History & Background

M. Goulais Consultants Inc., founded in 1985, was our predecessor and the lead Development and Leasing Consultant for many large, prestigious shopping centre projects, such as:
In 2001 Alan MacKenzie joined with Michael Goulais to form MacKenzie•Goulais Inc.

Since then we have been involved in creating over $2.2 Billion of new retail development, this from an initial investment of $700 Million in retail land that we identified, with $1.5 Billion in additional construction costs.

We completed a comprehensive proprietary Canada-wide research project which created a database that is the foundation for our proactive sourcing of investment opportunities.  Using this database, our clients are able to accelerate their acquisition plans.  Using our acquisition expertise, they can improve their investment performance.

In 2004, one of our early clients, (a multi-billion-dollar global retailer) implemented their store expansion program using our proprietary knowledge and retail expertise.  In 30 days, we presented the retailing giant 60 new sites in the Greater Toronto Area that met their location criteria.

Since 2005, Lowe’s Home Improvement has engaged our services to oversee their property acquisition program in Canada.

Recently, we had a multi-year co-venture arrangement with ING Real Estate Group Canada to manage a retail portfolio of 38 Canadian shopping centres worth $500 Million.  In keeping with our original mandate to expand the fund, we introduced over $1 Billion worth of properties to the fund in the first 2 months.  MacKenzie•Goulais:

Over the past 8 years, we have also been instrumental in facilitating joint ventures for many independent shopping centre development deals. We utilize our extensive relationships to develop associations and joint ventures between companies having complementary skills, thus creating greater synergies leading to increased profits for these companies.