board member
01 — jennica palecek
Where real estate, capital, and founders meet.
Commercial real estate advisor, angel investor, and startup advisor, helping companies make growth decisions that serve the business, not just the balance sheet.
as featured in
The Globe and Mail
Toronto Star
BCBusiness 30 under 30
BIVBusiness in Vancouver
Toronto Sun
RENX
Proptech Miami
SFUNews
02 — about
A career built where buildings, capital, and founders converge.
Jennica Palecek is an Associate Vice President at Colliers in Vancouver, where she advises leading companies on complex commercial real estate decisions. Her work spans occupier strategy, workplace, market expansion, and major lease transactions, representing organizations from high-growth companies to Fortune 100 businesses.
Her career began in finance, with experience working in New York and Brazil alongside founders and growing companies. That experience sparked a lasting interest in entrepreneurship and building businesses. Real estate became a natural extension of that work, keeping her closely connected to founders and executives as they scale, expand, and make pivotal decisions.
Today, Jennica is also an active angel investor and startup advisor, backing early-stage companies across consumer, health, technology, and the built environment. She has evaluated 200+ startups and formed and led SPVs for early-stage investments, connecting founders with capital and strategic opportunities.
Her work sits at the intersection of real estate, capital, and entrepreneurship. Recognized by BC Business, Connect CRE, CREW, and Colliers, Jennica speaks and keynotes internationally across Vancouver, New York, and Miami on real estate, business, and the next generation of companies.
03 — key metrics
The numbers behind the work.
$3B+
client portfolio advised
including a $3B+ global client at Colliers
300+
startups advised
across New York & Brazil
30under 30
bc business honoree
recognized for leadership across cre and capital
04 — commercial real estate
Office leasing, workplace strategy, and tenant representation, for the business, not just the balance sheet.
As an Associate Vice President at Colliers, Jennica advises companies on the real estate decisions that shape how they work, grow, and compete. Every engagement starts with the operating model and ends with a lease that supports it.
01
workplace strategy
Aligning space, team, and business plan so the real estate decision serves the operating model, not the other way around.
02
site selection
Identifying and evaluating the best locations based on cost, talent, access, growth, and long-term business needs.
03
tenant representation
Full-cycle representation from market search through negotiation and lease execution, protecting the client’s interests at every step.
05 — investing & advisory
Backing founders pre-seed through Series A.
Active angel investor across health, consumer, and tech, plus startup advisory and board work. Selected companies in the portfolio.
Cambrian Space
GroundedAI
Iris + Arlo
Ontology
LuxBio
06 — speaking & media
On stages, in print, and in the room.
From Vancouver to New York and Miami, Jennica speaks on the forces reshaping commercial real estate, how companies grow, and where capital is moving next.
01 — stage
Proptech Miami Conference
where real estate meets venture capital
02 — stage
BOMEX Canada Conference
commercial real estate and the future of work
03 — stage
SHIELD New York Conference
what companies actually want from the workplace
panels & keynotes
Future Proptech Miamimay 2026
BMOpanel · sept 2026
UBCpanel · oct 2026
Lean In Vancouvernov 2026
Colliersinternational women's day · mar 2026
Secure Building Councilnew york · 2025
BOMEXconference
Northeastern Universitypanel
Plug and Playpanel
Minervapanel
Richardson Wealthpanel
Vancouver Risk Advisory Updatetwo sessions
podcasts
She & Hersept 2026
BCBusiness Q&Aapr 2026
CREW Momentsapr 2026
Colliers Talksmar 2026
Real Estate Recruiter2025
M Moserpodcast
BCBusiness EDIpodcast
Jenny Residentialpodcast
07 — insights
Notes from the intersection.
Selected thinking on commercial real estate, workplace strategy, and startup capital.
report · colliers
Workplace strategies, practices, and layouts that help drive EDI.
How the office can enable or inhibit equity, diversity, and inclusion, and the design and policy choices that move it in the right direction. Co-authored with Colin Scarlett at Colliers.
Read the report (PDF) →08 — community leadership
Time given where it compounds.
Board and volunteer work chosen carefully: organizations building long-term capacity for the people and industries Jennica works alongside every day.
board member
Canadian Mental Health Association
Supporting governance and strategic direction to strengthen mental health capacity and expand access to support across the Vancouver-Fraser region.
board member · real estate advisory
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Helping give young people the relationships and opportunities to reach their full potential, and advising on real estate.
advisory board member
SHIELD
Advising New York’s Secure Building Council on the world’s first building security certification, helping set a new standard for safer workplaces.
education & outreach chair · 2025 · mentor
CREW Vancouver
Mentoring the next generation of women leading commercial real estate in the region.
mentor
Colliers
Mentoring analysts and associates building careers in commercial real estate.
volunteer
Vancouver Food Bank
09 — awards & recognition
Recognition that reflects the work.
30 under 30 photo goes here
feature honor · 2026
BC Business 30 Under 30
Recognized among British Columbia’s 30 Under 30 for leadership across commercial real estate, capital, and community.
additional recognition
01ConnectCRE Next Gen2025
02ConnectCRE Woman in Real Estate2025
03CREW Woman of Influence2025
04CREW Rising Star2022
05Colliers Rising Star2022, 2023
10 — testimonials
What clients and founders say.
“Jennica reframed our office as a business decision, not a facilities decision. It changed how our leadership team thought about the entire footprint.”
— managing director, corporate tenant“The most rigorous tenant-side advisor we've worked with. Every option analysis came back with a business case, not just a rent number.”
— coo, global occupier“She understands that a lease is an operating decision. Rare to find that fluency in a broker at any level.”
— head of workplace, enterprise client11 — contact
Start the conversation.
For advisory, investment, or speaking inquiries, I’m always interested in conversations that could lead somewhere meaningful.
- palecekjennica@gmail.com
- 778-888-0285
- linkedin.com/in/jennicapalecek
- vancouver, british columbia