Michael Cooper
Founder and Chief Responsible Officer, Dream Unlimited Corporation
Toronto, ON M5C 3G6
Phone (416) 365-5145
Languages
English
Bio
Mr. Michael Cooper is the President and Chief Responsible Officer of Dream, and founder of DAM. He is also the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Dream Office REIT. He has an extensive track record in the real estate industry dating back to 1986. He helped found DAM in 1996 and continues to lead the business as President and Chief Responsible Officer. Under his leadership, the business has grown to approximately $28 billion of commercial real estate and residential development assets under management.
Among his accomplishments, Mr. Cooper is responsible for the formation of two TSX-listed real estate investment trusts: Dream Office REIT, Dream Industrial REIT, and the formation of Dream Impact, the first publicly traded impact fund. Mr. Cooper was also involved in the formation of Dream Global REIT, previously a TSX-listed real estate investment trust, the assets and subsidiaries of which were sold in 2019 and Dream Residential REIT, previously a TSX-listed real estate investment trust, which was sold in 2025. He earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Western Ontario and a Master of Business Administration from York University. Mr. Cooper currently sits on the boards of Dream, Dream Office REIT, Dream Industrial REIT, Dream Impact and Rogers Communications Inc.
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