Sam Mizrahi

On April 18, 2017, The One received formal approval from the Ontario Municipal Board, which provided the go-ahead for Mizrahi Developments to begin pre-construction of The One and pre-sales for The One's condominium units. Construction of The One began on August 23, 2017, with construction expected to be completed by 2022 or 2023. The One's development has progressed, with the forming of the building's 32 mega caissons completed and an announcement made that the tower will include a Hyatt Andaz boutique hotel.

128 Hazelton is a 9-story (38 metres high) building of 18 suites , designed by AUDAX Architecture, located across the street from 133 Hazelton. The development will be located at the former location of Hakim Optical. 128 Hazelton is the third development for Mizrahi in Yorkville, which includes his developments at 133 Hazelton and 181 Davenport. The design of 128 Hazelton involves a modern interpretation of Haussmannian architecture found in Paris. In line with other Mizrahi condo developments, Mizrahi worked with condo owners to customize each unit in the development. Condos will have winter gardens off living rooms or bedrooms and include a mix of one-bedrooms, 8 two-bedrooms, and 5 three-bedrooms. 128 Hazelton launched in 2016. By September 2016, half of the project’s units were sold, with all units sold out as of January 2017. Construction of 128 Hazelton is in its later stages of construction and is expected to be completed in 2020. Prices of the condos at 128 Hazelton range from C$1.14 million to C$11.5 million.

Mizrahi is the president of a number of corporations, including Mizrahi Developments, Mizrahi Design Build, Mizrahi Inc. and Mizrahi Enterprises Inc. In 2015, he was named the 45th most influential person in Toronto by Toronto Life. Before becoming a developer, Mizrahi founded Dove Cleaners in 1992. The company filed for restructuring in 2007 but eventually recovered and grew to have over 100 franchises in Greater Toronto.

133 Hazelton is a 9-story building of 37 suites located at 195 Davenport Road and 131 Hazelton Avenue in Toronto that was completed in March 2015. 133 Hazelton includes amenities such as a theatre room, concierge service and garages that allow electrical vehicles to charge. Similar to other Mizrahi developments, suites at 133 Hazelton were custom designed and allowed condo buyers to choose condo layout, finishes and appliances.

Mizrahi is an active supporter of Israel and a member of the UJA, and has managed and participated in the annual Walk With Israel parade in Toronto. Mizrahi also co-chaired the Run With Israel event in 2015. In addition, Mizrahi has co-chaired UJA’s SixPoints Jewish Venture Philanthropy Fund, an organization that helps guide financial investment in the Jewish community. He is also on the board of directors of the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies. In 2017, Mizrahi was elected to the BILD Board of Directors. In October 2019, Mizrahi was awarded the Par Excellence Business Award from the France Canada Chamber of Commerce Ontario, the highest honour presented by the chamber.

Mizrahi announced in 2014 that he would help build the "biggest newly built synagogue in Toronto in the past 45 years", which would serve as a new building for the Temmy Latner Forest Hill Jewish Centre. In 2017, the construction of the Temmy Latner building was completed. Located at 360 Spadina Road, the building is a replica of the Great Synagogue in Jasło, Poland, which was destroyed by the Nazis in World War II. A replica of the 11-meter-high Torah ark destroyed by the Nazis was built in Israel and shipped to Canada for the project. The synagogue has a library, classrooms and offers space for community events and also serves as a museum for the community. In March 2017, Mizrahi contributed to a fundraiser to help support initiatives at the new Temmy Latner building.

181 Davenport is a 12-story building of 110 suites located at 145 and 185 Davenport Road. The project launched in the fall of 2012, with half of the units sold within 60 days of being on the market. As part of its design, 181 Davenport offered condominiums that could be customized in detail by buyers. Condo sizes at 181 Davenport range from 700 to 1,600 square feet with prices beginning at C$400,000. 181 Davenport was completed in 2018 and is now sold out.

In 2008, Mizrahi founded Mizrahi Developments. Initially, Mizrahi Developments built luxury custom homes in Toronto neighborhoods that included Forest Hill, the Kingsway, Port McNicoll and Georgian Bay. Later, Mizrahi moved into building custom luxury condos, which includes projects at 133 Hazelton, 181 Davenport, 1451 Wellington and 128 Hazelton.

Mizrahi moved back into real estate in 2007, building custom houses in Forest Hill, one of Toronto's most affluent neighbourhoods, which led to him getting into luxury condominium development.

In 1992, Mizrahi formed a dry cleaning company known as Dove Cleaners. DoveCorp, as it came to be known in 2004, operated both in retail dry cleaning and commercial linen cleaning. Mizrahi's stated his goal was to create a niche dry cleaning company that served high-end customers. He founded the company in Los Angeles and moved it to Toronto in 1994. Mizrahi listed the company on the TSX Venture Exchange in 2005 and ran it until 2007, when it filed for restructuring.

Sam Mizrahi (Hebrew: סם מזרחי ‎; Born 1971) is a Canadian real estate developer. He is the developer of The One development at the intersection of Yonge and Bloor streets in Toronto. He started his first condominium project, a 9-story building known as 133 Hazelton Residences, in Toronto in 2011. Three years later, in 2014, he purchased land at the southwest corner of Yonge Street and Bloor Street in Toronto for development of a very large residential tower called "The One".

Mizrahi was born in Tehran in 1971 to Jewish parents, Shamoil and Ziba Mizrahi. His father owned and operated shops in Tehran. The family immigrated to Canada in 1977, two years before the Iranian Revolution, when Mizrahi was six years old. Mizrahi grew up in the York Mills and Bayview neighborhood of Toronto and attended York Mills Collegiate Institute. Mizrahi has never attended post-secondary school.