Bio
Daniel Drimmer is the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Starlight Investments, a Canadian real estate asset manager with over 360 employees and $25B in AUM encompassing more than 73,000 multi-family units and 9.0M commercial square feet across Canada and the U.S.
In addition to the formation of Starlight Investments, Mr. Drimmer is currently a trustee of TSX-listed True North Commercial REIT, a director and Chief Executive Officer of the general partner of TSX-V listed Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No. 2) Core Plus Fund, a trustee and Chief Executive Officer of Starlight U.S. Residential Fund, Chief Executive Officer of Starlight Western Canada Multi-Family (No. 2) Fund, and a trustee of TSX-listed Northview Fund.
Mr. Drimmer was previously a director and Chief Executive Officer of the general partner of the formerly TSX-V-listed Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No. 1) Core Plus Fund, a director and Chief Executive Officer of the general partner of the formerly TSX-V-listed Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No. 1) Value-Add Fund and a director and the Chief Executive Officer of the general partner of the formerly TSX-V-listed Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No. 5) Core Fund. Mr. Drimmer also established TSX-listed True North Apartment REIT and was the creator and sponsor of TSX-listed TransGlobe Apartment REIT.
Over the last ten years, Mr. Drimmer has completed more than $50 billion worth of acquisitions and dispositions in residential and commercial real estate (including nine initial public offerings).
Mr. Drimmer obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario, and both a Master of Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Contemporary European Policy Making from European University in Geneva, Switzerland and is a third generation real estate investor.
Areas of Interest
- Deal Type
- Acquisition, Development, Ground Lease, Loan Purchase, Opportunity Zone, Partner Buyout, Pre-Development, Recapitalization, Refinance, Rehabilitation