Team leaders: Frances Dares and Thomas Ferianec

Calgary, AB

After years of running separate successful teams, Thomas Ferianec and Frances Dares merged their resale and new-home operations in 2015 to form Urban Upgrade, now one of Calgary’s top real estate teams. The team’s new-home division, the first of its kind, specializes in the development, marketing and sale of inner-city homes, offering land procurement and assembly, development consultation, and marketing and sales services to builders and developers.

The team believes the key to long-term success is investing in talented people and remaining focused on its core principles: thoroughly analyzing market trends, sticking to the fundamentals of good business and acting with integrity in any kind of market.