The Pinemount Team
Experience You Can Trust
Pinemount’s real estate history spans generations, sectors and now, geography. From a base of developing and managing GTA-based commercial and industrial properties, the firm has expanded its reach to harness the growing potential of the mid – to high-end, purpose-built rental apartment and town-home market across Ontario.
While Pinemount gained its initial experience in the traditional real estate market, the firm quickly identified a specific area that had been virtually neglected in the building frenzy of the last 30 years: the rental housing market.
Founder and President
Eli Turkienicz
A lawyer by training who obtained his LLB at Osgoode in 1988 (after a B.SC. from the University of Toronto), Eli’s next two decades were with Milton Turk and Sons, where he grew his family development firm’s portfolio to include the acquisition and construction of commercial and industrial buildings and condominiums, multi-storey office buildings, and detached and semi-detached residential homes. In 2010 Eli launched Pinemount Holdings, expanding his reach to the rental housing market across and beyond the GTA, with 1 Million Square Feet and 100's of units either built or planned to date.
Eli leads the firm’s operations, playing an active and intimate role with investors, partners and lenders. The industry is Eli’s passion, and he keeps abreast of its evolution and changing market conditions. His brief foray outside the real estate world was to pursue another passion — food and food innovation— by launching a disruptive and highly-publicized Toronto restaurant concept.
Principal, Vice-President Asset Management
Bruno Sperduti
The focus for investment properties is for the enhancement of value and unlocking suppressed value of rental apartments by constantly upgrading and improving the sites on a planned and thoughtful basis to improve rental rates.
A former Executive of FirstService Residential, Bruno has held senior management and financial positions in banking, as well other owner-operated service companies. He established the Realty Management division in 2009 to leverage FirstService’s national footprint to serve the rental management requirements of distressed homes and REO assets, for Fannie Mae, Sun Trust, ST Residential and other large US national financial institutions.
Over a 30-year career in services, Bruno has provided leadership and business management expertise to Realtors, Financial Institutions, Fortune 500 firms and government clients.
Bruno is a Toronto native and holds BA and CPA designations, and is an espresso enthusiast.
Director
Oren Turkienicz
Prior to joining Pinemount, Oren worked in a number of real-estate-related roles, including Construction Financing, Acquisitions Analysis and Asset Management. Oren graduated with a Bachelors of Commerce (Dean’s List 2012-2015) with distinction from the University of Guelph, in their Real Estate and Housing Co-op Major.
