Minto Group

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Minto Group
Company type Private Company
TSX:  MI.UN
Industry Real estate
Founded1955
Headquarters,
Canada
Key people
Michael Waters (CEO)
Roger Greenberg (Executive Chairman)
OwnerThe Greenberg Family
Number of employees
1500 (2025)
Website https://www.minto.com/
The Minto Metropole, built by Minto Minto Metropole Ottawa Ontario 2005.jpg
The Minto Metropole, built by Minto

Minto Group is a Canadian real estate company based in Ottawa, Ontario. It builds homes in Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Florida, and South Carolina and manages multi-residential and commercial properties in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia. As of 2024, Minto has built 100,000 new homes, [1] and manages $2.9 billion in assets, including 13,000 multi-residential units and 2.7 million square feet of commercial space. [2] [3] The firm is one of Ottawa's largest residential landlords. [4] Minto also has a publicly traded subsidiary, holding some of its multi-residential units, called Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust. Some of Minto's joint-venture partners have been with Lasalle Investment Management, Greystar, and CPPIB.

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History

Minto Group was founded in 1955 by Gilbert, Irving, Lorry and Louis Greenberg, as a home builder. [5] It was originally called Mercury Homes, but renamed itself Minto Construction Company in 1957. Its first large development was Parkwood Hills in Nepean in partnership with Westmore Investments. [6] As part of that development, Minto built Canada's first high-rise condominium, Horizon House on Meadowlands Drive. [1] The firm developed a number of other subdivisions in the Ottawa area in the 1960s and 1970s; in 1971, three quarters of construction in Nepean was by Minto. [6]

In the early 1980s, the firm expanded to Florida. [7]

In 1991, Roger Greenberg, son of Gilbert, became CEO, after the death of his uncle Irving. [7]

In 2001, Minto completed the first Minto Dream Home for the Children’s Hospital of Easter Ontario (CHEO) Dream of a Lifetime Lottery.

In 2008, Minto built Canada’s first Net Zero Inspiration Home. [8]

In 2013, Michael Waters, who is not part of the Greenberg family, became CEO. [7]

In 2017, Minto Communities and Margaritaville Holdings announce a partnership to develop active adult communities, Latitude Margaritaville, with first location in Daytona Beach. [9]

In May 2018, Minto announced it would hold an IPO for its Canadian multi-residential properties. [10] The properties became part of a new entity, Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), which Minto Group continues to have a significant ownership stake in. The trust would initially own 4279 rental suites, 72% of which would be in Ottawa, with the intention of eventually holding all of Minto's 13,000 multi-residential units. Minto Group held the IPO in part to provide money to Minto's owners, the Greenberg family. Minto raised $200 million in the IPO, which took place on the Toronto Stock Exchange. [11] The IPO took place on June 29, 2018, with an initial price of $14.50 per share, and under the share symbol MI.UN. [12]

Named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies in 2024. [13]

Business

Minto Group is divided into three divisions:

The Greenberg family, who founded and still controls the Minto Group, [7] was listed as the 74th richest people in Canada in 2017, according to Canadian Business. [5]

Minto has been involved in a number of controversial developments, including Minto Mahogany in Manotick, [17] the Minto Midtown in Davisville, [18] Potter’s Key in Stittsville, [19] and Minto West in Palm Beach. [20]

Minto's 2017 decision to charge for visitor parking in its Ottawa buildings also angered some tenants. [21]

Notable Developments

Neighbourhoods

Buildings

References

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  2. "About The Minto Group - Our Organization and Capabilities | Minto". www.minto.com. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  3. GmbH, finanzen.net. "Minto Capital Celebrates Topping Off at 39 Niagara in Toronto | Markets Insider". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  4. "Minto paid $94.55M for Craig Henry community: records | Ottawa Business Journal". www.obj.ca. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Canada's Richest People: The Greenberg Family". Canadian Business - Your Source For Business News. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Elliott, Bruce (1990). The City Beyond: A History of Nepean, Birthplace of Canada's Capital 1792-1990. the City of Nepean. pp. 277–279. ISBN   1-55036-258-5.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Bagnall, James (9 October 2013). "Minto No Longer All in the Family". The Ottawa Citizen.
  8. "Green Building Audio Tours - Inspiration - The Minto Eco Home". www.greenbuildingaudiotours.com. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  9. "Making hay in Margaritaville: Billionaire Canadian developer hits Jimmy Buffett-branded lifestyle community home run".
  10. "Ottawa real estate giant Minto files for initial public offering estimated at $200 million on TSX". Ottawa Citizen. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  11. "Canada's Minto Is Said Seek $156 Million in Real Estate IPO". Bloomberg Quint. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Minto REIT shares rise 9% in first day of public trading | Ottawa Business Journal". www.obj.ca. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  13. "What Canada needs now more than ever is rental units – and Minto Group knows how to build them". The Globe and Mail. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  14. Lorinc, John (8 December 2016). "Builders flock to high-end rental development". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 Langston, Patrick (5 June 2015). "Minto Communities marks 60th anniversary". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  16. 1 2 Goodman, Jennifer (25 May 2016). "Minto announces three new large-scale communities". BuilderOnline.com. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  17. "Controversial Manotick development gains provincial approval". CTV News Ottawa. 10 April 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  18. 1 2 "Residential skyscraper rising in shadow of controversy". The Globe and Mail. 3 October 2003. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  19. "Ottawa committee to vote on controversial Stittsville subdivision plan | Ottawa Business Journal". www.obj.ca. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  20. "Palm Beach County board endorses Minto West plan in 5-2 vote". mypalmbeachpost. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  21. "'Absolutely ludicrous': Minto tenants upset visitors will have to pay for parking". Ottawa Citizen. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  22. "Ottawa - High-Rise Buildings (all)". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  23. Moore, Aaron A. (2013). Planning politics in Toronto : the Ontario Municipal Board and urban development. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 1999–. ISBN   978-1-4426-4423-6 . Retrieved 18 May 2017.