Prominent Vancouver real estate developer Peter Wall dies

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 06, 2025 3:27 PM EST | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

Prominent Vancouver existent property developer Peter Wall, known for helping to signifier the city's skyline, has died, the Wall Financial Corporation confirmed successful a statement.

"Peter Wall's bequest is woven into the precise cloth of Vancouver. His bold vision, boundless generosity, and unwavering committedness to excellence person near an indelible people connected the metropolis helium truthful dearly loved," the improvement steadfast said successful a connection Thursday.

"His heavy emotion and admiration for Vancouver went acold beyond its breathtaking scenery, it was the metropolis that captured his bosom and inspired his soul."

Wall, a Ukrainian migrant of Mennonite practice who came to Canada aft the Second World War, died earlier this week, according to the statement.

He co-founded Wall & Redekop Corporation Ltd. successful 1996, which aboriginal became Wall Financial Corporation and established him arsenic 1 of the city's largest hospitality and residential developers.

Some of his astir salient projects see One Wall Centre, a 48-storey edifice with residential units successful downtown Vancouver, and the Westin Wall Centre edifice successful Richmond.

Wall Financial Corporation said that Wall controlled the institution done his ownership and power of 54 per cent of the company's outstanding communal shares. It said each of those shares volition present walk to the Peter Wall Legacy Trust.