yearbook 2016 JOE VACCARO, Chief Executive Officer, Ontario
CARLO BALDASSARRA, Chairman and
Home Builders’ Association. OHBA serves as the provincial voice of the residential construction & professional renovation industry. Past service includes BILD Acting President & VP of Policy & Government Relations. Prior to association career served as Policy Advisor to Minister of Economic Development & Trade, & Minister of Government Services. Graduate of York University with Honors BA, major in political science, minor in philosophy. Between 1990-1999 spent summers working as residential framer on GTA housing sites.
C.E.O., Greenpark Group of Companies. Integrated land development and construction. Including Greenpark Homes, M.A.M Group, Treasure Hill Homes-with over 65,000 homes built. Currently building lowrise communities of entry, move up and estate homes in the GTA and beyond, as well as numerous condominium projects underway and planned in their highrise division. Over 45 years in the industry.
BUILDERS, DEVELOPERS, PRESIDENTS, OWNERS, CEO’S & EXECUTIVES SHELDON ALSPECTOR, Principal and CEO of Housing, Herity, which includes Heathwood Homes and Heron Homes. Over 30 years experience in the construction and development industry. Currently building communities throughout the GTA. DAVID ART, B.B.A., C.A., Vice President of Finance, Wycliffe Homes. Associated with the real estate industry for over 25 years, through both public accounting practice and private industry. With Wycliffe Homes since 1990 and involved in all aspects of the company’s lowrise residential development, construction and commercial activities. MORRIS ATAMANCHUK, President, Regal Crest Homes. Builder of detached and semi-detached homes and townhomes. Over 50 years in the industry. Oversees financing, production and marketing. Ongoing single-family home projects in Brampton, Richmond Hill, Newmarket, Holland Landing, Thornhill, Vaughan, Scarborough and Bradford. Member of BILD. LORE ATTARDO, Vice President, Primont Homes and Primont Properties Commercial. Graduate of York University. Currently developing and building communities across the GTA including Greensborough, South Unionville, Cornell, Richmond Hill, Vaughan, Caledon, Brampton and Milton.
ANTHONY AUCIELLO, Chairman and Founder, Cachet Group of Companies. 35 years in industry. Master builder and developer of custom and executive communities. Currently building custom homes, as well as executive and master-planned communities in Credit Ridge, Brampton & Orangeville, Thornhill, Mississauga, Streetsville and new community coming soon to Beamsville. BILD Home Builder of the Year (2005).
DESI C. AUCIELLO, BA, LL.B.; President, Cachet Group of Companies. Involved in all aspects of Cachet’s residential projects including acquisitions, planning, development, finance and legal. A recognized quality leader in the building industry. Currently developing and building master-planned communities in Credit Ridge, Brampton, Thornhill, Mississauga, Streetsville, Orangeville and new community coming soon in Beamsville Ontario. BILD Home Builder of the Year (2005). 2006 BILD President.
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MAURO BALDASSARRA, President, Starlane Home Corporation. Joined the housing industry in 1992. Presently building in Brampton. Member of RESCON and BILD. JENNIFER BARTOS & PETER BARTOS, Principals, Saberwood Homes. Over 25 years combined experience. Currently building 19 developments in Brampton for 2016-2017. Members of Tarion. In business for over 17 years together and moving forward.
RON BARUCH, BA, LL.B., Principal. Executive Vice President, Paradise Developments. Former real estate lawyer. Joined Paradise Developments in 1993. Oversees operations of the homebuilding division. Paradise Developments was established in 1972, and has built over 8,000 homes in Brampton, Aurora, Markham, Toronto, Oakville, Vaughan, Newmarket, Hamilton, Burlington and Mississauga. Tarion member for over 40 years with an excellent service rating. Member of BILD and RESCON. Current chair of North York General Hospital foundation Board of Governors. MARK BASCIANO, President, Mountainview Group of Companies. Includes Mountainview Homes and Mountainview Construction. Extensive experience in the construction and development industry. Past President of NHBA (two years). Past President of OHBA. Board of Director, Tarion Warranty Corporation since 2009. Building communities throughout the Niagara Region, including Beamsville, St. Catharines, Thorold, Niagara Falls, Welland, Ridgeway, Fort Erie, Fonthill and Kitchener. JOSH BELLAMY, President of Granite Homes. A Guelph based builder/developer known for creating distinctive homes in desirable locations. Current communities include Gallery Towns in Guelph, Ussher’s Creek in Ariss, Heritage Lane in Fergus and Blackbridge Towns in Cambridge. Granite Homes also recently opened a state-of-the-art Design Studio near downtown Guelph. GARY BENSKY, Principal and President, Wycliffe Homes. More than 40 years experience in the industry. Past member of the Board of Directors, BILD. With a background in architecture and concern for detail, has been the driving force in the Wycliffe organization, which has added mid-range priced housing and maintenance-free lifestyle projects to the ever-growing list of high-quality Wycliffe ventures. JARED BENSKY, MBA, Vice President of Development, Wycliffe Homes. Bensky has over 20 years experience in sales, marketing and merchandising systems. Wycliffe Homes is celebrating over 65 years of land development and home building in the GTA. Currently active in a wide range of low and
midrise residential projects in Toronto, Vaughan, Richmod Hill, Mississauga, Markham, Georgian Bay, East Gwillimbury, and Innisfil.
GIULIO BIANCHI, President Sequoia Grove Homes. NIA BIANCHI, BA (Hons) Vice President Sales and Marketing Sequoia Grove Homes. A fully integrated home building and land development company. Currently planning and building signature urban communities in various locations across the GTA.
LOU BIFFIS, Owner & President, Cable Bridge Enterprises Ltd. & Nottawasaga Resort. 45+ years experience in the construction, development, resort hotels & golf course industries, specializing in adult-lifestyle & active-living resort communities. Italian Walk of Fame Inductee (2013), Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Award (2012), Cdn Italian Business & Professional Assoc. Business Excellence Award (2011), Governor General’s 125 Award for significant construction to compatriots, the community & Canada. Currently building the Briar Hill active lifestyle community near Alliston. Developing Treetops community near Alliston. BOB BLAZEVSKI, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Diamond Corp. During his 25 years of experience, Blazevski has managed over fifty land development projects with some of the top developers in the GTA. Expertise includes assessing new acquisitions, strategic project management, negotiating land deal structures, expediting municipal and related processes, including negotiating with senior city and provincial officials. Blazevski is involved in the Ryerson University Planning program, for which he created and implemented an apprenticeship program.
ROBERT BLOMMESTYN, Partner and President CaraCo Development Corporation, Partner and Vice-President of CJM Property Management and affiliated companies including Sutton Mills Development Corporation, Stone & South Developments and Access Storage. Past President of Kingston Frontenac Home Builders Association (KFHBA) 1993 and 2001. Active in the Kingston area real estate market in land development, new home construction, highrise residential development, commercial and retail development and industrial construction.
GIL BLUTRICH, President, Skyline International Development Inc. Founded Skyline in 1998 to pursue real estate projects across Canada. Has developed several properties, such as Port McNicoll, earning a reputation for innovation in unique approaches to real estate. Blutrich’s vision include the acquisition of resort & hotel properties in Ontario, including Deerhurst & Horseshoe Resorts, 50 per cent of the retail component of the Village at Blue Mountain and the remaining developable land, and 2 hotels in Cleveland
ANI BOGOVIC, Dekla Developments. In the industry for over 25 years. Her background has taken her through every faucet of the new home building process from land development, product design, sales, marketing, contracts, on site supervision and after sales service for both large production and custom home builders. This experience and love of the industry led her to start her own building company, Dekla Developments. As a home builder and renovator she
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