Ugo Bizzarri Honoured with Rental Housing Canada Lifetime Achievement Award

TORONTO, June 3, 2026 — Hazelview Investments is proud to announce that Ugo Bizzarri, Founder and Executive Chair, was presented with the Rental Housing Canada Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rental Housing Canada National Conference in Ottawa. The award recognizes individuals who have made an enduring impact on the rental housing sector, through leadership, advocacy, and a commitment to building better communities across Canada.

Bizzarri co-founded what is now Hazelview Investments in 1999, growing the firm from a domestic real estate investor and operator into a global investment management firm with $11.2 billion in assets under management¹ and more than 600 professionals across 19 offices in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Hong Kong. Over that span, Hazelview has owned and managed approximately 34,000 rental homes across six provinces and 21 cities in Canada — actively expanding Canada's rental housing supply by delivering 1,442 new purpose-built rental homes to date¹, with more than 20,000 additional units in the development pipeline.

Over more than 25 years, Bizzarri has been a defining voice in shaping Canada's rental housing industry through public policy engagement, industry governance, and a deeply held belief that real estate is ultimately about people.

Beyond building Hazelview, Bizzarri has served as Chairman of the Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario (FRPO) and also founded and serves on the Board of the Hazelview Cares Foundation — a not-for-profit organization dedicated to strengthening the communities in which Hazelview operates, with a focus on housing support, education and employment, health and well-being, and local community initiatives. Taken together, these commitments reflect a career defined as much by community impact as by investment performance.

"Ugo has been one of the most influential figures in Canadian rental housing for more than two decades," said Tony Irwin, President and CEO, Rental Housing Canada and FRPO. "He has led by example, building a world-class organization while never losing sight of what this industry is really about; providing people with homes they are proud to live in. This award is a recognition of a career spent doing things the right way."

The Rental Housing Canada Lifetime Achievement Award is among the industry's most prestigious honours, presented to leaders whose contributions have shaped the rental housing landscape at a national level.

Reflecting on the recognition, Bizzarri said, "I'm deeply honoured to receive this award, and I want to be clear, everything we've built has been a team effort. Canada's rental housing sector has never been more important, and I'm proud to have played a part in its growth. This recognition belongs to every person at Hazelview who has shown up every day committed to creating real value — for residents, investors, and the communities we're part of."