Aly Damji

Managing Partner, Real Estate at Forum Asset Management

Speaker

As Managing Partner, Real Estate at Forum Asset Management, Aly leads Forum’s largest business. This includes a $3B+ development pipeline with over 4,500 units of student housing and multi-family apartments, as well as Forum’s flagship fund the Forum Real Estate Income and Impact Fund (REIIF), valued at $2.4M and holds over 4,200 rental housing units including over 10,000 beds.

Before joining Forum, Aly served as the Executive Vice President of Investments & Asset Management at Hullmark, a private urban real estate investor and developer in Downtown Toronto and was instrumental in the firm’s AUM growth by 15x to $1B in 7 years. During his tenure, Aly led partnership formations with Sun Life Investment Management, First Capital REIT and OCAD University.

Over the course of his career, Aly has developed experience in all major real estate asset classes and has been involved with principal investments valued at more than $6 billion. He has also led a variety of functions including investments, development, asset management and operations.

In addition to his professional experience, Aly has been involved in a number of board positions and advocacy roles. He was the President of the NAIOP Greater Toronto Chapter in 2022, one of the commercial real estate industry’s largest advocacy groups, and served as a board member for 6 years. Aly currently serves as a member of OCAD University's Board of Governors, Physical Resources and Capital Assets Committee (“PRCAC”) and the Joint Board and Senate Liaison subcommittee.