Shirley Yoon Kim

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 transitional 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.

While her practice spans residential homes, condominiums, and commercial properties, her strategic lens is shaped by an integrated perspective that brings a disciplined understanding of structure, narrative, and long-term positioning to every transaction. Clients value her ability to interpret not only how a property is conceived and used, but the broader context in which it sits.

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 cultural and urban settings. 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 integrity, and considered decision making. She brings a multidisciplinary perspective to real estate and a calm, composed presence to the properties and clients she serves.