Carlo Baldassarra (; born 1939) is an

Italian-Canadian Italian Canadians ( it, italo-canadesi, french: italo-canadiens) comprise Canadians who have full or partial Italian heritage and Italians who migrated from Italy or reside in Canada. According to the 2021 Census of Canada, 1,546,390 Canadians ...

businessman who founded homebuilder company Greenpark Group.

Career and family

Carlo Baldassarra was born in Italy, and immigrated to Canada in 1958 at the age of 19. Less than 10 years later, in 1967, Baldassarra founded a homebuilder company, Greenpark Group along with two partners Jack Wine and Philip Rechtsman. Greenpark Group is now fully owned by Carlo and his family. He and his wife Angela had three children Mauro, Armando and Michael, who work as senior executives at Greenpark Group. In 2018, Greenpark Group was revealed as the inaugural owners of

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(then known as York9 FC) of the

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, with Michael as chairman. Baldassarra was inducted into the

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in 2012, which pays tribute to achievements of Italians. On April 25, 2014, Baldassarra received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 34th annual Building Industry and Land Development Association awards, recognizing his impacts within the building and development industry. In December 2017, Baldassarra donated $5 million to the construction of the

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References

1939 births Living people Italian emigrants to Canada Businesspeople from Ontario Canadian real estate businesspeople York United FC non-playing staff {{Canada-business-bio-stub