Dave Black

Dave Black

Head of Value and Risk Advisory, Canada

As Head of Value and Risk Advisory in Canada, Dave leads JLL’s growing group of valuation professionals, and is focused on the goals, results, and strategy surrounding the sector-led, best-in-class platform.

For more than fifteen years, Dave has specialized in the valuation of complex real estate assets from coast-to-coast, and is one of the country’s leading enclosed shopping centre and downtown office tower valuation experts. Working primarily with Canada’s largest Pension Funds, REITs, and local/international clients, Dave and his partners have valued or advised on over 80 percent of the country’s regional shopping centres, as well as worked on some of the highest value office complexes in Canada. Dave continues to play a key role in the delivery of some of the firm’s largest property and portfolio valuations, while simultaneously leading JLL’s Canadian Value and Risk Advisory Team.

Dave sits on the Value and Risk Advisory’s Americas Executive Committee, and is involved in various global initiatives within JLL Value and Risk Advisory – a team of some 2,500 sector experts who appraise more than $3 trillion annually across all major asset classes. 

Prior to joining JLL in 2014, Dave spent over six years at a global commercial real estate service firm, in a variety of positions. In his last role, he was responsible for the valuation of high-profile investments across the country for many of the larger pension funds and REITS, as well as institutional and other industry leaders.