Revitalizing overlooked urban assets through adaptive reuse, heritage restoration, and long-term ownership.
Voisin Capital is a Kitchener-based real estate development and investment firm focused on adaptive reuse, heritage restoration, and urban repositioning projects. Since 2010, the firm has led more than 700,000 square feet of redevelopment projects and been involved in executing on more than 2 million square feet of commercial real estate development across Ontario.
Adaptive reuse Heritage restoration Urban repositioning Long-term ownership
Recipient of multiple heritage and urban design awards across Ontario projects.
Reuse over replacement.
Demolition and greenfield expansion are not the only paths to growth.
We believe overlooked urban buildings can become economically productive, architecturally meaningful, and culturally valuable places.
Adaptive reuse often delivers faster timelines, lower embodied carbon, stronger urban integration, and more distinctive environments than conventional development.
Our approach combines redevelopment discipline with long-term ownership, heritage sensitivity, and a focus on projects that strengthen the surrounding city.
The world's largest hardware focused innovation campus.
Nearly 11 acres indoors on one floor, totalling 475,000 square feet on a 24 acre site. Centred on hardware and technology companies but going well beyond core workspace, the property is home to Catalyst Commons, Canada's largest co-working space at 140,000 square feet, alongside substantial additional office space, one of the region's top restaurants, a coffee shop, a gym, a private event centre, and more than 1,000 on-site parking spaces.
Set between uptown Waterloo and downtown Kitchener along the Iron Horse Trail, with immediate access to an ION light rail stop. Anchors a regional hub for hardware startups and growth stage manufacturers in the heart of Canada's innovation corridor.
A redevelopment of Goudie's Department Store, a celebrated downtown Kitchener landmark that served the community for more than eight decades. 44,000 square feet of brick and beam office space with open floor plates, soaring ceilings, original brick walls, hardwood floors, and exposed structural beams.
An iconic heritage building at 48 Ontario Street North in the heart of Kitchener's Cultural District, known as the Legion Building and the Birthplace of Kitchener Blues. Fully restored and reimagined as a multi use heritage office property.
A successful urban repositioning of a 1980s office building at one of downtown Kitchener's most prominent intersections, the corner of King and Ontario.
A heritage designated building in the heart of Kitchener's Cultural District. The last intact example of Neo-Romanesque architecture in downtown Kitchener, with rusticated stone lintels and elaborate mouldings on the exterior. Soaring ceilings, exposed brick walls, and exposed wood structure inside. The ground floor is home to The Rich Uncle, one of Waterloo Region's finest restaurants, with office tenants above.
Past feature
A restored 1830s distillery at the south end of downtown Guelph, backing onto the Speed River. 39,000 square feet of distinctive mixed use heritage space at the heart of the broader Metalworks residential development by Fusion Homes. Home to Spring Mill Distillery alongside a curated set of office tenants.
President, Voisin Capital
Frank Voisin is the founder and President of Voisin Capital, a Kitchener-based real estate development and investment firm specializing in adaptive reuse and urban redevelopment projects.
A third generation real estate developer, he founded the company in 2010 and has since led the acquisition, redevelopment, financing, and repositioning of more than 700,000 square feet of commercial real estate projects, including Catalyst137, one of North America's largest hardware-focused innovation campuses.
His work focuses on the intersection of heritage preservation, urban revitalization, and long-term real estate ownership. His projects have received multiple heritage and urban design awards and have contributed to the transformation of downtown Kitchener's urban core.
He holds a JD and MBA from the Ivey Business School at Western University and is a past CFA charterholder.
The most interesting urban buildings are often the ones others have overlooked.
We work with investors, tenants, municipalities, brokers, and project partners who share an interest in thoughtful urban redevelopment and long-term value creation.
Opportunities to participate in adaptive reuse, urban repositioning, and long-term commercial real estate ownership.
Distinctive office, retail, and mixed-use environments in walkable urban locations.
Experience working within complex urban redevelopment and heritage contexts.
Collaborating with architects, trades, engineers, brokers, and specialized consultants on adaptive reuse projects.