Avison Young has hired Lloyd Bakan as principal at its west Los Angeles office.

The CUI has named the winners of its Urban Leadership Awards. Jack Diamond will receive the Jane Jacobs Lifetime Achievement Award.

CBRE’s Canadian management team has added Norm Taylor as executive vice-president and managing director for British Columbia operations.

Greenpark CEO Carlo Baldassarra has received the BILD Lifetime Achievement Award.

Toivo Heinsaar has joined Avison Young as senior vice-president of valuation and advisory services for Ontario.

CivicAction’s Race to Reduce program was recognized for its sustainable initiatives by the NAIOP GTA chapter at the Real Estate Excellence Awards.

Gregg Quinn of X-Deisgn has been selected as incoming president of the ARIDO board of management.

The USGBC has named Heather Joy Rosenberg as its 2014-2015 Mark Ginsberg Sustainability Fellow.

Gregg Wassmansdorf of Newmark Knight Frank Devencore is the first Canadian to be inducted into the Site Selectors Guild.

The Sunday Times newspaper has named University of Waterloo School of Architecture alumna Alison Brooks to its Influential 500 list.

Robyn Rolla has joined BOMI Canada’s board of trustees for the 2014 year.

Partners REIT has appointed Ron McCowan as interim-CEO and president, and Derrick W. West as CFO.

Avison Young has hired Craig Bradshaw to launch the firm’s new Vancouver property management service.

Scott Andison has been named president and CEO of the Federation of Rental-Housing Providers of Ontario (FRPO).

Six Canadians were recognized at the ASHRAE society’s 2014 Winter Conference in New York.

Stephen Carpenter, founder of Enermodal Engineering, has been named a Member of the Order of Canada for his leadership in the green building industry.

Independent real estate firm RKF is expanding outside the U.S., with its first cross-border office opening in Toronto.