upon a single source . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . june 2012 gdc communities type private industry real estate founded 2001 founder frank l. thomas headquarters san diego california united states key people frank l. thomas ceo james hammermeister president gina r. papandrea executive vp & cfo products real estate development number of employees 30 website www.gdccommunities.com gdc communities is a private real estate investment and land developer based in the united states which originated from genstar development company to facilitate us projects . in 2000 genstar formed gdc communities to pursue new opportunities in the us allowing genstar to focus exclusively on the canadian market . today both companies continue to operate independently but remain under common management out of the san diego corporate office . over the years gdc communities fine tuned genstar s proven disciplined approach to the u.s. market . gdc communities formed partnerships with builders and developers on select assets to purchase entitle develop and build out residential communities . all told gdc communities and its affiliates have completed over 60 communities in canada and the u.s. history edit the company s origins date back to 1950 as bacm industries founded by the simkin family . in 1970 the company first expanded into the united states . bacm industries was sold in 1973 to genstar corporation and was renamed genstar development company . genstar corporation was later acquired by imasco limited in 1986 and only retained genstar development company which was the canadian land development entity of genstar corporation . in 1994 realizing the growth and land development opportunities in the united states genstar development company canada and genstar land company usa relocated the corporate office from vancouver canada to san diego california . gdc communities was formed when senior management bought the company from british american tobacco bat taking the company private . gdc communities operates under two initiatives it owns genstar development company and directs the development of the canadian master planned communities and secondly it provides the foundation for the us investments and operations . 1 references edit gdc communities about us . external links edit gdc communities company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gdc communities & oldid 743674693 categories real estate companies of the united statescompanies based in san diegohidden categories articles needing additional references from june 2012all articles needing additional referencesarticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 17 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view