Mattamy Homes Explained

Mattamy Homes Corporation
Trading Name:Mattamy Homes
Type:Private[1]
Industry:Home-building
Founder:Peter E. Gilgan

Mattamy Homes is a Canadian home builder, founded in Toronto by Peter Gilgan in 1978.[2] One of the largest privately owned builders in North America, Mattamy Homes is Canada's largest residential home builder and top-25 builder in the United States. [3] [4] [5]

The company's name is a portmanteau of the names of Gilgan's two oldest children, Matt and Amy.

Markets

Most of Mattamy Homes' projects have been in the Greater Toronto Area and Ottawa, but has also built homes in Calgary, Edmonton, Waterloo Region and multiple markets in the United States.[5]

Notable neighbourhoods and communities developed by Mattamy Homes include:

Mattamy is currently working with industry leading developers Minto Group, Fieldgate Developments, Dellray Group, Delpark Homes, Cortellucci Group, Tercot Communities, Sorbara Group, and Tribute Communities on developing North Brooklin, Ontario.

Philanthropy

In 2011, Peter Gilgan donated $15 million to Ryerson University. The money was used to create the Mattamy Athletic Centre on the upper level of Maple Leaf Gardens.[6]

In 2013, Gilgan donated $40 million to the development of The Hospital for Sick Children Centre for Research and Learning.[7]

In 2015, Gilgan donated $5-million to Parks Foundation Calgary to be used for the development of a 138-kilometre ring of paved pathways around the city. The creation of the Rotary/Mattamy Greenway began in 2010 and was completed in 2017.[8]

In North Port, Florida, Mattamy donated 90acres of land along with $4.7 million towards the development of the new CoolToday Park, a ballpark and spring training complex for the Atlanta Braves which opened March 24, 2019 against the Tampa Bay Rays.[9]

In 2019, Gilgan donated $100 million to The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, making Gilgan the largest health care benefactor in Canada at the time.[10]

In 2022, Gilgan donated $105 million to Trillium Health Partners to build the "Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital" and to expand the existing Queensway Health Centre.[11] The donation was the largest donation to a hospital in Canadian history.[12]

Controversies

Prior to the 2018 Ontario general election, Mattamy Homes donated $100,000 to Ontario Proud, a right-wing political advocacy group which used television ads and Facebook to support Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Of the $460,000 raised by Ontario Proud, most was donated by developers "who wanted Ford to ease environmental rules for housing developments".[13] [14] The donation, controversial due to Ontario's recent prohibition of political donations to candidates from corporations,[15] was the subject of broad media coverage, including in the CBC,[16] Global News,[17] and the Globe and Mail,[18] and the legitimacy of the donation was questioned by the Canadian Medical Association Journal.[19] Mattamy was forced to release a public statement addressing the donation, and pledged to make no contributions to political advocacy groups in the future.[20]

In 2019, Mattamy was fined $25,000 by the city of Guelph for 78 charges of illegal tree cutting on a lot in the south end of the city.[21] [22]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mattamy Group Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter 2022 Key Operating Results. Cision News.
  2. Web site: Peter Gilgan. Forbes. en. 2020-02-06.
  3. Web site: Mattamy Homes. 2020-02-11.
  4. Web site: Mattamy to buy Monarch, solidify position as Canada's largest home builder. 2014-12-16. CTVNews. en. 2020-02-06.
  5. http://cbhf.ca/peter-e-gilgan Peter E. Gilgan C.B.H.F
  6. News: Bradshaw . James . November 29, 2011 . Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens Gets a Makeover – and a New Name . The Globe and Mail. https://web.archive.org/web/20111201211121/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/maple-leaf-gardens-gets-a-makeover-and-a-new-name/article2253522/ . 2011-12-01 .
  7. Web site: Sick Kids honours donor Peter Gilgan for $40 million donation . The Star. thestar.com. en. 2020-02-06.
  8. News: Mattamy Homes bolsters bet on Alberta market. 2020-02-06.
  9. Web site: Atlanta Braves help Sarasota County rival Lee County in growth, development. Dorsey. David. The News-Press. en. 2020-02-06.
  10. News: MacLeod . Meredith . June 3, 2019 . Homebuilder Donates $100 Million to Build New Tower at Toronto's SickKids . CTV News.
  11. Web site: Trillium Health Partners Receives Historic $105 Million Donation from The Peter Gilgan Foundation. February 15, 2022. live. February 18, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220218075327/https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/trillium-health-partners-receives-historic-105-million-donation-from-the-peter-gilgan-foundation-816155896.html.
  12. Web site: Largest donation to a hospital in Canadian history given to GTA network. Katherine. DeClerq. February 15, 2022. ctvnews.ca. live. February 16, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220216011447/https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/largest-donation-to-a-hospital-in-canadian-history-given-to-gta-network-1.5782531.
  13. News: Platt . Brian . June 4, 2018 . Ontario Proud, the Right-Wing Facebook Giant in Ontario's Election, Eyes Federal Election Involvement . National Post.
  14. News: Maher . Stephen . July 4, 2019 . The Social Media Battle to Beat Trudeau . Maclean's.
  15. News: Lum . Fred . December 1, 2016 . Ontario overhauls campaign finance rules with sweeping reforms . 2020-05-11 . The Globe and Mail.
  16. News: Crawley . Mike . December 11, 2018 . Corporations fuelled Ontario Proud's pro-PC election spending . CBC .
  17. Web site: Cain . Patrick . December 11, 2018 . Ontario Proud raised over $500,000 during provincial election campaign . Global News . 2020-05-11.
  18. Web site: Doolittle . Robyn . McArthur . Greg . September 14, 2019 . How Ontario Proud and third-party advertisers are taking aim at the federal election . 2020-05-11.
  19. Web site: Mercer . Caroline . July 31, 2019 . Do the politics or business background of health care philanthropists matter? . Canadian Medical Association Journal News .
  20. Web site: Mattamy Statement . 2020-05-11 . MattamyHomes.com . 2020-05-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200512031658/https://mattamyhomes.com/articles/statement-122018.aspx .
  21. News: McNaughton . Graeme . 78 charges pending against developer following tree removal in south Guelph . 2020-05-11 . Guelph Mercury Tribune.
  22. News: McNaughton . Graeme . Developer Mattamy pays $25K, plants 2,170 new trees over Guelph tree removal . 2020-05-11 . Guelph Mercury Tribune .

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