The HistoryIn the year 1930, Guido Cinelli was born In Italy. He emigrated to Canada in 1953 with nothing more than $25 to his name and some clothes. Guido found work in a bakery that employed four other employees. Guido worked 110 hours per week and allegedly slept on skids of flour in the bakery. Over the next two decades years, Guido worked his way up to the position of master baker. He helped grow the bakery into one of the largest in Canada.By the time Guido was 41 years old, he’d started his own company distributing bakery equipment in…

This house is situated in Toronto and was built in 1994, a year after the land was purchased. The owner sold it around 2000 and the home went through three more sales before the final sale which took place in August 2022 for $3.7 million. The house has five bedrooms and seven bathrooms.The master bedroom features a bathroom with a walk in shower, tub, two sinks and a fireplace. The bedroom also has two walk in closets. This location made its way around the urbex scene in spring of 2024. Some explorers called it ‘abandoned’ which was a stretch of…

The family that used to live here fled their homeland to escape their country’s dictator. They arrived in Canada in 1975. They acquired an adhesives company and a Canadian company from the east coast that produces fireplace logs (the type that you light with a match). The couple had never seen snow before and felt that fire logs would be beneficial for home heating. They sold the fire log company in 2006, at which time they held nearly the entire Canadian market and approximately half of the American market. The family helped other immigrants with their businesses and also ran…

This house was built in 1968. The last owners were a husband (dentist) and his wife (an architect). A family member purchased the house in 1994. In 2011, ownership was transferred to the dentist. In 2021, the property was purchased by a condominium developer for $6.2 million. You can guess what will happen to this house next.The property includes an outdoor pool, gym, spa and tennis court. The house is situated along a precarious ravine. Photos didn’t turn out whatsoever on this trip. I refer to it as the 700 pixel write off day. Video

This is a tale of money…. A somewhat difficult to follow tale, but I’ve tried to piece as much of the story as possible. The house was purchased in 2007 for $1,700,000 by a man named Mr. Wang. Wang graduated from the University of Alberta in 2004.The home’s address was used as the base for several businesses.From 2009 to 2013, a man named Mr. Li likely lived at this address. He ran a renovation company with his brother with his office address listed as this house. His social media page also shows him celebrating Christmas in this home. (Photos from…

This house has a long history dating back to 1860, when it was originally built. It features a gable roof with dormers, two-storey veranda and gingerbread. The Italianate style house belonged to David Reesor, the son of Christopher Reesor and Margaret Armstrong. (TWP: I believe the farm originally belonged to David’s father, Christopher and later passed onto David.)David and his brother Robert owned numerous properties in the southern Ontario area. The David Reesor property became known as the Silver Spring Farm. Mr. Reesor bred horses and cattle in Manitoba which they imported from overseas. They held livestock auctions at the…

This house was built in 1977 and features 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. The house is situated in an area of Ontario known for luxury homes. The house had a series of short-term ownerships. By 2011 it was being lived in by a Mr. Mark V. H. In 2012 the house was sold for $1,500,000. Then just three years later in 2015, it sold for $1,950,000. The house was then vacated between 2016 and 2019 and the owner attempted to rent out the property. By 2019 the property was falling into disrepair. Finally, in April of 2023 it was purchased…

I’d been doing some research on abandoned properties and happened across an address for a vacant house in the Toronto area. I added the house to our exploration itinerary but what I didn’t realize was that right around the corner from it, were three large vacant properties. To find one of these luxurious properties is a great addition to your photography day, but three in a row is unheard of.It would take a return visit to explore the three large homes that we missed that day… or try to.As it would turn out, after we exiting the first house, we…

This extravagant mansion is located at 68 The Bridle Path in Toronto. It was built upon two properties that were combined into one creating nearly 30,000 square feet of land. The mansion was constructed in 1985 for real estate developer and financier, Robert Campeau. During the 1980s, Campeau undertook several leveraged buyouts of businesses including shopping malls. Due to a downturn in retail sales, the debts taken on through several of these aquisitions were unable to be met. As a result, over 250 profitable department stores were bankrupted. (1) Mr, Campeau was forced to sell this house in 1990 although…