With more than 18 years of experience across Toronto’s real estate landscape, Shirley Yoon Kim is recognized for a measured, design-informed advisory practice centred on mixed-use and signature properties, where residential, commercial, and cultural considerations intersect.

As Senior Vice President of Sales at Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, Shirley advises clients on acquisition, disposition, and strategic positioning across residential, commercial, and mixed-use properties throughout Toronto and Ontario, with an increasingly international scope. Her work frequently involves heritage buildings, adaptive reuse projects, and architecturally significant assets where context, use, and future potential shape value. Her practice is guided by an integrated perspective that brings intent and relevance into clear alignment. Clients value her ability to understand a property’s current use and its relationship to a broader urban, cultural and market setting, and how that positioning can evolve over time.

Shirley holds a degree in Art Criticism and Curatorial Practice, a foundation that informs her intentional, design-forward approach to understanding and positioning properties within their specific contexts. This perspective is further shaped by the legacy of her family’s company, South Korea–based SsangYong Group (쌍용그룹), whose work spans cement, oil and petroleum, automotive, engineering, and the construction of internationally recognized projects including Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands and Atlantis The Royal in Dubai.

Shirley remains actively involved in her family’s foundation, Kookmin University Foundation, which stewards Kookmin University in Seoul, South Korea. The foundation’s focus on education, institutional stewardship, and long-term cultural investment further informs her perspective on legacy assets and enduring value.

Known for her clarity, discretion, and steady execution, Shirley works with a diverse range of clients, including business owners, investors, families, and private individuals, who value thoughtful strategy, design fluency, and considered decision making. She brings a multidisciplinary lens to real estate and a calm, composed presence to the properties and clients she serves.

Zones de service Toronto (Région du Grand Toronto)

Spécialités Représentation d’acheteur, Location commerciale et contrats de location, Propriétés commerciales, Maisons à caractère historique, Immeubles de placement, Maisons de luxe, Location de bureaux et contrats de location, Résidentiel, Courtier Immobilier Résidentiel et Commercial, Représentation de vendeur

Langue(s) Anglais, Coréen, Français