Our story
Spaces and places that inspire, educate, and celebrate their natural environments.
Our mission is to make a positive impact on growing tourist regions with resort-style destination developments.
Who we are
About Ridge North America
Our passionate team has decades of tourism, hospitality, development, engineering, and construction experience. Our roots are in small mountain communities of British Columbia, and it shows—through strong development partnerships, local expertise, and a deep appreciation for the communities we work with.
What we do
Elevated destination developments
We develop attractions, hotels, restaurants, and multi-family housing in growing tourist regions. That’s the short version. What we really do is create outdoor adventures and excellent hospitality experiences, and give back to communities through philanthropy, employment opportunities, and places to call home.
Our Philosophy
Play
Stay
Live
our destination resort-style development process
We build value
FinD &
Play
Identify
growing tourist regions & communities
Establish
family friendly adventure attractions
Stay
Live
Compliment
with multi-family
housing
Support
with adjacent hospitality
Play
Adventure should be for everyone — a range of abilities, ages, and interests. We make sure our Play attractions preserve and showcase the stunning environments they’re surrounded by, providing plenty of opportunities for visitors to learn, explore, and create wonderful memories.
Stay
Excellent accommodations with plenty of amenities are a crucial part of a thriving tourist community. Alongside our Stay projects, Ridge develops hotels and resorts that appeal to different types of visitors, whether it’s a summer trip with the kids, a luxe spa vacation, or a weekend winter getaway.
Live
Tourism can’t grow and thrive without the people who live in these communities. Supporting Ridge’s Play and Stay projects . Live projects are housing to support employees, students and community residents. And we don’t do anything without the engagement, support, and partnership of local organizations.
“Ridge has an expert team with passion, integrity, boundless energy, and a deep desire to continue bringing the Play, Stay, Live experience to people from around the
world —while maintaining stewardship of the environment and community.”
Paul Deutsch
CEO, Founder
“… New attractions like the Okanagan Gondola concept have the potential to bring more visitation into our region and in addition, could increase the quality of life for residents by contributing to local job availability and local experiences. Development of these attractions would also have a direct impact on and would help strengthen our local businesses and economy. This kind of attraction would be the first of its kind in the Central Okanagan. This style of outdoor attraction has been proven successful in other British Columbia communities such as Whistler, Golden, and Revelstoke, bringing leisure and group travellers from other parts of Canada and around the world…”.
Chris Lewis
Director of Community & Visitor Engagement
TOURISM KELOWNA
Explore our communities
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Golden is surrounded by six Canadian national parks: Yoho, Glacier, Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Mount Revelstoke. That means year-round tourism and plenty of family-friendly activities—like the Golden Skybridge. While in Golden stay at Ridge’s future Marriott branded hotel.
More about Golden -
Kelowna is the largest community in Central Okanagan, with easy access from major cities. It hosts about two million visitors every year thanks to award-winning wineries, golf courses, sandy beaches, orchards, a growing arts scene, and more. Relax at our future luxury resort and spa, and visit Okanagan Gondola.
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Sea-to-Sky corridor and just 45 minutes north of Vancouver is a city surrounded by awe-inspiring mountains, the granite monolith Stawamus Chief, and Howe Sound, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Tourism is playing an increasingly important role for Squamish like Ridge’s Squamish Canyon eco-tourist attraction.
More about Squamish