Our Team
Ronald Ellens, AACI, P. App., Dipl.B., PLE
Senior Appraiser
Direct: 905.704.0909
Email: ronellens@rcellens.ca
- Completion of all academic and articling requirements for AACI curriculum.
- Obtained the AACI designation January 1997.
- Solely engaged in real estate appraisals, with the Appraisal division of Kernahan & Graves Real Estate, from April 1987 to December 2000.
- Founded Ronald C. Ellens Appraisals Inc.: January 2001
- Member in good standing with the Appraisal Institute of Canada (AIC): 1987 to present.
- Appearances as a professional witness before Provincial Court of Ontario.
- Previously conducted final requirement interviews pertaining to awarding new CRA & AACI designations for the Appraisal Institute of Canada.
Ben Ellens, B.Kin., AACI, P. App., PLE
Senior Appraiser | Sales Representative
Direct: 289.407.3566
Email: benellens@rcellens.ca
Ben has completed real estate valuations, sales, and advisory for various property types, including residential, commercial, office, industrial, self-storage, institutional, multi-residential, development land, and agricultural. As a Senior Appraiser with Ronald C. Ellens Appraisals Inc., he maintains relationships with a wide variety of clients, including entrepreneurial real estate owner-operators, as well as, large private and public corporations across the Niagara Region and surrounding municipalities. Total valuations exceed $100 million in assets annually.
Ben joined Royal LePage NRC Realty as a Registered Real Estate salesperson in 2019. He is experienced in assisting business owners, developers, and investors in commercial real estate by providing solutions and guidance for the complexities of real estate transaction process. In 2021, Royal LePage awarded Ben with Director’s Platinum, which places him in the top 5% of Realtor’s within the Niagara Region.
Prior to working in real estate, Ben worked in business development for an award-winning franchise corporation. His work in franchise recruitment and sales expanded the reach of the company by 33%, or 5 million Canadians, as a result of doubling the number of franchise partners working in the system. Based on his efforts and the company’s rapid growth, he was bestowed with the 2014 40 Under Forty business achievement award.
The Appraisal Institute of Canada (AIC) awarded Ben with the AACI, P. App., designation in 2018 having successfully completed a Diploma of Urban Land Economics through the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia, as well as, all required AIC curriculum. He graduated with Honours from McMaster University with an undergraduate degree in Kinesiology. In January of 2020, he earned the Professional Land Economist designation (PLE) from the Association of Ontario Land Economists.
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