Syl Apps
Senior Managing Director, Head of U.S. Midwest and Canada / Toronto, ON
Syl is a Senior Managing Director, Head of U.S. Midwest and Canada. He oversees all development, acquisitions, asset management, and operational activity in the geography, including $9 billion and 22 million square feet in assets under management. In addition, he serves as the market lead for South America.
He joined Hines in 2015, based in Toronto, where he was responsible for the origination, capitalization, and execution of multiple residential, office, and mixed-use projects across Canada. Additionally, he has served as an investment partner for Hines Brazil since 2018, supporting all investment and capital formation activity.
Prior to Hines, Syl was Principal and European COO of GreenOak Real Estate, leading the origination and execution of acquisitions in Europe. He also served as an investment professional in Goldman Sachs’ Real Estate Principal Investment Area where he was responsible for investing the Whitehall Funds.
Syl graduated with an AB in Economics from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Before his real estate career, he played professional hockey in Canada and the U.S. He was named the Professional Hockey Players Association Man of the Year in 2003 for outstanding charitable efforts in his playing community.