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Hillpark Capital cofounders Brandon Shiller and Jeremy Kornbluth are working with Griffin Square. This walkthrough looks at the design of the complex itself. A building's exterior does most of the talking. Before anyone enters a lobby or opens a suite door, they read the façade: its colour, its rhythm, its materials, the way it meets the ground and the sky. At Griffin Square, the 409-apartment rental complex in Montreal's Griffintown, ACDF Architecture made the exterior work hard. This walkthrough takes it one element at a time. Griffin Square stands at the intersection of Peel and Ottawa str

A real estate property can be evaluated in many ways. Investors may look at location, building condition, tenant mix, development potential and long-term value. But for the people who actually use a property every day, the experience can be much more personal. That is why a tenant review of 6250 Hutchison can provide an interesting perspective on the relationship between a property, its management and the people who occupy it. A recent client review of 6250 Hutchison Montreal describes the property from the perspective of someone who lives there. The tenant highlights the building's renovatio

When a downtown Montreal rental tower sells for $107 million, people ask questions. What exactly changed hands? Who was involved? What does the price say about the market? This guide answers the ten most common ones about the sale of Alba by Hillpark Capital and Mondev to InterRent REIT and Crestpoint Real Estate Investments. Alba is a 20-storey purpose-built rental apartment building at 170 René-Lévesque Blvd. E. in downtown Montreal. It holds 248 apartments and was completed in 2023. "Purpose-built rental" means it was designed and built from the start to be rented, rather than sold unit by

Brandon Shiller of Hillpark Capital shares his perspective on disciplined real estate investing, risk management, and building sustainable wealth through long-term ownership strategies. In every market cycle, there is a temptation to focus on what is happening right now. Investors watch interest rates, track transaction activity, monitor economic forecasts, and attempt to predict short-term market movements. While understanding current conditions is important, some of the most successful real estate investors share a different perspective. They focus on the long term. Over the years, I have c