Student-led at the Ivey Business School since 2014
Connecting Ivey HBA Students to the Commercial Real Estate Industry
We prepare students for careers in commercial real estate — technical workshops, live transaction analysis, and interview preparation — and connect them directly to recruiters and industry professionals in Toronto, New York, London, and beyond.
The Three Pillars
Connect
Firm visits, speaker events, and a flagship day on Bay Street. Our members meet CEOs, partners, and analysts who were sitting in the same seats five years ago.
Educate
Technical workshops run by practitioners — development models, valuation, and the interview prep that decides who gets the offer.
Engage
A community of students who care about the same industry, and an alumni network that keeps answering emails long after graduation.
Day on Bay
One day, a bus from London, and the calendars of the people who run Canadian real estate. Members visit leading firms in the morning and afternoon, then sit down for a senior leaders panel and a networking reception.
Last year's panel brought together Dream, KingSett Capital, Blackstone, Graywood, and CIBC, moderated by Torys LLP — who also hosted the day.
How the day runsOur alumni sit across every corner of the industry.
Full-time and internship placements held by IREC members and alumni in investment banking, investment management, development, brokerage, and asset management.
Applications are open.
We're hiring HBA1 and HBA2 Analysts and three Director roles for 2026/27. Applications close September 25.
Not selected? You're still in the club.
Interest in real estate at Ivey has grown faster than the number of seats on the team. General membership is open to every HBA student, and the programming — speaker events, workshops, Day on Bay — is built for the whole club, not just the executive.
Real estate is a relationship business.
IREC exists so Ivey students start building those relationships before they graduate — through the people in the room, not a job board.