03 - Sandy Grigg

Sandy Grigg has 45 years of public sector real estate and consultancy experience. He’s gained much insight through every facet of his career, but one of his most valued takeaways is that collaboration and person to person relationships define success.

From relatively humble beginnings as a clerk with Ontario Hydro, Sandy has worked through every aspect of real estate from property acquisition to appraisal to project planning and more. Something he realized early on was that “the more you get involved with people, the better it is”. He has a very strong sense of how to properly address access issues and it always involves talking with the property owner face to face. The basic principles hold true whether he’s navigating agricultural fields or an urban core.

Sandy and Chad dive into Sandy’s work with GTA and the MetroLinks Ontario Line, whose route will run clear through downtown Toronto via Queen and Yonge Streets, and all the complex access and infrastructure challenges that presents. Sandy maintains, however, that a basic motto of “collaborative, cooperative, and communicative” work will make the project possible, as it has with any number of complex projects in the past. And he has specific advice for proponents on how to realize success in their own challenging projects.

“Every day is a new day and you learn something new every day when you interact with people.” - Sandy Grigg

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About Sandy Grigg

Sandy Grigg, President at Sandy Grigg Consulting Limited, is an Infrastructure Real Estate Professional specializing in negotiations, expropriations, project management and project planning and strategy. Sandy’s career spans over 45 years in the industry, including 30 years spent in public sector real estate.

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Chad Hughes | CEO, Entrepreneurial Leader, Author: website | linkedin

Sandy Grigg |President at Sandy Grigg Consulting Limited: linkedin | email