Development Manager
Ms. Almond is a senior resort consultant with 20 years experience in coordinating the planning, design and construction of successful development projects. As Ecosign’s Development Manager, Ms. Almond focuses on projects with a land development component including: resort and community planning, real estate design development, base area analysis and programming, economic forecasting/feasibility studies and resort transportation planning. For many of our clients, Ms. Almond assists in the implementation stage of the project, obtaining development approvals, advising on legal structures, directing architects throughout design development, and providing project management during construction.
Since 1994, Ms. Almond has directed Ecosign’s work on the transformation of Sun Peaks Resort into BC’s newest four-season mountain resort in accordance with the Sun Peaks Resort Master Plan, originally prepared by Ecosign in 1993. In ten years, over $300 million have been invested by the resort and private developers to create a 5,000 bed resort village and associated recreational facilities. Ms. Almond was also on the project management team that secured financing, directed design and managed construction of the recently completed Delta Sun Peaks.
Ms. Almond was Ecosign’s key liaison for the development of a Comprehensive Transportation Strategy for the Resort Municipality of Whistler, a 3-year project involving extensive public consultation. Currently, Jill is completing the Best Practices Guide for the BC Resort Task Force.
Prior to joining the Ecosign team, Jill worked for five years in a project management capacity for a major real estate developer on two large capital intensive projects; MetroCentre, a $210 million office retail complex and Southtown, the redevelopment of 35 acres of former railway landsMs. Almond is a registered professional civil engineer with a Master’s degree in Business Administration. Ms. Almond holds a membership in the following professional and community planning associations:
- Member, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.
- Member, Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario.
- Member, Resort Municipality of Whistler, Advisory Planning Commission.