PTBOCanada Featured Post: The Inspiring Story Of Bill Pyle From Century 21 United Realty
/In an industry where movement between brokerages and agents both coming and going are common, Bill Pyle has stood the test of time and is literally a pillar of strength. After transferring to Peterborough in the late '70s from Toronto, he spent years working for Coca-Cola Ltd, both here and at their Head Office in the big city.
In 1987, it became apparent that corporate life was no longer for him so he decided to remove himself from it and acquired his real estate license, wanting to make Peterborough his permanent home.
Bill Pyle at Century 21 office in downtown Peterborough
Soon after obtaining his license, Bill started working on his Broker’s license as he’s always been driven to learn more. When he was licensed initially in 1987, it was his goal to practice commercial real estate soon afterwards. He knew, however, that it takes time to become established and build up clientele so he began by listing residential properties while building his commercial business at the same time.
At one point early in his career, Bill had both 11 residential listings and 11 commercial listings on the go at once. What he didn’t have was a personal life. While his commercial clients needed him Monday to Friday during business hours, his residential clients needed him on evenings and weekends. There almost wasn’t even time to breathe.
He knew this needed to change, so in the summer of 1989 he referred all of his residential listings to other agents in the office and embarked on a commercial real estate career which he’s specialized in ever since, selling and leasing retail, industrial and office properties all across Ontario.
Bill Pyle's life is one of resilience and passion
Over the last 10 years, his focus has shifted to representing buyers—particularly in the acquisition of development land.
This focus has lead him to being the driving force behind a 20 acre sale on Chemong Rd (which took 5 years) leading to Walmart being built, and the sale of the former Mount St Joseph to the Peterborough Poverty Reduction Network (PPRN) for the purpose of building affordable housing and a sustainable food centre.
Bill at The Mount
Because of Bill’s hard work throughout this transaction, he was recruited to The Mount Community Centre Board of Directors the day after closing. He now sits on The Finance Committee, The Building Committee, The Communications Committee, and Chairs the Food Centre Budget Committee.
Inside the chapel at The Mount