we start to get the hang of it, and we have a
business working there, we could have courage
to go to another city,” he said.
Scalia stays mum on where to build next —
Quebec City and Toronto are definite options
— but his company is focused on working well
with local stakeholders and building well-tai-
lored condos.
In reality, until recently, Samcon has remained
loyal to the Montreal landscape. Born from Ital-
ian immigrants, Scalia (MBA McGill graduate),
joined his father, David Scalia, in the building
business in 1989, focusing on small scale home
builds in the city. David Scalia left his career in
banking to get into the Scalia Brothers home-
building business with his three brothers in
1964.
Sam quickly formed Samcon in 1991 and
his first build, Le St-Christophe, a three-floor,
eight-unit project located in the Centre-Sud
neighborhood of Montreal, ensued thereaf-
ter. Samcon’s growth in the first five years was
modest, but his work was turning heads in the
homebuilding industry of Quebec, as Scalia was
named Maitre Constructeur, Palme D’Or by the
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