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New owner of Batterwood, the estate of the late Governor-General Vincent Massey, is Louis Robert Marten, a former $23-a-week grocery clerk who owns $4,000,000 worth of real estate, including these $600,000 apartments
New owner of Batterwood, the estate of the late Governor-General Vincent Massey, is Louis Robert Marten, a former $23-a-week grocery clerk who owns $4,000,000 worth of real estate, including these $600,000 apartments

New owner of Batterwood, the estate of the late Governor-General Vincent Massey, is Louis Robert Marten, a former $23-a-week grocery clerk who owns $4,000,000 worth of real estate, including these $600,000 apartments

Date9/30/1969
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130538F
End of a dream: David and Nancy Hadden, owners of Batterwood, the former estate of governor-general Vincent Massey, had planned to build a guesthouse to accommodate fellow members of the Baha'l faith
End of a dream: David and Nancy Hadden, owners of Batterwood, the former estate of governor-general Vincent Massey, had planned to build a guesthouse to accommodate fellow members of the Baha'l faith
8/26/1987
Stately Batterwood, which belonged to the late Vincent Massey, will be turned into a cultural centre by its present owner, Bob Marten. Marten, who bou(...)
Stately Batterwood, which belonged to the late Vincent Massey, will be turned into a cultural centre by its present owner, Bob Marten. Marten, who bou(...)
1/13/1970
Stately Batterwood, which belonged to the late Vincent Massey, will be turned into a cultural centre by its present owner, Bob Marten. Marten, who bou(...)
Stately Batterwood, which belonged to the late Vincent Massey, will be turned into a cultural centre by its present owner, Bob Marten. Marten, who bou(...)
1/13/1970
Former Governor-general Vincent Massey
Former Governor-general Vincent Massey
2/23/1967
At odds: Tory MPP Margaret Marland, left, charged in the Legislature that Zanana Akande was getting twice the legal rent for two apartments she owns
At odds: Tory MPP Margaret Marland, left, charged in the Legislature that Zanana Akande was getting twice the legal rent for two apartments she owns
5/1/1991
Jose Umbria Correia owns two tourist villages on the Algarvian sun coast, one bas 144 apartments
Jose Umbria Correia owns two tourist villages on the Algarvian sun coast, one bas 144 apartments
8/20/1992
Back on top: Agnes Pretty, who was told she had three weeks to live two years ago, successfully fought acute leukemia and opened her own real estate firm last year
Back on top: Agnes Pretty, who was told she had three weeks to live two years ago, successfully fought acute leukemia and opened her own real estate firm last year
10/9/1986
Treasure of Whiterock Estates, Ronald Bluestein sits in his office in downtown Toronto explaining his company's real estate operations in Ontario. He is one of three principals in the firm which subdivides farm land, and then aggressively sells lots with the slogan Own a Piece of Canada. A team of Star investigators has disclosed that titles to many of the Whiterock Estates lots are faulty.
Treasure of Whiterock Estates, Ronald Bluestein sits in his office in downtown Toronto explaining his company's real estate operations in Ontario. He is one of three principals in the firm which subdivides farm land, and then aggressively sells lots with the slogan Own a Piece of Canada. A team of Star investigators has disclosed that titles to many of the Whiterock Estates lots are faulty.
9/10/1971
Rudolph (Rudy) Bratty, along with Marco Muzzo and Alfredo (Fred) DeGasperis have developed billions of dollars worth of real estate in southern Ontari(...)
Rudolph (Rudy) Bratty, along with Marco Muzzo and Alfredo (Fred) DeGasperis have developed billions of dollars worth of real estate in southern Ontari(...)
1/20/1989
Eight Junior fellows of Toronto's Massey College bore the coffin containing the body of Vincent Massey, first Canadian-born governor-general, it its f(...)
Eight Junior fellows of Toronto's Massey College bore the coffin containing the body of Vincent Massey, first Canadian-born governor-general, it its f(...)
1/5/1968
Weekly building reporter and real estate review, 1931-05-23
Weekly building reporter and real estate review, 1931-05-23
5/23/1931
A welcome sign. One of those rarities of the real estate world, a landlord who welcomes children, has hoisted his banner over apartment at Brookbanks Dr. and Don Valley Parkway
A welcome sign. One of those rarities of the real estate world, a landlord who welcomes children, has hoisted his banner over apartment at Brookbanks Dr. and Don Valley Parkway
4/21/1968