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Israel Canada

Israel Canada (T.R) LTD. (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל קָנָדָה) is an Israeli real estate company, traded in Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: ISCN) at a NIS 4.68 Billion market cap (as of Decemebr 2024), founded by Barak Rosen (CEO) and Asaf Touchmair (chairman). Israel Canada develop luxury residential properties, retail, offices and hotel projects with iconic buildings, in prime locations, mainly in central Israel.[1]

Israel Canada (T.R) Ltd.
Company typePublic company
IndustryReal estate
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Headquarters
Herzliya
,
Israel
Key people
Asaf Touchmair, Chairman
Barak Rosen, CEO
Number of employees
800
SubsidiariesIsrael Canada Hotels (ICH)
Israel Canada Residence (ICR)
Websiteisrael-canada.co.il/en

Since 2022 Israel Canada is ranked at the top 5 on Duns100 Real Estate Development Listed Companies.[2]

History

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Background

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In 2006 Rosen and Touchmair bought a public shell in Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange - Pangaya Real Estate. A year later, the company raised Brevan Howard Hedge fund to buy 4.9% of Pangaya for NIS 7.3 Million.[3] Pangaya later changed its name to Israel-Canada (T.R).

Israel Canada

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in 2006 the company started building Israel's tallest residential building at the time - W Tower (511 ft.), completed in 2010 at Tzamarot Ayalon.[4] In the coming years Israel Canada completed the development of 3 more Skyscrapers in the neighborhood: W Boutique Tower, W Prime and Rom Tower.

In October 2015, Israel Canada acquired from Paz Oil Company its holding in Pi Glilot, which owned 164 dunams in the complex near the Glilot Interchange. In addition, it purchased 34 dunams from Paz that were used as the company's logistics distribution center, for a total of NIS 237 million.[5]

In November 2017 Israel Canada raised NIS 100 Million from Israeli institutional investors, at a company value of NIS 755 Million, after an increase of 400% in the company's market cap in 3 years.[6]

In February 2018 Israel-Canada began trading in TA-125 Index.[7]

In 2020 Israel Canada, in cooperation with the Nakash Brothers Group, acquired Minrav Projects which was one of Israel's top real estate and construction companies. The deal was reportedly worth NIS 574 million.[8]

In June 2021 Israel Canada won the largest land reserve in the central district of Israel, about 1,000 apartments, amounting to more than NIS 2 billion in north Tel Aviv.[9]

In 2021 Israel Canada Tech Investments (ICT) was established and the company started investing in corporations and startups with an affinity to real estate, including property technology, construction technology and renewable energy in all investment stages.[10][11]

In January 2022 Rosen and Touchmair led Israel Canada to acquired 22.6 percent of Norstar, the main controlling shareholder of Gazit-Globe, an Israeli-based international commercial real estate company with an accumulation of assets worth NIS 40 billion.[12] In April 2022 Israel Canada launched a takeover bid for Norstar.[13]

Israel Canada is the main real estate developer in Tzamarot Ayalon, which is ranked as one of Israel's wealthiest neighborhoods.[14]

Sponsorships

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Since 2021/2022 season, Israel Canada is the official sponsor of Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.[15]

Subsidiaries

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Israel Canada Hotels (ICH)

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ICH is a hotel chain with hotels in Israel and abroad with Assets under management of thousands of accommodation units. ICH owns or manage (partial hotel list): Galei Kinneret (Tiberias), Lake House (Tiberias), Nofey Gonen Holiday Village (Kibbutz Gonen), Play Midtown (Tel Aviv), West (Tel Aviv), West (Ashdod), Daniel (Dead Sea), Soleil (Eilat) and Play Hayarkon (Tel Aviv).[16]

in April 2021, Israel Canada announced that it will build in Tel Aviv the first hotel of the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts chain. The project will conclude three 35-45-story towers, with residential, hotel and commercial.[17][18]

In July 2022 Menora Mivtachim, acquired 15% of ICH for NIS 88 million, which replected a value of NIS 560 million to the company.[19]

In September 2022, Israel Canada bought a hotel in Athens, Greece, for an estimated of 10 million euros, inorder to expand its hotels to Athens.[20]

In September 2024, ICH filled a MOU to buy Brown Hotels which was in financial stess, A couple of month later in December 2024 Brown Hotels requested from the Israeli court to approve its sale to Israel Canada.[21]

Israel Canada Residence (ICR)

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ICR was founded as of a merger between Israel Canada and Minrav Projects, which was a traded at the time in Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. shortly after, Minrav Projects was delisted and became a private company, changing its name to ICR.[22]

In 2020, Israel Canada Rem Residence announced a NIS 650 million project, which included an urban-renewal for Kiryat Hayovel.[23]

Canada Global

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In November 2022, Israel Canada purchased Aviv Arlon - a public traded real estate company in Israel. Israel Canada changed its name to Canada Global and started investing in commercial real estate abroad.

In September 2024, Flow who was founded by Adam Neumann and Andreessen Horowitz invested NIS 89 million in Canada Global, along with Assaf Rappaport, Wiz founder.[24]

Norstar

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As of 2022, Israel Canada controls (the largest shareholder) of Norstar, which owns 51% of Gazit-Globe - a global real estate company, owning, developing and managing income-producing properties including retail, office and residential in central urban locations[25][26]

Shareholders (as of December 2024)

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Distribution of stakeholders
Stakeholders % in capital Market value (In millions of NIS)
Ben David Ohayon Avraham 17.22% 805.2
Rosen Barak 16.24% 759.4
Touchmair Asaf 15.81% 739.5
Menora Mivtachim 7.44% 348.4
Migdal (company) 6.31% 294.8
Harel Group 5.94% 278
Clal Insurance 5.51% 257.4

References

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  1. ^ "Israel Canada T.R Ltd - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com.
  2. ^ "Real Estate Development Listed Companies". Duns100.
  3. ^ Shpurer, Sharon (15 Feb 2007). "U.K. Hedge Fund Invests in Pangaea". Haaretz.
  4. ^ Dvir, Noam (3 Aug 2011). "Two Tel Aviv High Rises Nominated for International 'Tall Building Award'". Haaretz.
  5. ^ "פז נפט מכרה את אחזקתה במניות פי גלילות וקרקע במתחם - תמורת 237 מ' ש'" [Paz Oil sold its stake in shares in Pi Galilot and land in the complex - for 237 million]. TheMarker. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  6. ^ Levy, Aviv (13 Nov 2017). "Israel-Canada raises NIS 100m from Israeli institutions". Globes. Retrieved 13 Nov 2017.
  7. ^ "דף הבית - הבורסה לניירות ערך בתל אביב | אתר הבורסה". www.tase.co.il. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  8. ^ "Real estate giants Israel Canada, Nakash brothers acquire Minrav Projects". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  9. ^ "21-floor tower approved on Tel Aviv's Hayarkon Street". Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  10. ^ "Israel Canada Tech Investments". Start-Up Nation Finder. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  11. ^ Orbach, Meir (2022-02-17). "Exodigo digs up $29 million in Seed funding for 3D subsurface imaging platform". CTECH - www.calcalistech.com. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  12. ^ Glikman, Ahron (2022-01-30). "The entry of Rosen and Tochmeier marks the beginning of the end of the Katzman era in Gazit Globe". Time News. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  13. ^ "Israel Canada launches takeover bid for Norstar". Globes_(newspaper). 2022-04-24. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  14. ^ T. O. I. staff. "Israel's richest neighborhood is just three miles away from its poorest one". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  15. ^ on, Website StaffPosted (2021-07-01). "Israel – Canada signed a main sponsorship deal with Maccabi". Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  16. ^ "Israel Canada sets up country's newest hotel chain". Globes. 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  17. ^ "Four Seasons to open a location in Israel - report". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  18. ^ "Four Seasons plans first Israel hotel in Jaffa". Globes. 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  19. ^ "Menora joins Israel Canada Hotels | ITN - Israel Travel News". Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  20. ^ "Israel Canada's hotel company expands to Greece in 10m euro deal". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  21. ^ "Brown Hotels asks court to approve sale to Israel Canada". Globes (newspaper). 16 December 2024.
  22. ^ "Israel Canada, Nakash to buy Minrav Projects". Globes. 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  23. ^ "New large urban-renewal project for Kiryat Hayovel". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  24. ^ "Adam Neumann invests in Israeli real estate co Canada Global". Globes (newspaper). 29 September 2024. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  25. ^ "Institutional investors have a lot riding on Norstar Holdings Inc. (TLV:NSTR) with 30% ownership". simplywall.st. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  26. ^ "Israel Canada launches takeover bid for Norstar". Globes. 2022-04-24. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
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