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Southwest Properties

Halifax-based real estate developer, owner and operator of high-quality apartments, condominiums, retail and commercial space, with a portfolio of more than 1,860 rental apartments and condos concentrated in downtown and waterfront Halifax. It develops and manages mixed-use buildings across the apartment, condo, retail, office and hospitality sectors.

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Luminous Labs
Works with
Virtual tour and exterior rendering work for Canard Centre project
Iron Maple Constructors
Works with
Construction management partner on the Canard waterfront development, Halifax. Iron Maple joined ~1 month after founding.
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// SELECTED PROJECTS
Cunard Residences
Completed
Mixed-use (rental residential + ground-level retail) · 1325 Lower Water Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia · 2024
Developer / owner-operator
16-storey, 231 rental units on the Halifax waterfront; contributes ~two acres of new public space (managed by Build Nova Scotia); targeting LEED Gold. Build NS lists completion as October 2024. Named 2025 Development of the Year - High Rise by RHPNS.
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Fortuna on Lucknow
In progress
Rental apartment tower (17 storeys over a 3-storey podium) · 1035 Lucknow Street, south-end Halifax, Nova Scotia · 2028
Developer
174-suite rental residence, studios to three-bedroom. Official groundbreaking December 16, 2025; expected occupancy 2028. Status confirmed in-progress as of the company's Dec 17, 2025 corporate news post. Address listed as 1035 Lucknow on the project site (a Southwest Developments Facebook post says 1055 Lucknow - minor discrepancy, see notes).
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Maple
Completed
Mixed-use rental apartment building · Downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia · 2017
Developer / owner-operator
Won Canadian Federation of Apartment Associations' national Rental Development of the Year 2018; achieved LEED Silver (New Construction) certification in 2022.
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Curve at South Park
Completed
Mixed-use rental development · Downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia
Developer / owner-operator
Part of the South Park development. Won CFAA National Rental Development of the Year 2020 and IPOANS Development of the Year 2020; LEED Gold certified 2023.
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Bishop's Landing
Completed
Mixed-use waterfront condominium / retail development · Halifax waterfront, Nova Scotia · 2003
Developer / owner-operator
Southwest's first mixed-use multi-unit building on the Halifax waterfront (2003); 151 waterfront units. Bishop's Landing is a Southwest Properties-operated property (bishopslanding.com is a Southwest-controlled site).
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// KEY PEOPLE
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Simon Spatz
Founder
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Jim Spatz
Executive Chairman
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Ben Young
President & CEO
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Paul Murphy
Executive VP & CFO
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Jim Mullan
Senior Vice President - Construction & Development
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// NOTABLE
Cunard Residences was named 2025 Development of the Year - High Rise by the Rental Housing Providers of Nova Scotia (RHPNS).
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Maple won the Canadian Federation of Apartment Associations' national Rental Development of the Year 2018.
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The company operates more than 1,860 quality apartments and condos for rent in Halifax.
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Founder Simon Spatz immigrated to Halifax in 1950 and built the business from a single Tobin Street apartment building, renaming it Southwest Apartments in the late 1960s; son Jim Spatz joined in 1988 and led its expansion into a diversified regional developer.
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