Who We Are

Our story thus far

Focused on investment, backed by experience

CanFirst Capital Management was founded in 2002 and is an industry leader investing in commercial real estate. CanFirst forms real estate Funds that contain a portfolio of properties to provide diversification for its partners. The CanFirst team is focused on investing in assets that offer consistent and stable returns, while concurrently ensuring capital preservation and providing value add opportunities.

CanFirst employs a disciplined investment strategy that ensures investments are focused on specifically targeted properties. We co-invest with both institutional and private high net worth partners. Each Fund's structure ensures an alignment of interest between the fund advisor and our partners.

While the focus is on investment, the CanFirst Capital Management team has many years of experience in the real estate business including development, redevelopment, asset and property management, financing, leasing and construction. Utilizing all of these disciplines enables CanFirst to identify and analyze investment opportunities more effectively. Property management functions are outsourced to "best in class" companies in each of their respective markets.

Goal-driven

Founded in 2002, CanFirst has deep local market intelligence, extensive industry contacts and relationships in our target markets, all of which are leveraged to source opportunities.

A track record of performance

CanFirst's goal is to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns by capturing value in the commercial real estate segment.

Market-specific expertise

CanFirst has raised $1.1B in equity and has completed over 18M square feet of real estate transactions.