FutureBUILDS

FutureBUILDS is a BIPOC Real Estate Development Incubator developed by Monumental and implemented in partnership with the University of Toronto’s Infrastructure Institute. The project is funded by the Future Skills Centre. FutureBUILDS seeks to support mid-career Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC), who are interested in launching entrepreneurial ventures in real estate development. Informed by  research conducted by Monumental on the experiences of racialized individuals in the real estate development sector, this free incubator program will build a new cohort of real estate developers across Canada, starting with a pilot in Toronto. The goal of this initiative is to add new thinking, agility and ideas into the sector by engaging BIPOC entrepreneurs and innovators who are passionate about solving issues of access to housing and housing affordability. 

With our first cohort our goal is to support BIPOC entrepreneurs to bring viable plans for small to mid-scale (minimum 2 units) housing developments to market within 3 years of cohort graduation. We believe that by diversifying the people who  lead housing developments in our country, we can contribute to solving our housing crisis while supporting community wealth building for groups who have historically faced barriers to entry into real estate development.

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