Real Property
Acquiring and developing multi-family and commercial properties
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Ayrshire (“Air-Shire”) meaning “Watercourse” or “Strong River”
We are an Alberta based investment management firm that has a focused strategy of investing in real property and related venture capital. Our firm originated in the late 1990’s as a family office for our Executive Chairman Phil Swift who is a co-founder of ARC Financial – Canada’s largest energy focused private equity firm.
Our family office heritage combined with career experience, acting as fiduciaries to large institutions, pension funds and endowments; enables a disciplined and well-informed perspective for allocating capital. We endeavour to bring institutional quality diligence, research, governance, and reporting to our stakeholders.
Our firm has a strong appetite for creating positive impact in our communities and underwrites investment opportunities relative to tangible economic, social, and environmental criteria.
Housing Impact Funds
Our Mission
“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business” – Henry Ford
Our goal is to make profit with a purpose and prove that strong financial returns can coexist with societal benefits.
To combat Canada’s housing crisis, by partnering with not-for-profits, community stakeholders, first nations communities, and government, to build mixed market affordable housing.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
1 No poverty
10 Reduced inequalities
3 Good health and wellbeing
11 Sustainable cities and communities
7 Affordable and clean energy
13 Climate action
9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure
12 Responsible consumption and production
Who is Ayrshire
Ayrshire is a group of people committed to each other, finding the best ideas, meticulous planning, careful execution, value creation and community engagement. By maximizing our intellectual capital, and through the careful investment of real capital, our goal is to generate exceptional risk adjusted returns and to improve the communities we engage through the work we do.
Meet the Team“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.”