type private industry real estate founded 1950 headquarters san diego california united states key people frank l. thomas ceo james hammermeister president gina r. papandrea cfo products real estate development number of employees 30 website www.genstar.com genstar development company canada is a real estate development company that creates master planned communities throughout canada . genstar has a history dating back over 50 years developing thousands of acres into some of the most recognized communities across canada . 1 today genstar has active projects in vancouver calgary edmonton winnipeg and toronto . 2 contents 1 communities 2 history 3 external links 4 references communities edit genstar currently has 16 communities with lots or properties for sale across four provinces . listed from west to east . british columbia canada vancouver wynnridge vancouver alberta canada calgary panorama hills calgary chaparral valley calgary evansview calgary evergreen calgary walden calgary red deer clearmont red deer edmonton lacombe park estates edmonton lakeland ridge edmonton lakeview edmonton north ridge edmonton emerald hills edmonton manitoba canada winnipeg amber trails winnipeg stone ridge meadows winnipeg ontario canada toronto caledon toronto brooklin toronto waterloo eastbridge waterloo history edit the company s origins date back to 1950 as bacm industries founded by the simkin family in winnipeg . in 1973 bacm industries was sold to genstar corporation and was renamed genstar development company . at that time the company operated in winnipeg edmonton calgary and vancouver . soon after operations were added in toronto and then ottawa . in the late 1970s the company also started operations in the united states . in 1986 genstar corporation was acquired by imasco limited . by 1991 genstar had active development operations in minnesota san diego los angeles portland tampa atlanta and houston all under the banner of genstar land company . in 1999 senior management orchestrated a management buyout and acquired the assets of genstar in canada and formed gdc communities in the united states . gdc communities plays two roles it owns genstar development company canada and directs the development of its canadian master planned communities and secondly it provides the foundation for the us investments and operations . 3 external links edit genstar company website wynnridge vancouver clearmont red deer panorama hills calgary chaparral valley calgary walden calgary evansview calgary lacombe park estates edmonton lakeland ridge edmonton lakeview edmonton north ridge edmonton emerald hills edmonton amber trails winnipeg stone ridge meadows winnipeg caledon toronto brooklin toronto references edit genstar accomplishments genstar cities gdc communities about us . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title genstar development company & oldid 668405870 categories real estate companies of canadahidden categories articles 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 24 june 2015 at 02 32 . 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