About MarshallZehr
Our mission: to reshape our industry for a better outcome
Integrity and Transparency
Strong governance helps MarshallZehr to ensure steadfast fiduciary responsibility and alignment of decision-making, helping us to protect the interests of our clients.
Refined operational execution
Effective operational business practices help MarshallZehr to have more insight and control over the capital process, manage risks, and ultimately protect our clients’ interests.
Proactive focus on risk management
Good risk management practices begin with a proactive approach – identifying potential organizational risks to ensure we’re constantly maintaining our fiduciary responsibility and protecting our clients’ interests through professional and insightful service.
An integrated approach to ESG
We recognize the positive impact of incorporating ESG into everything we do. This includes the way we operate our business and prioritizing construction and development opportunities that focus ESG initiatives.
We firmly believe that a commitment to strong ESG practices not only result in strengthened communities, but improved financial performance and sustainable growth.
Examples of ESG in practice:
Jake's House Community Residences
A joint initiative with Jake’s House providing housing solutions for the autism community and their caregivers
Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Turkey Drive
Helping to ensure that vulnerable families in Waterloo Region can have a holiday meal on their table.
Urban North Townhomes
Protecting sensitive ecosystems, promoting high-efficiency designs, and focus on green transportation options.
Who is on our team?
At MarshallZehr’s core is a team of tenacious, dedicated and passionate professionals, leveraging deep industry experience and leading-edge technology to service our clients, match their needs, and protect capital at every stage.
Executive Team
Our Executive Team has decades of practical experience and expertise in real estate investments, development, lending, corporate finance, and operations. They have held multiple senior leadership roles at large public and private companies and together, they have built MarshallZehr into an industry leader in the alternative lending market for real estate construction and development.
Business Development & Syndication
We collaborate with our Lender and Borrower partners to create effective financing strategies, capital structures, and operating models to deliver success – while ensuring clear communication and proactive risk mitigation.
Mortgage Underwriting & Funding
Using real-time data and our MZ platform, our team regularly re-forecasts each project to proactively address risks and re-assess its impacts – all towards protecting the value of the project security for our Lenders and enabling successful operating models for our Borrowers.
Legal, Administration & Compliance
Our professional team drives accountability with our Borrowers and ensures compliance to our regulatory obligations. Their professional efforts support regular and frequent reporting on project progress and loan performance.
Corporate Finance & Accounting
Leveraging our proprietary ERP platform, we are driven to provide accurate, reliable, dynamic and compliant reporting. Our reporting capabilities generate visibility into our clients’ business activities to meet all our stakeholders reporting needs.
Software & Innovation
The MZ Innovation Lab houses the on-going development of our leading ERP platform, provides internal technical support, and manages our comprehensive protocols and best-practices related to security, privacy, and data integrity.
