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494 rental homes, including 217 affordable units; the first completed ground-up project for the Affordable Housing Fund.
Real Estate
Toronto-based private equity real estate firm investing in and lending on Canadian property.
KingSett Capital is an independent Canadian private equity real estate firm founded by Jon Love in 2002, investing institutional and private capital across all property types and markets in Canada. It runs closed-end Growth Funds (nine vintages), an income fund, affordable housing and residential development funds, and a commercial mortgage platform (KingSett Mortgage Corporation) that includes CMHC-insured lending. Its roughly 170 employees work from Toronto, Vancouver and Montréal, and in 2026 it agreed, with Choice Properties, to take First Capital REIT private in a $9.4 billion deal.
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Closed-end, event-driven value-creation funds investing across Canadian property types since 2002; nine successive vintages, with Growth LP No. 9 holding a $1.835 billion first close in August 2026.
Income fund set up in 2008 to own and actively manage high-quality, long-hold assets in Canada's major markets.
KingSett Mortgage Corporation provides conventional and CMHC-insured financing, plus open-ended Senior Mortgage (2018) and High Yield (2014) funds for bridge, first-mortgage and mezzanine lending across Canada.
Impact-focused fund (2020) building rental housing with an affordable component, and a 2021 fund that develops transit-oriented residential sites with joint venture partners.
Customized institutional mandates launched in May 2026, starting with an industrial real estate partnership with University Pension Plan Ontario.
| Toronto | ON | headquarters |
| Vancouver | BC | office |
| Montréal | QC | office |
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The largest private equity real estate firm in Canada, with opportunistic, growth and income strategies under one roof.
Opportunistic mandates mean distressed and complex deals rather than core acquisitions.
Private and partner-led, so the investment committee is close.
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Programs
Summer Analyst · Canada
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Co-op / Off-cycle intern · Canada
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Executive Chair & Founder
Leadership
Founded KingSett in 2002 and moved to Executive Chair under the leadership succession announced in November 2023. Before that he spent two decades at Oxford Properties, where he became President in 1987 and CEO in 1992, staying until Oxford was sold to OMERS in 2001. He began his career as a retail stockbroker at Scotia McLeod and holds an HBA from Ivey.
Chief Executive Officer
Leadership
Joined KingSett in 2004 as an investment analyst and rose to Chief Investment Officer and Investment Committee Chair in 2018 and President in 2021 before becoming CEO in the 2023 succession. He leads the firm's strategy and execution. HBA from Ivey Business School.
President, KingSett Mortgage Corporation
Mortgage Platform
Joined KingSett in 2006 and leads its national commercial and residential mortgage lending business, including the CMHC multifamily platform; fund manager for the Senior Mortgage and High Yield funds and a Management Committee member since 2019. Earlier held lending roles at TD Bank, Scotiabank, Sun Life Financial, MCAP Financial and Trez Capital. BBA from Schulich.
Chief Investment Officer
Acquisitions & Dispositions
Joined KingSett in 2008 and leads the Investments team that sources, underwrites and structures deals for the firm's fund strategies; on the Management Committee since 2024. Previously worked in investment banking at BMO Capital Markets and at a Canadian real estate brokerage. BSc in Economics from the University of Victoria.
Chief Capital Officer
Strategic Capital
Joined KingSett in 2022 to run equity and debt capital strategy and formation, plus marketing and communications; sits on the Management Committee. Spent 17 years at TD Securities in M&A and then real estate investment banking, reaching Managing Director, Real Estate. Ivey MBA; BSc in Neuroscience from Dalhousie.
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May 7, 2026
Canadian multi-tenant light industrial real estate (programmatic)
Manager and partner · Industrial real estate
Buyer KingSett Capital and University Pension Plan Ontario
Strategic partnership with University Pension Plan Ontario to buy and actively manage light industrial buildings in supply-constrained Canadian urban markets; KingSett's first separately managed account.
Apr 16, 2026
First Capital REIT
Acquirer · Retail real estate
Buyer KingSett Capital (on behalf of KingSett Real Estate Growth LP No. 8 and other investors) and Choice Properties REIT
KingSett and Choice Properties agreed to acquire First Capital REIT for about $9.4 billion including assumed debt. KingSett takes all outstanding units and about $4.4 billion of assets (needs-based and high-street retail, development land and other assets); Choice takes about $5.0 billion of grocery-anchored centres. Unitholders approved on June 23, 2026, the court approved on June 25, and closing was expected in Q4 2026.
Nov 27, 2025
70 York Street, Toronto (210,000 sq ft office tower)
Seller · Office real estate
Buyer Desjardins Global Asset Management · Seller KingSett Senior Mortgage Fund LP
Off-market sale of a downtown Toronto office tower that KingSett's Senior Mortgage Fund took over in March 2024 after a borrower default; KingSett raised occupancy from 48% to 90% before selling.
Feb 20, 2020
Northview Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust
Co-investor · Real Estate
Buyer Starlight Investments and KingSett Capital
Starlight and KingSett agreed to acquire Northview Apartment REIT for $36.25 per unit in a transaction valued at about $4.8 billion; completed in November 2020 at about $4.9 billion including net debt.
494 rental homes, including 217 affordable units; the first completed ground-up project for the Affordable Housing Fund.
KingSett's ninth Growth Fund raised $1.835 billion at first close from existing and new investors.
The Ontario Superior Court approved the plan of arrangement two days after unitholders voted for it, and closing was expected in Q4 2026.
First institutional mandate signed, an industrial partnership with UPP.
KingSett and Choice Properties agreed to acquire First Capital REIT.
A planned multi-year leadership succession was formalized.
Jon Love founded the firm and closed its first Growth Fund with $220 million of institutional capital.
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