BrandonShiller

For a residential building, property management can mean creating a safe and comfortable environment for residents. For a commercial property, it can mean maintaining the infrastructure businesses rely on every day. For a real estate investment company, property management can be part of a much larger process involving acquisition, investment, development, repositioning and long-term ownership. Brandon Shiller is a co-founder and principal leader of Hillpark Capital. His responsibilities have included acquisitions, analysis, development, asset positioning and strategic decisions supporting th

To understand why 69 Yonge Street matters, it helps to understand the ambitions behind it. The building was constructed between 1911 and 1913 as the corporate headquarters of the Canadian Pacific Railway — at the time, one of the most powerful corporate entities in the country. The railway was enjoying its most prosperous era under the leadership of Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, and it wanted a headquarters that reflected that stature: a building that consolidated the company's various Toronto offices under a single, imposing roof. The commission went to Darling and Pearson, the architectural firm