Julie Di Lorenzo

Julie Di Lorenzo has been self-employed since 1982 and operates one of the largest female run Real Estate Development Companies in North America. Coming from a long family history of Italian construction professionals in North America, her grandfather immigrated from Italy to New York City in the early 1900s, helping erect some of the early foundations and structures of the city, while her father, Nick Di Lorenzo, was a dominant contractor and innovator in Toronto in the 1960’s and 70’s, inventing the “flying form” method of high-rise construction and bringing over the tall cranes from Europe that made it possible. Starting out as a 16-year old girl delivering boxes of nails, plans and materials to concrete formwork sites, Julie Di Lorenzo has been part of our industry for over 40 years as an entrepreneur, real estate developer, and city builder, while simultaneously devoting her time and leadership towards innovating, improving, and supporting our communities. Through Julie’s incredib