals. Most recently he served as the National Manager for Data Intelligence at Colliers International, leading the National Data Intelligence Team. Bouchard received a Bachelor Degree in Economics from Concordia University in Montreal and completed coursework toward a Master of Arts in Economics at McGill University in Montreal.

SOURCE CoStar Group

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