Toronto Life – December 2018

sales data courtesy of altus group. photographs: gillespie, mizrahi, menkes, fenton, mandelbaum, hoffman, muzzo by

getty images;

delzottos from

newswire;

cohen courtesy of daniels; virani by

daniel neuhaus;

wex, reeve by

jeff hui;

mortazavi courtesy of tas; hui by

rob gilbert;

leung by

jen yeaman

86 toronto life December 2018

Sky High

towering

presences

the city builders

behind the

condo boom

Ian GIllespIe

Westbank

The guy responsible for two

of Toronto’s most exciting

projects: the new Mirvish

Village and the leafy ziggu-

rat on King West, a partner-

ship with Danish super-

architect Bjarke Ingels.

sam mIzrahI

Mizrahi

A dry cleaning magnate who

got into large-scale real

estate with a bang: The One,

his 85-floor building at Can-

ada’s best-known intersec-

tion, Yonge and Bloor, will

be finished in 2022 or 2023.

elvIo & leo delzotto

Tridel

The brothers behind one of

the city’s most prolific and

long-running development

firms have kept up the pace

in 2018, with roughly 6,000

units either started or fin-

ished this year alone.

mItch cohen

Daniels Corporation

The company that led the

redevelopment of Regent

Park and built Festival Tower

atop the Bell Lightbox had

another successful year,

starting or finishing approxi-

mately 2,000 units.

the menkes famIly

Menkes

The Menkes hydra (Peter,

Steven, Alan, Jared) con-

tinues a legacy begun 64

years ago by patriarch Mur-

ray. They’re behind the new

Four Seasons, One York and

the upcoming Sugar Wharf.

Barry fenton &

mark mandelBaum

Lanterra Developments

They’ve built some of

the most sought-after

addresses in the city—One

Bedford (home to the

mayor, among others) and

the Toy Factory Lofts.

shamez vIranI &

andrew hoffman

CentreCourt

As newcomers to the devel-

opment scene, they’ve

become major players

quickly—the firm was

founded only in 2010. They

added 3,000 units in 2018.

davId wex

& mark reeve

Urban Capital

With an extensive presence

in Mississauga and Etobi-

coke, they helped make the

West Don Lands a thing,

with their signature project,

River City.

marc muzzo

Pemberton Group

Muzzo has dominated the

development scene in the

905 and put his stamp on

downtown, too, with U Con-

dominiums at Bay and Bloor

and CityLights on Broadway

near Yonge and Eglinton.

Jerry patava

Great Gulf

Great Gulf seems to be

everywhere—the water-

front, midtown, Bramp-

ton—and with the 75-floor

One Bloor now open, they’re

at our most high-profile

intersection, too.

mazyar mortazavI

TAS Design Build

Mortazavi is leading the way

with eco-conscious projects

across the city. He’s also on

a variety of high-profile

boards—the Bentway, the

AGO and Waterfront Toronto

among them.

terry huI &

GaBrIel leunG

Concord Adex

They essentially created City-

Place, and their signature

build, Parade, is the area’s

landmark. This year, they

started or completed some

4,000 units.

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