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Opus Group Expands North of the Border

MINNETONKA, MN-The Twin Cities commercial real estate giant will call its new Canadian operation O.R.E. Development Corp. Toronto developer and real estate veteran Mike Hanna is tapped to run the Toronto office.

By Jim McCartney | Updated on June 24, 2004

MINNETONKA, MN-Opus Group recently expanded internationally by opening an office in Toronto, launching a new Canadian operation called O.R.E. Development Corp. Mike Hanna, a developer and native of the Toronto area, was hired to manage the Toronto office.

Hanna, who also is an accountant, is a veteran of the Toronto real estate market and is the treasurer of the local board of directors of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. Hanna is pursuing several projects including: the purchase of land for an industrial spec building; redevelopment of brownfield sites; Downtown high-rise condos — Toronto is one of the largest high-rise condo markets in North America; and master-planned suburban business parks.

Opus officials say the Toronto area is the third largest industrial distribution center in North America, with more than 700 million sf of space. The city has the fifth largest population center on the continent, with 5.3 million people and annual population growth of about 100,000. It accounts for about one-third of all commercial construction in Canada.

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