Rail corridors and station expansions
Negotiation, project management, appraisal review and property acquisition work for Regional Express Rail projects and GO station expansions, including Milliken and Unionville.
Partner
Peter Rusin
AACI, P.App.
Expropriation Appraiser & Real Estate Consultant
Professional background
Peter is an accredited appraiser and licensed real estate broker with more than 30 years of experience in appraisal, property acquisition, negotiation and real estate consulting. His principal focus is expropriation and transportation infrastructure work for public and private-sector clients across Ontario.
His experience spans rail and transit corridors, station expansions, road widenings, grade separations, land assemblies and redevelopment. Assignments include appraisal, acquisition negotiations, property rights analysis, due diligence, file management, litigation support and preparation for mediation and arbitration.
Peter was a member and part-time chair of the Board of Negotiation from 2011 to 2014 and is a qualified expert witness before the Ontario Land Tribunal and its predecessors. He worked with gsi from 1996 to 2007 and returned in 2016 following roles in provincial real estate management and private practice.
Areas of practice
- Expropriation appraisal and compensation analysis
- Property acquisition and settlement negotiations
- Transportation infrastructure and transit-oriented development
- Appraisal review, litigation support and mediation preparation
- Property due diligence, land assembly and dispositions
- Specialist land interests, waterlots and conservation-related valuation
Selected experience
LRT, roads and grade separations
Acquisition negotiations for Hurontario LRT, York Region Bus Rapid Transit, Speers Road improvements and road/rail grade separation projects.
Expropriation and dispute resolution
Appraisal and consulting on market value, injurious affection, disturbance and equivalent reinstatement, with support for negotiations, litigation and tribunal proceedings.
Public property strategy
Development of acquisition and disposition policies, site selection processes and strategies for public-sector infrastructure lands.
Career experience
- Appraiser / Consultant / Partner — gsi, 2016–present
- Broker / Appraiser / Negotiator / Consultant — Royal LePage, 2008–2016
- General Manager, Sales & Acquisitions — Ontario Realty Corporation, 2007–2008
- Appraiser / Consultant — gsi, 1996–2007
- Real Estate Officer, Appraiser / Negotiator — Ministry of Transportation, 1990–1996