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Origin of Kheng Ly

Born in 1971 after the coup of General Lon Nol who overturned the monarchy of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Kheng Ly lived a fairly normal life in Cambodia. Kheng Ly was second generation of Chinese parents who immigrated empty-hands from China. The Cambodian coup of 1970 was a turning point in the Cambodian civil war. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge of Communist Party of Kampuchea, formed in 1968 as an offshoot of the Vietnam People's Army from North Vietnam, took over the power. The Khmer Rouge leaders, Pol Pot and a few others, orchestrated the genocide. Fortunately, Kheng Ly survived the four years genocide of the Khmer Rouge. Almost 25% of Cambodian population was executed, killed or died of famine and treatable disease during the "killing field" era between 1975-1979.

In 1979, People's Republic of Kampuchea was established and the Khmer Rouge had fled the country. Kheng Ly and his family came out from the countryside back to the capital Phnom Penh. He was already the youngest “street businessman”, selling cigarette in retail and wholesale. At the end of the same year, Kheng Ly fled to Vietnam as refugee with his family. He stayed in refugee camp for years, where he met his current wife, before being accepted as refugee by Canadian government.

At the age of 17, Kheng Ly and his family arrived in Montreal in 1988, empty hands. In order to support his family and sponsor his fiancée from the refugee camp, he started to work very hard in various jobs at minimal salary 14 hours a day, seven days a week in textile factory before starting his own textile business. He was again the youngest “textile businessman” of that time.

The birth of Brivia Group and YUL condos

Born with a visionary and exceptional business acumen, Kheng Ly sensed the wind of change in textile and garment business, and took no time to transform himself into real estate developer and investor, starting from 2002. Kheng Ly has built many projects that brought him credibility and experiences. In 2012, with a new team, Kheng Ly has decided to rebrand his company for a sustainable growth. Inspired with names of his three children, Kheng Ly renamed his company Brivia Group, focusing in real estate investment and development.

With the birth of Brivia Group, comes the birth of YUL condominiums. YUL condos is the first [|skyscraper] in Montreal downtown built by a Chinese immigrant in the history of the province of Quebec. Stood out for its best unique structural concept from the renowned architectural firm Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux, YUL condos consist of a twin 38-storey condo towers on René-Lévesque Boulevard West, near MacKay Street. And especially, this largest residential real estate project in downtown Montreal saves the historic house of Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine.

Through his hard work, tenacity, perseverance and resilience, Kheng Ly has built, 25 years later, an impressive track records and successful businesses.

Always honest and transparent, he has never hesitated to “give back” to the society and communities. And his patient and friendly personality has gained him the reputation of very accountable and credible businessman among the Chinese, Cambodian, Vietnamese and White communities. He also has been longtime supporting Montreal Chinese Hospital Foundation, Young Chinese Professional Association and many other non-profit organizations.

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