About Realstar
Five Decades Strong. Built to Outlast.
Founded in 1974
Realstar was created to address Canada’s need for high quality, affordable homes to rent.
Realstar is one of Canada's largest private owner-operators of rental properties, with over 23,000 units coast-to-coast.
Core Approach
Active ownership, creative partnering, and seeking out overlooked or misaligned opportunities.
Entrepreneurial
Realstar moves on opportunities the market overlooks, often where a mismatch between capital and product creates room to improve returns. The firm favors assets with low dependence on business cycles and structures deals creatively rather than following a standard playbook.
Owner mindset
As active owners rather than passive investors, Realstar stays involved in the ongoing management of what it holds. That hands-on approach, combined with the firm's private ownership, allows for a more discreet and dynamic style of dealmaking.
Award Winning Service
A cornerstone of Realstar success is being recognized as an award-winning service provider.
Success in the rental housing sector led the firm into several ventures in the hospitality and alternatives sector, not only in Canada, but UK, Asia, the US and the Caribbean as well.
Ownership & Footprint
Privately held, vertically integrated, coast-to-coast Canadian presence with a UK operation.
Meet our team
Resilience
Low dependency on business cycles and a focus on long-term asset value.
Operating Principles
Trust
We do what we say, every time.
Creativity
We find fresh angles others miss.
Agility
We adapt fast when things change.
Excellence
We sweat the details others skip.
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Dependability
You can count on us, always.
