NOVEMBER 2014
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business elite canada
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By Cheryl Long
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Describing Urbacon as a construction and real
estate development company barely does jus-
tice to the organization’s breadth of creativity
and talent. Even a cursory scroll through their
past projects, from mesmerizing glass struc-
tures to stunning interiors, quickly reveals that
Urbacon is in the business of creating lasting
impressions.
It was a very different company that the Man-
cini family started when it was a small opera-
tion – less than 10 employees at a location on
Berkeley Street in Toronto in 1984. Four years
later, they relocated to Lower Sherbourne
Street with a growing roster of about 20 peo-
ple and an eye on a future that would expand
beyond workplace interiors. Today, Urbacon’s
Toronto office on Lake Shore Boulevard East is
a testament to the company’s unique vision.
“Our President Marco Mancini has taken the
company to what it is right now … over 125 em-
ployees and approximately 250 million dollars
a year in work,” said Raffaele Barone, the com-
pany’s Vice-President of Operations. Mancini
is “the driving force of this company … that’s
really where our inspiration comes from. Our
engine is him.”
Respected across Canada
The privately-owned company prides itself on
