Montreal · Real estate · Ventures · Ideas
Ecopromise is the home of Robert Stein, a Montreal entrepreneur and real estate developer working across property, technology, sport and unconventional ideas. Some are established. Some are being built. All started with a real problem worth solving.
Selected real estate
A 104,689-square-foot industrial property with unusual scale, rail access and a column-free structure, now being evaluated for data-centre redevelopment and other power-intensive uses.
A major redevelopment site moving through planning and entitlement toward a new residential future.
A full-block urban property combining street-level retail and office space, with longer-term mixed-use potential.
Selected ventures
Recognizes meaningful human thinking in AI-assisted work and helps students and creators maintain the habits behind original thought.
A non-betting sports simulation where fans build virtual positions in athletes and sports cards using currency with no cash value.
Real-estate intelligence that helps commercial tenants and owners find errors, overlooked rights and potential savings in property costs.
Recent writing
The posts below are an earlier selection; visit Substack for the latest.
AI may help us grieve. It may also learn how to monetize our inability to let go.
A proposal for what coordinated relocation could mean for Quebec’s Jewish community.
I’ve lived in Montreal for 44 years and I don’t remember it ever being this bad.
