The Alignvest / Forum student housing merger
Reza Satchu made a Hail Mary Pass in his latest deal.
7 min read
Real estate
Our real estate coverage sucks and will continue to suck for the foreseeable future!
11 postsEd Sonshine is in a bit of a pickle
The RioCan founder had an even bigger stake in lender Chesswood before it got into trouble.
5 min read
Montreal's Bellini family is buying Manhattan commercial Real Estate
Some opportunistic commercial real estate investing.
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Moray Tawse: A billionaire straight outta Rexdale
The lesser-known co-founder of mortgage lender First National.
3 min read
Nicola Wealth: all in on real estate
How Nicola Wealth built a dollar-store version of Blackstone in ten years.
8 min read
Nicola Wealth Management: The good, the bad and the kompromat
Nicola Wealth is the wealth manager most exposed to a downturn in North American real estate.
11 min read
Ira Gluskin is still around, believe it or not
It’s 2023 and Ira Gluskin is still around. Can you believe it?
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Miles Nadal is now a shoe collector and capital allocator
An update on Miles Nadal of Peerage Capital and Peerage Realty and previously, MDC Partners.
8 min read
Stephen Smith of First National: from bankrupt at 34 to billionaire
How Stephen Smith built a financial services conglomerate from the ashes of ruin.
5 min read
Bob Dhillon, Barbara Stymiest and Vahan Kololian named to Order of Canada
Even with something as benign as the Order of Canada, I can create polemics.
2 min read
Jay Hennick: from pool boy to billionaire
An under-the-radar billionaire who started from the bottom.
3 min read