SUISSE News Spring 2024
Real Estate
April 2024

Member Profile: The Lakeshore Group

(Rick Pennycooke)

Canadian Land Development Advisors & Urban Planning Consultants
Established thirty years ago, The Lakeshore Group is a consulting firm specializing in land development and urban planning matters. Based in Toronto, but operating throughout Ontario and Canada-wide, the firm specializes in providing land use planning advice and approvals; zoning due diligence for portfolio acquisitions/dispositions; institutional scale renewable energy project approvals; retail location intelligence; and, real estate litigation support. Services are provided to national and international developers, financial institutions, retailers, pension funds, manufacturers, power providers, public sector entities and law firms. Well-known Swiss companies are counted as valued clients of the firm.

The Lakeshore Group consists of a team of professional and highly skilled advisors headed by Rick Pennycooke, MCIP, RPP, who has been practicing for over three decades, and is regularly interviewed in the national TV and print media regarding real estate and land development matters. He is often seen on CTV Newsnet, CBC Newsworld and BNN Bloomberg, and is regularly quoted in the National Post and Globe & Mail, among other print news outlets. Rick travels frequently to Switzerland and enjoys improving his “Schwiizertüutsch" at every opportunity.

Contact details:
Rick Pennycooke, President
The Lakeshore Group
rpennycooke@lakeshoregroup.ca
647.998.2240
SCCC Corporate Members
  • Habib Canadian Bank  (Subsidiary of Habib Bank AG Zurich)
  • Zurich Canada
  • Laderach (Canada) Inc.
  • Custom Spring Corporate
  • Rolex Canada Ltd.
  • Lette LLP
  • Swiss Business Hub
  • Roche Canada
  • Swissmar Ltd.
  • Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.
  • Endress + Hauser Canada Ltd
  • Hilti (Canada) Corporation
  • Switzerland Tourism
  • Forvis Mazars LLP
  • Canadian Tire Corporation
  • Lindt & Spruengli (Canada) Inc.
  • Adecco Employment Services Limited
  • Glencore