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Alberta makes solar panels standard

Mattamy’s Alberta team makes an ambitious step forward toward creating lower carbon homes. As of September 2024, solar panels are now standard on most newly built Mattamy homes across the province.

$100 million commitment to solving climate change

Nine Canadian families and foundations, including the Peter Gilgan Foundation, have pledged $405 million over 10 years to tackle climate change, with the Peter Gilgan Foundation contributing $100 million. This historic pledge was made through the Climate Champions initiative, a Clean Economy Fund campaign that aims to encourage new commitments to climate-focused philanthropy in Canada.

Welcome home

Mattamy Homes, named after our founder Peter Gilgan’s two eldest children – Matt and Amy – is born. Peter builds the first ever Mattamy home in Burlington, Ontario, where the owners lived happily for the next 30 years.

Mattamy's first home, a single-family red brick house with an attached garage, white window peaks and front veranda.

First multi-lot purchase

Mattamy makes its first multi-lot purchase in a single community with the purchase of 20 lots in Burlington, Ontario. This kickstarts Mattamy’s growth and scale as a production homebuilder.

Exterior of four single-family homes with front-facing, single-car garages and cars on the driveway.

First multi-phased community

Mattamy begins construction on the Glen Abbey community, Mattamy’s first multi-phased community, located in Oakville, Ontario.

Archival newspaper advertisement for home in Mattamy's Glen Abbey community located in Oakville, Ontario, selling for $349,500.

Introduces the WideLot™

Mattamy challenges the traditional building norms and introduces WideLot™ homes, resulting in a wider, more welcoming street profile. This innovative approach changed the development industry forever. As a result of WideLot™, there are fewer homes on each street, meaning less traffic and a more pedestrian-friendly feel. The first WideLot™ homes were built in The Orchard community in Burlington, Ontario.

Drawings of two different home lots, a conventional lot which is longer and skinner shown on the left compared to Mattamy's WideLot which is more shallow but wider, shown on the right.

Expands to the United States

Mattamy begins to expand into the United States developing in both Minneapolis, Minnesota and Jacksonville, Florida. In the first year, the two divisions closed more than 400 homes. Since then, Mattamy has grown in the United States with communities in Charlotte (2005), Phoenix (2006), Orlando (2009), Tampa-Sarasota (2013), Tucson (2014), Naples (2016), Raleigh (2017), Southeast Florida (2017) and Dallas (2020). Expansion into new markets across the United States continues today.

Rendering of community clubhouse with pool, umbrellas, lounge chairs and palm trees.

First factory-built homes

Mattamy explores building full-sized homes from start to almost-finish on an assembly line. With nearly 30 models to choose from, the assembly line homes included roofing, tiling, hardwood, cabinetry, light fixtures and paint. After the home was “delivered” to its lot, just the brickwork, electrical and plumbing remained.

Two construction employees wearing hard hats working on the exterior of a new single-family home inside a large, open factory.

Expands outside of the Greater Toronto Area in Canada

Mattamy begins expanding its Canadian presence outside of the Greater Toronto Area. Mattamy enters and continues to operate in three additional markets: Ottawa (2005), Calgary (2006) and Edmonton (2013).

Streetscape of four single family homes with front-facing garages in Calgary, Alberta with Mattamy Homes flags outfront and pink and blue sky.

Peter Gilgan Foundation is created

A private foundation created by Mattamy Homes’ founder, Peter Gilgan, provides charitable giving to a variety of causes that include: children, youth & families, climate change and international development. The Foundation’s annual flagship event, Tour de Bleu, was first established in 2005. Tour de Bleu is an annual private cycling fundraiser raising critical funds for notable charities in the Greater Toronto area. Tour de Bleu has contributed millions of dollars to local organizations.

Founder of Mattamy Homes, Peter Gilgan and two other representatives from Mattamy wearing cycling clothing while presenting a large check for $5.6 million to Trillium Health Partners Foundation's CEO.

Establishes a Board of Directors

Mattamy establishes a Board of Directors, acting as the highest governing body of the company and providing strategic counsel and diverse insights from a variety of industries and experiences. It was a rare move for a private company at the time, but Peter valued it as a governance best practice.

Boardroom with row of six empty black chairs and large table in the middle.

$40 million donated to SickKids

Peter contributes $40 million towards The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), helping to develop an innovation and research centre, called the Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning. Completed September 2013, the Toronto-based, 21-storey building houses 2,000+ scientists, technicians, researchers, educators and administrative staff – all working towards changing children’s lives through health care research.

Founder of Mattamy Homes, Peter Gilgan, standing outside of the SickKids' Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning holding a very large letter "P".

Mattamy makes its largest land purchase

Mattamy purchases Thomas Ranch for $86 million, the company’s largest land purchase ever. Now developed into Wellen Park located in Southwest Florida, the purchase included 10,000 acres of rural land and has approvals for more than 25,000 homes and three million square feet of commercial development.

Rendering of downtown Wellen Park surrounded by a lake, trees, open lawn and shops.

Enters the Toronto high-rise market

Mattamy makes its debut in Toronto’s high-rise and urban market through its purchase of Monarch Corporation, the Canadian division of U.S. homebuilder, Taylor Morrison.

Picasso, a white and grey modular-looking high rise building in downtown Toronto with red accents.

Mattamy builds its first net-zero homes

As part of a national pilot funded by National Resource Canada, Mattamy builds its first net-zero homes in Calgary, Alberta. Designed to produce as much energy as it consumes on an annual basis, these net-zero homes include special features such as high-performance windows, solar panels, advanced heat pumps and a domestic hot water tank.

Row of five single-family houses with solar panels on top of rear-lane garage and house roof.

Calgary’s Rotary/Mattamy Greenway opens

Mattamy contributes $5 million to support the development of a 145-km paved trail, connecting 55 communities and almost 1,000-km of existing pathways encircling the City of Calgary. The pathway system touches many of Mattamy’s own communities. The Rotary/Mattamy Greenway holds its grand opening on September 2, 2017.

Outdoor path with people running and biking on it, surrounded by grass and trees, with a large directional sign for the Rotary/Mattamy Greenway.

Celebration Island Village: New community near Walt Disney World® Resort

The master-planned community of Celebration is located near the Walt Disney World® Resort, close to Orlando, Florida, and was originally developed by The Celebration Company, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Mattamy is developing Celebration Island Village, the southern-most parcel within Celebration and the last of the land within the highly successful master planned community of Celebration. Island Village will feature more than 1,000 homes. On September 25, 2017, it was announced that Mattamy Homes would be developing the next phase of Celebration.

Aerial of roadway to Celebration Island Village under construction with vehicles and heavy equipment on it and trees surrounding it.

Smart thermostats become a standard in all Mattamy homes

Mattamy announces a multi-year partnership with ecobee, providing all new Mattamy homes across North America with smart thermostats and supporting smart technology. As one of the first homebuilders to make this a standard, this move positioned the organization to become a leading builder of sustainable homes and communities, helping our homeowners reduce their annual heating and cooling costs through advanced occupancy sensing technology.

Ecobee smart thermostat on a beige wall by the living room.

Breaks ground on first active adult community

Mattamy's significant master-planned community Rivertown, located in Jacksonville, Florida, features spectacular amenities and a variety of homes and communities for all ages and stages of life. This includes Mattamy’s first 55+ community, WaterSong. Designed around an active adult lifestyle, the community offers villas and single-family homes in addition to expansive amenities including a clubhouse, event lawn, fitness centre, game courts, lake pavilion and dog park.

Aerial rendering of Rivertown community clubhouse with a pool a lake view, surrounded by trees

Largest donation to SickKids

Peter Gilgan makes the largest single gift to the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) ever, donating $100 million to the Toronto-based children’s hospital. Together with donations made to other hospitals and health-care organizations to date, this makes Peter Gilgan and the Peter Gilgan Foundation the largest benefactor to health care in Canada.

Founder of Mattamy Homes, Peter Gilgan, outside of the future Peter Gilgan Family Patient Care Tower, surrounded by patients and their families.

100,000 homes

Mattamy celebrates the closing of its 100,000th home since the company’s inception in 1978. “My dream has always been to create places where families can experience the best life has to offer by thoughtfully planning homes and communities that suit the way they really live. Reaching a milestone like this and knowing that 100,000 families have chosen Mattamy to help fulfill their dreams of homeownership is an incredible privilege and honour. Each of our employees and homeowners has played an important role in helping us achieve this milestone.” – Peter Gilgan, Founder of Mattamy Homes & CEO of Mattamy Asset Management

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Renewed focus on urban development in Greater Toronto Area

Mattamy announces a new dedicated urban development team as part of an ambitious initiative to expand and enhance its multi-family mid- and high-rise offering in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Focused on expanding Mattamy's urban footprint while implementing innovative community design, the team has added an impressive tally of more than 1,500 sales, 1,200 occupancies and 4,300 new units to its portfolio within its first two years of operating.

A cluster of high rise and mid rise buildings by the waterfront in Etobicoke, Ontario.

10th home donated to U.S. veterans

Mattamy’s Raleigh team has a long history with Operation: Coming Home, a non-profit organization that donates new homes to wounded combat veterans and their families. In 2021, Mattamy’s Raleigh team donated its 10th home through its long-standing Operation: Coming Home partnership.

Wounded veteran standing at podium outside of his new single-family Mattamy home, which was gifted to him through the Operation: Coming Home program.

Closes first GeoExchange home in net-zero ready community

Mattamy closes on the company’s first low-rise home heated and cooled by geoexchange technology. The home is in the company’s first net-zero ready community, Springwater, located in Markham, Ontario. As a result of this milestone, Mattamy qualifies as a Net-Zero Builder under the Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA) Net-Zero Home Labelling Program.

Rending of street with four single-family homes on it, showing underground geothermal pathways.

Donates $1 million to Hurricane Ian relief

Mattamy donates $1 million to support Florida communities affected by Hurricane Ian. Through the company’s internal matching program, employees also fundraised an additional $114,000 which was contributed to the American Red Cross and Florida Disaster Fund.

Rick Severance and Bob Meyn, Division Presidents at Mattamy Homes and three other people holding a large $800,000 check to be gifted to the American Red Cross.

Downtown Wellen opens

The highly anticipated downtown core of Wellen Park opens, including its expansive outdoor recreation areas and hand-selected retailers. Located along the 80-acre Grand Lake, the fully leased Downtown Wellen ushers in an exciting new chapter, offering outdoor recreation, dining, entertainment and shopping, as well as a calendar packed with events and activities.

Rendering of downtown Wellen Park surrounded by shops, trees, lake, boardwalk and open grass lawns.

Alberta makes solar panels standard

Mattamy’s Alberta team makes an ambitious step forward toward creating lower carbon homes. As of September 2024, solar panels are now standard on most newly built Mattamy homes across the province.

$100 million commitment to solving climate change

Nine Canadian families and foundations, including the Peter Gilgan Foundation, have pledged $405 million over 10 years to tackle climate change, with the Peter Gilgan Foundation contributing $100 million. This historic pledge was made through the Climate Champions initiative, a Clean Economy Fund campaign that aims to encourage new commitments to climate-focused philanthropy in Canada.

Welcome home

Mattamy Homes, named after our founder Peter Gilgan’s two eldest children – Matt and Amy – is born. Peter builds the first ever Mattamy home in Burlington, Ontario, where the owners lived happily for the next 30 years.

First multi-lot purchase

Mattamy makes its first multi-lot purchase in a single community with the purchase of 20 lots in Burlington, Ontario. This kickstarts Mattamy’s growth and scale as a production homebuilder.

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Mattamy through the years

Alberta makes solar panels standard

$100 million commitment to solving climate change

Welcome home

First multi-lot purchase

First multi-phased community

Introduces the WideLot™

Expands to the United States

First factory-built homes

Expands outside of the Greater Toronto Area in Canada

Peter Gilgan Foundation is created

Establishes a Board of Directors

$40 million donated to SickKids

Mattamy makes its largest land purchase

Enters the Toronto high-rise market

Mattamy builds its first net-zero homes

Calgary’s Rotary/Mattamy Greenway opens

Celebration Island Village: New community near Walt Disney World® Resort

Smart thermostats become a standard in all Mattamy homes

Breaks ground on first active adult community

Largest donation to SickKids

100,000 homes

Renewed focus on urban development in Greater Toronto Area

10th home donated to U.S. veterans

Closes first GeoExchange home in net-zero ready community

Donates $1 million to Hurricane Ian relief

Downtown Wellen opens

Alberta makes solar panels standard

$100 million commitment to solving climate change

Welcome home

First multi-lot purchase

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