Avi Tesciuba
Senior Managing Director, Head of Canada / Toronto, ON
As Head of Canada, Avi oversees the Hines Canada platform, including investment, development, and management. He serves as the senior officer on several projects including CIBC Square – a three million-square-foot twin-tower office development across from Union Station in Toronto, including a one-acre elevated park above the rail corridor; Bayside, a two million-square-foot, seven-building master-planned mixed-use development on the Toronto waterfront, including the tallest mass timber office building in North America; Park Central, a two-tower, 1000-unit high-rise multifamily development in the Calgary Beltline; and Eighth Avenue Place, a two million-square-foot twin tower office complex in Calgary.
Avi joined Hines in 1998. After spending the first 10 years of his Hines career in Chicago, Avi moved with his family to Toronto to build a Canadian platform for Hines. He is passionate about assembling a high-performing team, that now numbers 135, and developing a strong culture. He has focused his development efforts on projects that have elevated the quality standard and service level existing in the current marketplace, created a sense of place, and improved the communities we live and work in.
Avi holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles, a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Structural Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He also holds a Professional Engineering license in California.