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Our team

Better people make better lending

We lend billions of dollars to commercial real estate projects every year. But it’s not just capital that distinguishes us. It’s the empowered nature of our workforce. Our advisors are experienced experts whose sole focus is to deliver financing strategies that enable you to achieve greater success.  

Our Better Lending culture – three decades in the making – is built on the skill that comes from pure mortgage lending.  Because we start from a position of knowledge about you, your project, and your market, we can design solutions that are fit for your purpose. And because accountability is in our nature, we meet our commitments. 

Better by design, better by nature, better for you in every corner of the country.

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Portrait of Jonathan Philipps

Team Philipps

Multi-family specialists. Strong work ethic. Knowledgeable guidance.

Jonathan established Team Philipps in 2010. In 2020, Veer Chhatwal joined as Analyst. In 2023, Kayas Abedin joined as Analyst. As multi-family specialists focused on the Greater Montreal area, the members of Team Philipps share a determination to get deals done efficiently, a commitment to constantly building knowledge and an unyielding work ethic. Jonathan, Veer and Kayas are always in sync about service commitments, execution and delivery. Being available to clients and honest with them are core elements of their shared work ethic and integrity standards. They maintain a direct, open line of communication with clients, creating trust by consistently delivering on their “make it happen” approach as deals unfold. What they say, they mean. And what they promise, they deliver. They set realistic expectations, and manage those constantly to achieve clients’ goals. While they focus on getting the work done, the members of Team Phillips are also fun loving individuals with a strong passion for real estate, their clients and the work they do. 

Jonathan
Philipps

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Veer
Chhatwal

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Muhammad Kayas
Abedin