Team / Principals / Advisors
David Lehberg
Founder & Chairman
Knightstone Capital Management
David Lehberg is the Founder & Chairman of Knightstone Capital Management Inc., one of Canada's leading real estate development and investment companies, which has built and managed over
$1.5 billion of academic, hospitality, commercial, and residential projects / assets.
With over 30 years of experience within the commercial real estate sector, Mr. Lehberg has extensive development and investment experience across multiple real estate asset classes, and holds
significant knowledge with respect to business structuring, operations and fundraising.
Mr. Lehberg brings a strategic lens to the BlackTusk team, advising on structuring, strategy and growth.
Howard Paskowitz
Executive Director, Development
Starlight Investments
With over 20 years of experience in the commercial real estate development and re-entitlement sector, Howard Paskowitz brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the BlackTusk Advisory Team.
Currently an Executive Director at Starlight Investments, one of Canada’s leading real estate investment companies, Mr. Paskowitz manages the development within the Canadian multi-family group.
Prior to joining Starlight, Mr. Paskowtiz held various senior leadership roles at Medallion Corporation, a leading private multi-family developer and manager. Throughout his career, Mr. Paskowitz has been responsible for the development process of over 10,000 rental apartments and single-family homes across Canada.
Mr. Paskowitz holds a B.A. in Economics from Yeshiva University and a M.B.A. in Real Estate and Finance from the Schulich School of Business.
Jamie Ziegel
Managing Director, Head of Commercial Brokerage
TD Securities
Jamie Ziegel is a 35 year veteran of the Canadian commercial real estate industry. After spending 25 years in various sales and leadership roles in commercial brokerage, including the creation of the first large, solely mid-market focused investment team in Canada, Jamie joined TD Securities in 2011 to lead its investment brokerage practice. Jamie, along with his brokerage team is involved in all real estate brokerage and M&A activities for TD Securities across the Country.
The TD Securities Real Estate team has been involved in over $30 billion of successful assignments over the past 5 years, on behalf some of the largest private, public and institutional real estate companies in the nation.
Jamie brings a deep rolodex of industry relationships, a unique lens for value-creation and decades of transactional experience to the BlackTusk Advisory Team.