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DAAQUAM, Maine — Police say the Canadian pilot of a small plane that crashed in Maine on Monday landed the ice-covered aircraft on a frozen bog before it broke apart.

The crash of a small plane in Maine on the Quebec border Monday night took the life of Paul Oberman, chief executive of real estate developers Woodcliffe Corp. The loss has left a hole not just in the Oberman family … Continue reading →

Oberman saw value of heritage

Toronto’s heritage community is devastated over the death of a developer heralded as a champion ofthe city’s architectural past.

‘He just loved beautiful things.’—Heritage architect Catherine Nasmith on developer and preservationist Paul Oberman

Paul Oberman was the president of Woodcliffe Landmark Properties, an award-winning company that specializes in restoring heritage buildings. (Woodcliffe.ca ) An award-winning Toronto developer died Monday after his plane crashed during a snowstorm near the Maine-Quebec border. Paul Oberman, the … Continue reading →

Brett Gundlock / National Post The Summerhill Train station underwent extensive renovation under Mr. Oberman’s watch

Scrivener Square, Toronto: Adaptive reuse of train station as flagship liquor store Toronto real estate developer Paul Oberman, who is responsible for some of the best historic renovations and adaptive reuse of buildings in the country,

Few Torontonians have heard of Paul Oberman, but most know his work whether they realize or not. He was the driving force behind the brilliant renovation of the old North Toronto train station on Yonge St., better known as the … Continue reading →

Toronto developer Paul Oberman’s plane crash death has shocked friends and admirers of his warm personality and devotion to historic buildings. “Paul’s support of the heritage community was immeasurable,” Heritage Toronto’s Rebecca Carson wrote in a tribute.