Partner with Purpose
We partner with business experts, investors, and developers that specialize in various real estate sectors to create mutually beneficial business solutions. Together, we form strategies that generate social and economic value for the University, the City of Toronto and Canada through our Real Estate Partnerships platform.
The spaces and communities we create for our customers work to break down cultural and socio-economic barriers, creating inclusive opportunities for new faculty, students and their families to live, work, study and play in the heart of our great city.
Empower Innovation
Empowering innovation with U of T Real Estate Partnerships means being a committed partner to the structural growth of the University–creating spaces that enable invaluable research and discoveries that benefit our country, and indeed, the whole world.
When partnering with transformational companies, we bring a combination of owner-operator expertise, local and community insights, and a data-driven approach to investment and risk management. Together, we navigate every stage of the business strategy to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
Form the Future
The University of Toronto’s three campuses contain a concentration of the country’s foremost educational, cultural, research, medical and government institutions. As our campus grows to enable our academic and research mission, our vast and aged utility infrastructure requires significant investment to ensure future performance. Renewal of this infrastructure—hidden underground and behind walls—presents an opportunity for a major transformation of the entire campus that will embed sustainability into its backbone.
The St. George campus alone will nearly double in size in the next 30 years—adding over 10 million square feet of world-class research, teaching, and community space. As a city within a city, we need to manage our growth differently.
Over the last several years, with a lens towards efficient use of the University’s real estate assets, the University has identified some of the more obvious potential building sites and has developed plans for some of these properties. These plans focus heavily on supporting ancillary operations.
Our team continually reviews both on-campus and off-campus sites to add value to our development pipeline while ensuring a positive approach to energy efficiency and addressing the need for more housing within the city. Forming longstanding relationships with development and long-term capital partners for the development of these sites makes our vision possible.
The Why
At the University of Toronto, Real Estate Partnerships is committed to more than just supporting the University’s academic advancement priorities; we are dedicated to fostering vibrant communities and creating impactful spaces that strengthen the city’s social fabric. Through our initiatives, we work to break down socio-economic barriers and address the critical need for more housing inventory, all while celebrating and amplifying the rich cultural diversity that defines Toronto. We strive to help build a more inclusive, sustainable, and equitable city for all.
People Spotlight
Aliya’s Inspiring Journey with U of T Family Housing
While Aliya embarked on her PhD journey at OISE, her husband, Ualikhan, was also making strides in his professional path. With an MBA from Nazarbayev University, developed in collaboration with Duke University, he quickly adapted to life in Toronto and is now contributing to innovative projects at grocery delivery company Skip the Dishes.
Internal Resources
We collaborate across the University to exchange resources, expertise, and insights, ensuring that our real estate projects are of the highest quality and most cost-efficient for both the campus and the surrounding community.
Our Capabilities
Real Estate Partnerships is a lean and efficient team of real estate professionals with backgrounds in leasing, acquisitions, dispositions, development, public/private partnerships, and accounting. Combined, the team has generated countless opportunities for the University by acquiring assets and initiating developments across campus.
Our Partners
Real Estate Partners
University Hospital Partners
University Research & Commercialisation Partners
U of T Cultural Connections
Join our network
If you would like to be a part of our expansive network of discovery and entrepreneurship, please reach out any one of our partners.
Innovations and Partnerships Office
The Innovations and Partnerships Office facilitates partnerships between U of T and external parties. This office helps turn ideas into products, services, companies and jobs.
University of Toronto Entrepreneurship
The University of Toronto Entrepreneurship department oversees the University’s innovation network and serves as the main point of contact for the University’s entrepreneurship community.
University
Advancement
Our team of Canada’s top advancement professionals works with donors, alumni, students, faculty and staff on U of T’s fundraising and alumni engagement goals.
