Saraya Yen Vice President of Sales at Austin Birch chats with Howard about her career, the changes taking place in pre-construction marketing, and the evolution of the pre-construction industry brought on by technology and the pandemic. 

Over the last 9 years, Saraya has led sales and administration teams in successfully selling an excess of 9,000 pre-construction condominiums around Toronto translating to over 7 billion dollars in real estate sales as the Vice President of Sales at Austin Birch Development Marketing (previously Kuzuian Real Estate) and formerly the Vice President of New Sales and Development at PSR Brokerage. This year, Saraya and her team at Austin Birch are the proud winners of the coveted 2021 BILD Award for Best Sales Team - Mid/High Rise.

With this extensive background as a licensed real estate sales executive, Saraya is recognized as one of the leading pre-construction development marketing professionals in Toronto. Some of the high profile development projects she has managed include:

2020 OHBA Building of the Year:
123 Portland by Minto Communities.

2018 BILD Best Architectural Design, Canada’s first “supertall” and Tallest Residential Building:
THE ONE Residences by Mizrahi Developments.

2018 BILD Project of the Year Mid/High-rise:
The Plant Condos by Curated Properties and Windmill Developments.

2016 BILD Project of the Year Mid/High-rise:
The Art Shoppe Condos by Capital and Freed Developments.

2016 BILD Project of the Year Low-rise:
35 Wabash by Zinc Developments.

From every project’s inception, Saraya has made it her personal mission to ensure success and has played a major role in every part of the process.