THE CONDO FEUD THAT ERUPTED BETWEEN AN IRANIAN FUGITIVE AND A TORONTO MOGUL ​Court case shines light on private condo financing amid boom. Suits allege fraud, negligence, intimidation, conspiracy. Sam Mizrahi, one of Canada's best-known property developers, was building two luxury condominiums in midtown Toronto last year when he says he received a phone call from someone who demanded millions of dollars, threatened to burn his house down and ruin his reputation. The... [read more]

YONGE & BUSY! Big Deals Are On Tap That Will Reshape Canada's Hottest Retail It has been called the busiest intersection in the country. The traffic alone is relentless - in a 24-hour span 401,250 subway riders; 51,392 pedestrians; and 31,600 vehicles pass through where Toronto's Yonge and Bloor streets connect. Now developers have plans to add even more to the mix at the intersection, the cross-section of the city's two subway lines and a growing destination point... [read more]

LUXURY LIVING Toronto's Condo Builders Are Catering To Increasingly Sophisticated Buyers "Luxury is giving the homeowner something beyond their expectations," says developer Sam Mizrahi, president of Mizrahi Developments, who has spent the past nine years building grand spaces for well-heeled clients. "It's creating a 'wow fator' where we're exceeding their expectations in terms of their environment and in terms of their home." In Mizrahi's... [read more]