Prakash Venkat is a senior director and Canadian Practice Leader in the Real Estate Advisory Group, based in Toronto.

Prakash Venkat

Senior Director, Canadian Practice Leader

Prakash Venkat is a senior director and Canadian Practice Leader in the Real Estate Advisory Group, based in Toronto.

Prakash leverages more than 20 years of real estate valuation experience in assisting clients on appraisals, appraisal review, and valuation policy and procedures. His focus areas include litigation support, M&A, financial reporting, tax planning, lease analysis and portfolio quality review.

Prior to joining Kroll, Prakash was a director at PwC Canada, where he was responsible for real estate valuations. Before that, he has worked for the public sector at the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) in Ontario, Canada, responsible for special purpose properties.

Prakash has extensive experience valuing and advising clients on a wide range of asset classes, including retail, office, industrial, multifamily, entertainment properties in addition to vacant and development lands. He has also advised clients on diverse matters, including impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) on real estate valuations; benchmarking valuation policies and procedures; and automation of real estate portfolio valuation. Through his years of experience, Prakash has built strong relationships with many of the Canadian/global REIT’s, pension funds and private real estate owners, and he has helped clients with over $50 billion in transactions across the Americas and EMEA.

Prakash has spoken at several public and private sector annual board meetings as a real estate subject-matter expert, and he has presented real estate market insights to several audiences, including private equity firms.

Prakash holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Real Property Valuation from the University of British Columbia. He is also an MBA accredited by New Hampshire College, USA. He is an Accredited Appraiser (AACI) and a Professional Real Estate Appraiser (P. APP) from the Appraisal Institute of Canada (AIC).



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