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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

Hillpark Capital, the Montreal-based real estate owner, developer and property manager founded by Brandon Shiller and Jeremy Kornbluth, has completed the sale of Alba, a newly built 248-unit rental tower in the heart of downtown Montreal. The property, developed with partner Mondev, changed hands for $107 million. The buyers are InterRent REIT and Crestpoint Real Estate Investments Ltd., two Canadian investors that have already worked together on multi-residential acquisitions in other cities. The 20-storey building stands at 170 René-Lévesque Blvd. E. and was completed in 2023, which means i

There are two sides to every rental property. There is the investment side: revenue, expenses, financing, maintenance and long-term value. Then there is the human side: the people who actually live or work in the building. Effective property management requires both. An owner who focuses only on financial performance can overlook the tenant experience. An owner who focuses only on tenant requests may struggle to manage the property sustainably. The challenge is finding the right balance. Tenant turnover has a cost. When a tenant leaves, an owner may face vacancy, cleaning, repairs, marketing,

Treating a sick child takes more than a doctor and a hospital bed. It takes equipment that actually works, programs built around what kids need, research that keeps improving over time, and people around the family who understand what they're going through. That's the gap organizations like Just for Kids Foundation try to fill. A donation isn't just money moving from one place to another. Honestly, the real value is what it lets healthcare workers do with it — better tools, better programs, a little more room to actually help. What Just for Kids Foundation actually does. The foundation starte

People's interactions with urban settings are changing due to factors like population increase, evolving work patterns, evolving consumer demands, and advancements in transportation. Mixed-use development is one real estate industry that continues to show exceptional resilience and long-term importance as these transformations quicken. Mixed-use properties are much more than just a development trend, according to Brandon Shiller, co-founder of Hillpark Capital. They show a fundamental change in the way prosperous cities develop and operate.The most desirable neighborhoods in Montreal and othe

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 come to appreciate that sustainable wealth creation in real estate is rarely the result of a single transaction or a perfectly timed market entry. More often, it is the outcome of discip