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September 05, 2010

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The Team

Mark Cohen

Mark has redefined client service beyond the status quo.

A founding partner at The Condo Store Marketing Systems, Mark's concept that good client service is as individual as the clients themselves is inherent in our business model. His goal is to fully understand our clients' needs, because only then can we determine how best to service them. He accomplishes this by staying in close contact with clients, and by having a hand in the day-to-day management of their business. As Senior Vice President, Mark provides the vision for The Condo Store's expansion into the in-house sales and marketing arena. A pioneer in the developer mentality of real estate sales, he has more than twenty five years of hands-on experience leading industry giants such as Bramalea Limited, Menkes Developments, Concord Adex developments, and Tribute Communities in strategic sales, marketing, design, and management, helping achieve significant success with a vast number of projects and communities, both low rise and high rise in nature. At The Condo Store, Mark has established a unique environment where creativity and problem solving are cultivated within the confines of a select group of clients and developments. He leads, inspires, and ultimately challenges every architect, ad agency, and real estate strategist to imagine and create new ways to make our clients' developments relevant to their customers needs, and to ensure that these are the very best that they can be. His inventive work has garnered industry praise and has been acknowledged by the receipt of many awards both locally and provincially. These include recognition and a large variety of substantial awards from BILD,( the former Greater Toronto Home Builders' Association), the Durham Home Builders' Association, and the Ontario Home Builders' Association.

Recently, he was awarded BILD's Riley Brethour Award, a pinnacle award given annually to an individual responsible for lifetime contribution to the industry, and consistent excellence in sales and marketing in the Greater Toronto Area.

A passion for the industry is only surpassed by enjoying life with his wife and his three children.

John Mehlenbacher

A forward thinker in the industry; John is on a constant quest to innovate. With a drive that's every bit as inspiring as it is profitable for our clients, founder and COO John Mehlenbacher leads The Condo Store's diverse team of creative and technical minds. John challenges and inspires his team to create some of the industry's most innovative solutions to marketing and selling of pre-construction properties. A native Torontonian, John jumped head first into the sale of pre-construction condominiums from the mid to late 1990's. He started his career with the launch of 500 and 550 Queen's Quay on Toronto's waterfront. An early adopter of technology, John was one of the first to offer the concept of Eone-stop-shop. Over the next ten years, John earned a reputation for spearheading top-notch sales for Canada's leading master planned community developer, Concord Adex developments; a firm that has been in the forefront of re-facing the Toronto skyline.

John's efforts in both effecting and managing the sale of over 7,000 suites was regularly recognized through several coveted industry awards.
Intrigued by the internet buzz for international property offerings, in 2004, John and a number of his associates got together to discuss the myriad of possibilities of this new medium and to assess its impact on the industry. Six months later, John expanded his services to include the utilization of interactive sales and marketing tools , linking his clients to major international developers from all over the globe, including the Far East, Dubai, and to the center of the financial world, London - United Kingdom.
Over the next four years, the ten person boutique firm has grown to a
60+ person interactive company and subsequently took on the name 'The
Condo Store'. With a variety of divisions, the firm has managed to capture a significant market share with relative ease, and, more importantly, an ethical, refreshing and upfront approach to the needs and wants of developers. Offering a three pronged approach to the industry, The Condo Store operates independently in these vastly competitive and challenging fields; In-House Sales and Marketing, Full Service Real Estate Brokerage and Real Estate Development Consulting.

Today, John leads The Condo Store to a new level by fostering ideas to innovate the real estate sales and marketing arena.

John lives with his wife and three young children in Burlington, Ontario. When not relaxing with his family or building a new venture, he enjoys design, architecture, and relaxing at the cottage.