Lindan Gill is Senior Portfolio Manager, Real Estate Investments (Pension Fund Department) with Canada Post Corporation.
Canada Post Corporation Registered Pension Plan’s Investment Division is located in Toronto, Canada. The DB Plan has assets of CAD $21 billion held on behalf of 55,000 Canadian postal workers and 28,000 retirees. The Plan is administered by Canada Post Corporation, a Crown Agency of the Government of Canada. The real estate assets of the Plan represent 7 percent of total Plan assets by equity under an allocation of 9 percent. The allocation to real estate will be increased in 2015, and accordingly it broadened its scope beyond Canada’s borders in 2014, with initial commitments made in the USA. The real estate team is active in Canada on a direct deal basis and will operate initially in the fund space in the US. The portfolio focuses on the retail, logistics, office and multi-family asset classes.