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René G. Lépine, Sr. (October 23, 1929 – April 18, 2012) was a Canadian real estate developer, philanthropist and founder of Groupe Lépine, a privately owned real estate company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, of which he was the Chairman and President.〔 He is considered to be one of the all-time largest and most influential real estate developers in Quebec.〔 He had developed over time, more than 20,000 residential units, mainly houses and condominiums, as well as around 5,000 subdivided properties. Combined and adjusted to inflation, his projects are valued at more than $1 billion. He was the owner and operator of numerous rental buildings and towers in Downtown Montreal. In 1969, he and partner Lorne Webster bought the Le Cartier building on Sherbrooke Street in Montreal out of bankruptcy from the Montreal Trust Company. He also built the Peel Plaza building right next to it in 1973.〔 Since the 1960s, he built more than 1,500 houses in Montreal's Hampstead, Westmount and Côte Saint-Luc areas,〔 as well as over 10,000 condominium units across Canada and the United States. Lépine developed many buildings and landmarks in Montreal, including the Olympic Village and Le Sanctuaire du Mont-Royal. Since his early 70s, Lépine spent his time between work in Montreal and his other home in Palm Beach, Florida.〔 Lépine died at his home on April 18, 2012, after a lengthy battle with prostate cancer. ==Early life== Lépine was born and raised in Verdun, a working-class neighborhood of Montreal, in a family of 10 children.〔 At the age of 14, he had to drop out of high school to make money for his family after his father became ill.〔 He worked many jobs and later used money he had saved to build a split-level house in Côte Saint-Luc, which was sold immediately after its completion to a wealthy bystander who was passing by on the street.〔 Lépine quickly doubled his money, and started building homes, and eventually incorporated Groupe Lépine in 1953.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「René Lépine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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