About Us
The partners at Carewest have a combined experience of over 25 years which includes a variety of seniors related transactions having a combined value of over $450 million. Carewest is committed to providing our clients with the highest level of service utilizing our unique understanding of the very specialized seniors housing industry.
Robin Hill
In 1990 Robin Hill initiated and headed the "Health Care Division" at the Vancouver office of one of the largest National real estate companies in Canada.
With the realization that buyers and sellers were extremely concerned about confidentiality, the notion of a specialized, boutique real estate company was formed to ensure that clients concerns of high sensitivity led to the formation of Carewest Properties Ltd. With complimentary services being added, the concept of a company that could contribute to fitting all of the "pieces of the puzzle" together became a reality. One of only two companies in the Country specializing exclusively in the brokerage of seniors' care and independent living facilities, we also have affiliations in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Robin has benefited from, and contributed to an active "seniors" real estate market, producing sales of over 50 facilities, residences and land acquisitions. His involvement in real estate began in the early 1980's - culminating with his Broker/Agent designation in the mid 90's. Robin's boast: "We have the largest data base of buyers and sellers in this field in the Country"!
Michael Baragon
Michael began his commercial real estate career 18 years ago after completing the British Columbia Institute of Technology's Real Estate program and starting out with a large national commercial real estate company. He has specialized in land sales, businesses and investment real estate. Michael recently completed the internationally recognized CCIM (http://www.ccim.com/) program, giving him updated skills in financial, market and investment analysis.
Since joining Carewest in 2000 he has developed a thorough understanding of the seniors housing industry and has cultivated many key contacts. He has also gained experience in the non-profit sector by working with several societies to create their own real estate development and divesting strategies.
Shannon Kiger
Shannon has been serving clients within the real estate financing industry since acquiring her mortgage broker's license at UBC 15 years ago. She has experience with both complex and sensitive deals, using both private and institutional funding sources. She also has acquired broad experience in managing residential, commercial and low income housing buildings; and has managed a number of major building renovation projects.
In addition to being recently qualified as a real estate broker, she has worked to enhance her real estate-related business skills, specifically focusing on SFU courses in accounting, marketing, and risk management. Shannon's blending of practical business operations with mortgage brokerage experience enables her to creatively approach each potential transaction with the goal to "make the deal work."
