The signs of our success have been around for 100 years. 1913
A.E. LePage establishes his real estate company ‘A.E. LePage – The Bungalow Specialist’ on July 2, 1913.
1953
Following A.E. LePage’s retirement in 1953 the company, under new ownership, assembles 800 hectares of farmland, creating North America’s first planned development, in the town of Don Mills in Ontario.
1970s
A.E. LePage rapidly expands its residential business through more than 140 acquisitions across Canada.
1918
The A.E. LePage company enters the home construction business, building hundreds of homes in the west and north areas of Toronto.
Late 1950s
The A.E. LePage company corners 80 per cent of the Toronto office leasing market.
1920
A.E. LePage, with an eye to establishing codes of ethical practice for the industry, is instrumental in the founding of the Toronto Real Estate Board.
1923
Still keen to generate press coverage, A.E. LePage builds a fireproof home. The event is widely covered by the daily newspapers of the time.
1922
In a move to garner headlines, A.E. LePage builds a house in a day. Footage of the event was taken by Associate Screen News and shown in movie theatres across North America.
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1974
The Survey of Canadian House Prices, later known as the Royal LePage House Price Survey, is launched. The quarterly report is relied upon by financial, government and academic organizations and serves to establish Royal LePage as the voice of Canadian real estate.
1964
A.E. LePage offers a service to help companies across Canada with employee relocations. (The service now operates under Brookfield Global Relocation Services.)
1960s
The A.E. LePage company plays a pivotal role in the land assembly and office leasing of the Toronto-Dominion Centre, the largest project of its time within the British Commonwealth.
1987
Royal LePage becomes a publiclytraded company, trading on the Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal stock exchanges.
1984
A.E. LePage and Royal Trust merge creating the country’s leading diversified real estate services organization. The new company is named Royal LePage.
