A family-run property management company with nine decades of history.
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William Paul Fraleigh
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A family run business spanning three generations and over 95 years of expertise.
It was 1929 when Greg’s grandfather, William John Fraleigh, opened a window shop on Hamilton’s Beach Road. Standard Sash & Door, manufacturer of wooden windows and doors, was one of the few businesses to survive the depression years. In those difficult early years of the 1930s, Standard Sash took over completion of homes when money ran out for the builders. It was William John's first taste of property development, and it soon progressed from single family homes to apartment buildings, filling the need for affordable housing for the many left destitute during the depression. In 1949, William John Fraleigh built the first multi-residential apartment buildings in the city, Fraleigh Apartments; a 6-building complex at 775 Concession Street.
As time went on in the early ‘60s, William Paul Fraleigh - the second generation of Fraleighs - pioneered the introduction of aluminum windows to the market, and traveled the globe to Japan, Finland and Germany, meeting with officiants and setting up international trading, even before the International Trade Councils had been set up. During his negotiations, he was responsible for establishing many hardware patents to protect the products he was now trading. His son, William Paul Fraleigh, was also working on his own building projects.
William Paul Fraleigh built three apartment buildings in Dundas, Stoney Creek and Waterdown, under the affordable housing program with Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation (CMHC). Thus began Enfield’s affordable housing program. He continued to build property from Mississauga to Sarnia, developing land throughout the Niagara region. In 1965, he built a small office building at 20 Jackson St West and with it came 50 parking spaces. He ignited the capital market on downtown Hamilton parking by redeveloping urbanized land, buying patches of land in the downtown core with plans for future development He knocked down the old YWCA on Main Street and used the land for a new parking lot. By 1970, Greg's father was operating 3 commercial parking lots in Hamilton's downtown core as well as a number of commercial warehouses - including the largest of the time - housing 1,000,000 square feet (or 18.5 acres) under one roof with an automated delivery system. At one point, William Paul Fraleigh was managing over 11 parking lots, including well over 1,000 parking spaces.
“I fell into condominium management by accident," said Fraleigh in a 2013 article in Condominium Manager magazine, celebrating The Enfield Group's ACMO 2000 membership, ” and the rest, as they say, is history."
With an active interest in the physical science and innovation behind building development, Greg Fraleigh took a bold stance when he impacted Hamilton's mountain skyline by building the city's first luxury condominium, The Madison, at 174 Mountain Park Avenue. The eleven storey property is guarded by two, life-sized lion statues and accommodates just two spacious units per floor - each with their own private elevator service. The Madison is situated across from the top of the current Wentworth Stairs and formerly the East End Incline Railway.
The building was a no-holds-barred approach to a luxury market that had been missing in Hamilton - something Greg Fraleigh experience in condominium management knew was missing from the Hamilton market place.
“If we don't service you, someone else will,” was William John Fraleigh's approach to fulfilling his clients’ needs.
“It's standard, but so many forget the basics," says Greg Fraleigh. "As property owners ourselves we understand how important service is.”
Further down the brow at 775 Concession St, The Fraleigh’s family run business impact on the skyline still stands in the form of the city's first multi-residential housing community - built by Greg's grandfather.
“The day the crane went up the Mountain, the skyline changed forever," said Greg Fraleigh in a 2009 interview with The Hamilton Spectator. "Just as it changed when my grandfather built those apartments.”
William John Fraleigh
In 1929, William John Fraleigh purchased a struggling wood window manufacturing company in Hamilton and that is how 'Standard Door and Sash' was born.
Fraleigh found himself completing construction work on single family homes in Burlington and Hamilton when the depression hit and builders found themselves no longer able to complete the work. Remembered for his honesty, hard-work and integrity, William John Fraleigh's word was his bond.
William John was responsible for building the second incarnation of the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club on Hamilton's waterfront, a building that still stands today. He also developed Fraleigh Apartments on the mountain brow, Helen Park Apartments in Dundas, and many more single family homes throughout Hamilton, Burlington, Wentworth districts.
He was devoted to his children and hard-working ethics.
Canadian businesses.
William Paul Fraleigh
Born in Burlington and raised on the Beach Strip, William Paul Fraleigh took over the family business when in his mid-twenties.
William Paul Fraleigh built several apartment buildings from Hamilton to Sarnia and is remembered for being a successful entrepreneur capable of seeing hidden opportunities. Investing in land and commercial parking lots within the downtown Hamilton core, he was among the largest private parking operators in Hamilton during the sixties. He is responsible for building a one million square foot warehouse for Firestone Canada, and built warehouses for The T. Eaton Company and G.W. Robinson. In 1978, he purchased the Eaton's parking ramp which also housed the Hamilton Farmers' Market.
A pioneer in aluminum windows, William Paul created many hardware patents during the 60s, and prior to organized government trade missions, William Paul did significant international business, outsourcing manufacturing in Japan (including business with the brass at Mitsubishi Boeki) and sales in Europe.
Apart from his passion for family and community, he worked hard to play hard, and loved golf.
Gregory Paul Fraleigh
Gregory Paul Fraleigh purchased the family business in 1999 and continued the Fraleigh legacy in property development and management. Beginning as a parking lot manager, his move to building development and management began with McGivney Community Homes Inc., a 53-unit non-profit housing community in Hamilton, Ontario. Spearheading The Enfield Group's merge into condominiums, Greg has developed single family homes (including his first beside his grandfather and father's development Helen Park Apartments in Dundas), affordable housing complexes, luxury townhomes on Pearl and Elizabeth Street in the heart of Burlington and the premier luxury condominium, The Madison, on Hamilton's mountain brow. He has also developed three estate properties on Snake Road in Burlington.
He currently manages over 2000 units throughout the Golden Horseshoe, from Brampton and Mississauga through to the Niagara region.
He founded the
Duffers Open, a 9-hole charity golf tournament for Camp Trillium Childhood Cancer Support Centre. His passions are his children, waterskiing, snow skiing and golf.
The Madison A New View On Life
Years In Business
95
Square Footage Built & Developed
5,000,000+
Units Managed
5000+
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