About
For more than four decades, Colonnade BridgePort has combined institutional management discipline with strategic investment insight to deliver enduring value across the real estate spectrum. Through a fully integrated platform — driven by CBP Capital, CBP Development, CBP Management, and CBP Residential — the company brings together investment leadership, development expertise, property management, and residential operations. This full range of capabilities provides CBP with a major competitive advantage, transforming complexity into opportunity and underperformance into sustainable growth.
The same disciplined approach that has characterized Colonnade BridgePort now defines the continued evolution of CBP Capital, the company’s fund management, investment management, and asset management business unit.
Led by a team with extensive institutional, private equity, and public-company real estate experience, CBP Capital brings a depth of insight that spans markets, asset classes, and investment structures. Decades of hands-on experience in investment, development oversight, and capital-markets execution – including billions of dollars in completed transactions – provide the foundation to deliver premium-quality opportunities for high-net-worth investors, family offices, and other investment partners. A key objective is to provide access to institutional-quality investments – often alongside CBP’s institutional partners.
CEO
With over 30 years in the industry, Hugh Gorman has dealt in every aspect of the real estate lifecycle, from investment and development to management and leasing. Under his direction, Colonnade BridgePort has evolved into Ottawa’s largest privately-owned real estate services company now overseeing more than 15 million square feet across Ottawa, the GTA and Southern Ontario, and Atlantic Canada. The firm also currently has three multi-residential projects under construction in Ottawa with a development pipeline of $2B, and is actively fundraising for two new real estate funds.
An award-winning contributor to the Canadian real estate and business communities, Hugh is currently the incoming Chair of the Ottawa Board of Trade, the co-chair of the Ottawa Downtown Champions table focused on building a stronger, more resilient downtown core; and a member of the University of Ottawa Board of Governors. Hugh previously served as president of both BOMA Ottawa and BOMA Canada, and spent two years on the BOMA International Executive Committee.
With a unique combination of institutional, private equity, and public company real estate experience across numerous markets and asset classes, Andrew is an internationally respected executive leader. For more than 30 years, he has built a reputation for effectively managing a wide variety of real estate projects and organizations and overseeing the complex needs of evolving businesses — all with an unwavering commitment to his teams and stakeholders.
Andrew’s depth of real estate and investment experience — combined with Colonnade BridgePort’s industry relationships and proven track record — provides the foundation upon which CBP Capital is able to offer high-net-worth, family office, and other private investors ongoing opportunities to participate in institutional-quality developments in Ottawa and across the country.
Prior to joining Colonnade BridgePort’s executive team, Andrew held positions as Head of Real Estate Investments – Americas at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), Executive Vice President and COO of TrizecHahn Development, and President and CEO of both StorageNow Holdings and Parkbridge Lifestyle Communities.
Marshall plays a pivotal leadership role on the CBP Capital team, providing high-net-worth investors, family offices, and institutional partners with opportunities to participate in institutional-quality developments and investments across Ottawa, the GTA, and Atlantic Canada.
Marshall has over 15 years experience in real estate investment and capital markets, most recently spending over a decade as the lead investment officer of BGO’s Canadian platform, where he completed more than $4 billion in transactions. Prior to that, he was a key member of the corporate finance team at First Capital REIT.
With expertise in real estate development, finance, and acquisitions, Joost has managed investments in infrastructure and development projects exceeding $600 million. He refined his skills for many years in his native Netherlands before moving to Ottawa, where he most recently served as Director of Capital and Director of Finance – Acquisitions with Regional Group. In his role at Colonnade BridgePort, Joost leads the company’s investment management functions, collaborating closely with the development team to execute on active projects.
Paul is a seasoned finance professional with over a decade of experience in real estate and Big Four public accounting. As a CPA, he leverages deep expertise in financial analysis, strategic planning, and operational efficiency to enhance portfolio performance, drive value creation, and deliver actionable, data-driven insights that support sustainable growth.
Paul works closely with CBP’s property management, leasing, and development management teams to ensure the successful execution of asset strategies.
Khalif brings over nine years of experience in commercial real estate finance, with a background spanning major developers and Canadian financial institutions.
Joining Colonnade BridgePort in 2023 as a senior analyst, Khalif has led analysis on more than $1 billion in acquisitions, development, and financing. He specializes in financial modelling, reporting, value engineering, and process development, with extensive experience in investment management, investor relations, risk management, and scenario analysis.
Kyle joined CBP Capital in 2023 bringing broad experience across the commercial real estate sector, previously leading investment analysis for Regional Group, and holding senior roles at EY and Colliers International.
Leading analysis on more than $100 million in acquisitions and dispositions and large-scale residential developments, Kyle has provided rigorous underwriting, portfolio analysis, and strategic guidance to investors, senior leadership, and investment committees.
Kyle is registered as an Exempt Market Dealing Representative with various securities commissions.
Analyst
Ryan supports CBP Capital’s investment activities across commercial and residential real estate, including building financial models and assessing property performance to inform strategic decision making.
He works closely with the development, asset management and fund management teams to evaluate new opportunities, manage existing investments and support portfolio strategy.
Before joining CBP, Ryan worked in financial planning & analysis at Minto Group, where he gained experience in forecasting, cash flow analysis and capital allocation for real estate initiatives.
Ryan holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from the University of Ottawa.