Minto Group

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Minto Group
Type Private Company
TSX:  MI.UN
Industry Real estate
Founded1955
Headquarters
Ottawa, Ontario
,
Canada
Key people
Michael Waters (CEO)
Roger Greenberg (Executive Chairman)
OwnerThe Greenberg Family
Number of employees
1085 (2020)
Website https://www.minto.com/
The Minto Metropole, built by Minto Minto Metropole Ottawa Ontario 2005.jpg
The Minto Metropole, built by Minto

The Minto Group is a Canadian real estate company based in Ottawa, Ontario. It builds homes in Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, and Florida, and manages multi-residential and commercial properties in Ontario and Alberta. As of 2018, Minto has built 85,000 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 2013, Michael Waters, who is not part of the Greenberg family, became CEO. [7]

In May 2018, Minto announced it would hold an IPO for its Canadian multi-residential properties. [8] 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. [9] The IPO took place on June 29, 2018, with an initial price of $14.50 per share, and under the share symbol MI.UN. [10]

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, [14] the Minto Midtown in Davisville, [15] Potter’s Key in Stittsville, [16] and Minto West in Palm Beach. [17]

Minto has also been involved in a number of controversies in its role as a landlord. There have been complaints about the company's proposed rent increases. [18] Minto's 2017 decision to charge for visitor parking in its Ottawa buildings also angered some tenants. [19]

Notable Developments

Neighbourhoods

Buildings

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References

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  13. 1 2 Goodman, Jennifer (25 May 2016). "Minto announces three new large-scale communities". BuilderOnline.com. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "Controversial Manotick development gains provincial approval". CTV News Ottawa. 10 April 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  15. 1 2 "Residential skyscraper rising in shadow of controversy". The Globe and Mail. 3 October 2003. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
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  17. ↑ "Palm Beach County board endorses Minto West plan in 5-2 vote". mypalmbeachpost. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  18. ↑ "Minto tenants say rent hike 'not justified'". The Ottawa Citizen. 30 January 2002.
  19. ↑ "'Absolutely ludicrous': Minto tenants upset visitors will have to pay for parking". Ottawa Citizen. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  20. ↑ "Ottawa - High-Rise Buildings (all)". Emporis.com. Retrieved 26 August 2009.[ dead link ]
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