We’re alongside Rohit Gupta today, President of Rohit Group of Companies. The group has several different divisions that work mostly in Western Canada: Rohit Land, Rohit Communities, Rohit Commercial, and Build Base.
With Alberta’s economy picking up, Rohit explains how his company has been utilizing this opportunity in the market. He tells us about a project that Rohit Group is working on with Covenant Health along with how the company is dealing with inflation.
Topics covered include:
- What came first: the company or the man?
- Why Rohit is being very aggressive on land in Alberta right now.
- What motivated Rohit to pursue a government project.
- Challenges when working with public healthcare.
- How Rohit Group is combating inflationary pressures.
- The company’s advantage in recruiting top talent.
- The focus that Rohit Group puts on technology and mobility.
- Developing a healthcare facility with Covenant Health.
- Solving problems from a functional perspective, not a platform perspective.
- Rohit’s goal to make living better for people everywhere.
- A property that Rohit Group is building based on a new train line.
- A challenge with amenities that Rohit dealt with during the pandemic.
- Build Base, which is Rohit Group’s proptech division, and what it offers.
- How Build Base can lower costs for builders.
More about our guest….
Rohit Gupta has facilitated Rohit Group’s transformation from home builder to a multi-faceted organization that includes residential, commercial and land development, as well as real estate financing and technology. His belief, that building community is more than just building homes, has helped create a portfolio comprised of purpose-built rentals for the missing middle to urban-mixed use development. As President, his strategic direction for the firm and focus on unintended consequences has allowed the organization to take on complex problems that enhance the community around us. Rohit serves as a member on the Business Council of Alberta and is a past board member of organizations such as Explore Edmonton, ANHWP and PHBI. He also has an MBA and BSc in Computer Engineering.
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