The sidewalk is where every development’s true value is tested.
Because the sidewalk is where we interact and connect with our community, tenants, and friends. Sidewalk is a creative and innovative real estate development firm, based in Halifax, with a deeply ingrained commitment to rethinking the way buildings are renovated and designed throughout downtown Halifax and Dartmouth. Every development we undertake is considered through a lens that identifies value beyond the building itself. We believe that each individual development in the streetscape has a role to play in shaping and fostering a neighbourhood’s long-term energy and appeal. And that this more thoughtful, holistic approach to development attracts tenants, residents, and investors who are looking for deeper, more meaningful value from a property—today, and in the future.
Leadership
Elliot is the founder and president of the Bruno Group of Companies and the entrepreneurial force behind Sidewalk RED. He has been developing real estate since the age of 22, bringing together a background in design, construction, and development with an instinct for seeing potential where others might not.
Through Sidewalk, Elliot has helped build a growing portfolio of residential and mixed-use projects across Halifax and Dartmouth, with a particular interest in adaptive reuse, thoughtful design, and properties that can contribute something meaningful to the neighbourhood around them.
His approach is creative but grounded: find the opportunity, understand what makes it special, and build long-term value without losing the character that made it worth investing in to begin with.
Joe brings a strong real estate and investment background to Sidewalk RED, along with a genuine passion for creating places that feel different.
Before joining Sidewalk, Joe worked with private and public real estate organizations ranging from $100 million to $11 billion in assets under management, as well as RBC Capital Markets. He pairs that investment experience with an interest in unique design and a curiosity for how great urban places around the world approach housing, hospitality, and neighbourhood life.
He holds an MBA specializing in Real Estate & Infrastructure from the Schulich School of Business and studied Private Equity & Finance at SDA Bocconi University in Milan.
Breathing new life into forgotten urban treasures.
Sidewalk’s unconventional approach to development includes valuing sustainability and history. We’re pioneers in office tower conversion, including a downtown Halifax office tower that will gain a new lease on life as a residential building. We helped save one of Canada’s top ten most at risk historical buildings from the wrecking ball. And we’ve been instrumental in the revitalization of downtown Dartmouth, carefully forging a vibrant community bursting with culture, an up-and-coming craft beverage scene, funky boutiques, urban art, and so much more. Dartmouth is now a sought-after neighbourhood (often described as “New Brooklyn”) with extremely low vacancy and a shortage of multi-family apartments and new commercial space. And our goal is equally lofty with every development project we take on.
We’re driven by the idea that not all value is tangible.
Neighbourhood
We believe in caring for our community. No single development stands alone. By considering every building’s place in the fabric of the neighbourhood, we contribute to its broader value.
History
We believe in imagining what formerly great buildings can become. Our adaptive reuse of historic buildings unlocks value that others overlook, and is a more sustainable way of improving a streetscape experience.
People
We believe that people with a shared purpose can achieve great things. A community is most valuable when its streetscape inspires people—entrepreneurs, tenants, residents, and visitors—to live, work, and play vibrantly.
Tomorrow
We believe that good design can be a catalyst for community pride. A development should have value beyond the here and now. We’re hands-on investors with a long-term lens on a neighbourhood’s potential.
Carefully curated projects contribute
to a thriving neighbourhood.
See neighbours
Value beyond the here and now
