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The Ghermezian family (Persian: خانوادهٔ قرمزیان) is a Canadian business family of Iranian Jewish origin. The Ghermezians are best known for building North America's three largest shopping malls: West Edmonton Mall, Mall of America, and American Dream. The family has been based in Edmonton since 1964. The family members are ...
Dec 14, 2016 · When Gov. Chris Christie decided he was going to try to salvage the long-planned and half-built megamall in the Meadowlands that for years was called Xanadu, he turned to a family from Canada with Iranian roots to get the job done. Best known for its sprawling Mall of America in Minnesota, the Canadian Ghermezian family and its company Triple ...
Nov 15, 2019 · Here’s why. The CRA is going after the wealthy family behind the West Edmonton Mall. Here’s why. The Ghermezian family, Canadian owners of the American Dream mega mall, said the foreign ...
Sep 23, 2011 · The Ghermezians have pledged to make the mall a beacon for tourists and locals alike. To help fund the deal, Christie promised somewhere between $200 million and $350 million in state help, mostly ...
Jan 10, 2018 · Jews of the Week: The Ghermezians. Jacob Ghermezian (1902-2000) was born to a religious Jewish family in Azerbaijan, and grew up in Iran. He started a business selling Persian rugs when he was just 17 years old. Within two decades, Ghermezian became one of Iran’s wealthiest businessmen. In 1943, he hosted Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin in ...
Sep 4, 1995 · The project ended up costing about $500 million, according to the Ghermezians, paid for primarily with their own money and bank loans, but with some money from the city government, which Hewes ...
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Nov 20, 2019 · The story of the Ghermezian family itself starts with Jacob Ghermezian (1902-2000.) According to Kodoom, he started his first business in Iran when he was just 17 years old, and left Iran with his family in the late 1940s and settled in New York. By 1964 they owned 16 retail stores selling rugs throughout the United States and Canada.
