The BMI Group
Paul Veldman is a seasoned entrepreneur and executive with extensive experience in the environmental and venture development sectors. As the Chief Executive Officer of Investinbetter since August 2006, Paul leads a venture development group focused on harnessing the potential of various environments. In addition, Paul founded Urbanistyc in January 2018 and co-founded Greener Ideal in March 2008, which serves as an independent environmental news platform. Previously, Paul was a shareholder at Blueforest Ventures and a partner at TodayTomorrow Ventures, an impact investment firm. Paul also co-founded the TerraVox Group and held key management roles in landscape design and construction at Courtland Professional Property Management, showcasing a diverse skill set in both environmental solutions and project management.
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The BMI Group
WHO WE ARE: The BMI Group is an award-winning transformative real estate development company focused on reimagining, remediating, and redeveloping legacy properties. Our expertise transforms strategic properties into new industrial, commercial, residential, and hospitality opportunities. OUR IMPACT: Our Ready Stating process has brought upwards of 3 million sqft. of infrastructure back online and over 5,000 acres back into use. In 2023, we received the National Brownfield Rehabilitation Award for our work in Thorold, Ontario, in the "Development at the Community Scale" category, given to organizations transforming underutilized properties across Canada into thriving community assets. In 2019, Heritage Stratford presented BMI with the James Anderson Award for our work on the Bradshaw Lofts. OUR EXPERTISE: 1. Adaptive and restorative development: BMI is recognized for expertly remediating and repurposing historic structures for novel uses, combining heritage architecture and modern amenities for commercial, residential and hospitality industries. 2. Industrial repurposing and development: Our method involves strategically realigning existing industry-specific assets, systems, and facilities to serve new market and community needs, building out necessary components such as multi-modal infrastructure to support complex projects. OUR GROUPS: - BMI Developments engages in broad-spectrum project development that applies our ready-stating and property revitalization capabilities to new growth opportunities. - BMI Ventures incubates businesses that can best realize the potential of our properties, focusing on thriving communities, revitalized spaces, and economic growth.