Bio – Gil Blutrich, President & Founder

Gil Blutrich, Owner & Visionary, Pantages Suites Hotel and Spa & Cosmopolitan Toronto Hotel
President, Skyline International Development Group Inc.

Gil Blutrich, is President & Founder of Skyline International Development Group Inc. - a Canadian group of 40 private real estate companies which holds and manages two million square feet of office, residential and industrial buildings as well as hotels and extended-stay properties in Canada

Mr. Blutrich has been a successful real estate entrepreneur for over 15 years both in Israel and Canada. A leading Israeli finance magazine named him "one of the most promising Israeli real estate entrepreneurs of the next generation".

Mr. Blutrich founded his first business at the age of 16 and became the youngest registered entrepreneur in Israel. Upon completion of his studies in Business and Hotel Management, he founded the Israeli company Mishorim, which put together a group of private Israeli real estate companies, mainly active in central Israel.

In 1998, Mr. Blutrich moved to Canada where he founded Skyline International Development Group Inc. Skyline quickly grew and has become a major conduit for foreign investors wishing to invest in the Canadian real estate and hotel markets. This success was recognized locally when Mr. Blutrich was honoured with the Ernst & Young 2004 Entrepreneur of the Year® Award for Hospitality and Tourism in Ontario.

In 2004, Skyline's first hotel project, Pantages Suites Hotel and Spa, broke onto the Toronto city scene followed by the Cosmopolitan Toronto Hotel. Both hotels reflect his innovative vision and drive to inspire the evolution of the boutique hotel and they were both selected in the category of "Top 7 Boutique Hotels in Canada".

Mr. Blutrich's constant dedication and support in building better communities is evident through his creation of BRIGHT FUTURE, an organization that encourages and nurtures troubled youth to improve the quality of their lives by striving to become productive members of the business community. Gil Blutrich is focused on alleviating the homeless issue in Toronto by organizing forums and fundraising events around the city keeping this issue in the forefront of people's minds. He has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Reel World Film Festival in Toronto, an organization that promotes diversity within the Canadian film industry and more recently voted as Chairman of the "Israeli Forum in Canada", part of the UJA program to strengthen the link between the Jewish and Israeli community in Toronto. The forum will aim to fulfill the needs of the Israeli community in the areas of education and culture.


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