Built on Performance
Our History
Milestone Timeline
Meaningful Major Milestones
1970s
1970s: Realstar's First Decade
1974
Realstar is established by Jonas Prince and Wayne Squibb.
1975
First apartment building in Bradford Ontario is constructed.
1977
Evolution and innovation of the customer-service focused management model, the essence of which is still employed throughout the portfolio today.
1980s
1980s: New Aquisitions
1980's
Prince & Squibb grow portfolio of existing multi-unit residential properties.
1985
Realstar establishes its asset management platform.
1987
Realstar Hospitality is formed with acquisition of Delta Hotels & Resorts.
1987
Prince & Squibb acquire Cambridge Place Apartments, largest acquisition to date.
1989
Realstar acquires Pagecorp, a large publicly traded owner of multi-unit residential properties, with institutional capital partners.
1990s
1990s: New Partners, Big Sales, More Aquisitions
1992
Realstar Hospitality acquires master franchise to Days Inn brand in Canada.
1992
Realstar forms strategic partnership with British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCIMC) to acquire multi-unit residential properties.
1995
Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce become partners in Realstar's Canadian management platform.
1998
Realstar Hospitality completes successful sale of Delta Hotels management company and brand.
2000s
2000s: London Headquarters & Continued Canadian Growth
2000
Multi-unit residential portfolio grows to be one of Canada’s largest.
2002
Ryan Prince establishes Realstar UK in London.
2003
Realstar UK acquires Primary Healthcare portfolio across the UK.
2004
Realstar Hospitality joint ventures with Accor SA (now G6 Hospitality) in Canada for Motel 6, Studio 6 and Novotel rights.
2004
Realstar establishes Manufactured Housing platform and raises MH Fund 1 (2008), MH Fund II (2010) and MH Fund III (2011).
2005
Realstar UK acquires £1B UK Holiday Inn portfolio in joint venture with GIC Real Estate and Lehman Bros (LRG Portfolio).
2008
Realstar UK raises its first European Capital Fund.
2010s
2010s: New Partners and Funds
2011
Realstar establishes the RAP program with Realstar Apartment Partnership 1.
2013
Realstar UK enters UK multi-unit residential market; raises Realstar European Capital Fund II.
2013
Realstar Apartment Partnership 2.
2015
Realstar UK completes final disposal of LRG Portfolio; raises Realstar European Capital Fund III.
2015
Realstar Apartment Partnership 3.
2016
Realstar UK completes successful sale of UK primary healthcare portfolio.
2017
Prince & Squibb re-acquire full ownership of Realstar management platform from CIBC and Teachers.
2017
Realstar UK launches UNCLE brand in UK and raises first tranche of Realstar European Capital IV (Tranche 2 in 2019, Tranche 3 in 2021).
2017
Realstar Apartment Partnership 4.
2019
Realstar completes sale of Manufactured Housing portfolio.
2019
Realstar Apartment Partnership 5.
2020s
2020s: RAP Growth, QuadReal Joint Venture & New Leadership
2020
Realstar UK initiates £3B joint venture with QuadReal.
2022
Realstar Apartment Partnership 6.
2023
RAP portfolio grows to over 10,000 suites in five provinces.
2025
Randy Hoffman joins Realstar as CEO.
2026
Realstar sells UK management platform to Quadreal.