After 40 years of managing real estate offices for Royal LePage and then Re/Max Twin City Realty in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont., Adrian Baas has retired.

“We would like to thank Adrian for his dedicated service and participation in growing the company into the largest brokerage within the Region of Waterloo, from 80 to over 400 agents,” says Melanie Shantz, broker of record and Peter deGroot, broker/owner of Re/Max Twin City Realty in a statement.

Baas says, “The greatest enjoyment from being in the business this long has been seeing agents coming from totally different backgrounds to become tremendous successes” both financially and in the way they have given back to the community. “I feel I have helped be a part of it.”