17 An Owner’s Representative is crucial in ensuring the success of construction projects, bridging the gap between owner and stakeholder to prevent costly mistakes and delays, mitigate risks, and manage complex technical details. Injecting management excellence into each stage of the process, Montage Development Consultants is a trusted Owner’s Representative renowned for delivering clarity, accountability, and lasting value through every project it oversees. We spoke with Founder and Principal Rupert Campbell below, as the consultancy is named in the Sustainable Building Awards 2025. Non-Profit Real Estate Development Champion of the Year 2025 – Canada Contact Details: Contact: Rupert Campbell Company: Montage Development Consultants Web Address: www.montagedevelopment.ca Based in Vancouver, Montage Development Consultants is a real estate development consultancy leveraging decades of expertise to create transformative project outcomes. The consultancy specialises in acquisitions, capital planning, and development management for British Columbia’s industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential sectors, helping private developers, institutions, and non-profit housing providers bring complex projects to fruition. “Since our founding, we have been driven by one clear mission: to help our clients build faster – with less risk, stronger teams, and transformative outcomes,” Rupert told us. “Our core values – integrity, collaboration, accountability, and excellence – have guided us from day one. While the industry has evolved and sustainability has become a key focus, these principles have remained at the heart of everything we do. What has grown, however, is our commitment to advancing high-performance, low-carbon, and community-minded projects that deliver lasting value.” Over the years, the sector has shifted from compliance-driven to strategic, value-based sustainability, demanding measurable energy performance, occupant wellbeing, and financial returns. Montage serves as a proud partner on deep energy retrofit programmes across the region, helping institutional owners and housing providers modernise aging buildings, reduce emissions, and improve long-term asset performance. Its services aid clients in navigating new funding models, government incentives, and decarbonisation pathways, transforming unnecessary complexities into achievable success stories. At Montage, every endeavour begins with alignment, communication, and trust. It takes a hands-on approach when embarking on new projects: working as an extension of its client’s team to manage consultants, contractors, and approvals, ensuring each phase is coordinated, efficient, and accountable. Regardless of the size or scope, the team treats each project as if it were their own, adopting an ownership mindset that ensures every decision is made with care, integrity, and the client’s best interest in mind. The team focuses on four key areas that drive project success. Clarity ensures that clear goals and budgets are set, establishing the client’s expectations early. Through collaboration, Montage builds strong relationships between clients, consultants, and builders alike. High standards of governance are maintained by managing risks through forecasting, oversight, and structured decision frameworks. Finally, sustainability is upheld throughout, ensuring every project delivers longterm performance over short-term completion. “We’re not just project managers,” Rupert stated. “We’re Owner’s Representatives who bring a developer’s perspective and a builder’s practicality to every engagement. Our clients trust us to anticipate challenges, make informed decisions, and keep teams focused on outcomes. What truly differentiates us is our dual expertise: private development insight, honed through years of managing market-driven ICI-R projects; and institutional retrofit experience, where we apply that same rigor to sustainable, mission-driven portfolios.” This blend of expertise allows Montage to deliver projects that are financially sound, environmentally responsible, and professionally executed; whether it is a new mixed-use community, a school expansion, or a deep-energy retrofit of multi-family housing, Montage provides the structure, clarity, and leadership needed to move projects from vision to reality. The consultancy proudly possesses more than 500 units in construction, over 1,000 additional non-profit units in deepenergy retrofits, and over $600 million in CMHC-backed financing for acquisitions, development, and retrofit projects. Looking to the future, Montage aims to expand its impact across British Columbia with an emphasis on high-performance multi-family retrofits and purpose-built housing projects. For the remainder of 2025 and into early 2026, the consultancy’s focus will be on scaling its deep energy retrofit portfolio from 200 to 1,000 units across the region, as well as strengthening partnerships with municipalities, housing providers, and private developers across the industry. Alongside this, it seeks to advance its internal tools for governance, cost management, and carbon accounting, with the aim of better serving clients at every stage of their projects. Across each upcoming endeavour, Montage remains committed to building a collaborative culture in which innovation and sustainability go hand in hand, continuing to serve as a dedicated advocate for owners across British Columbia. Following Montage’s recognition as Canada’s Non-Profit Real Estate Development Champion of the Year 2025, Rupert shared: “Our vision for the future is clear: to be the trusted partner for clients who want to build better, faster, and with less risk – for people, performance, and the planet.”
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