Ghermezian family


The Ghermezian family is a Persian Jewish family who have developed several of the world's largest shopping malls.

Origin and brothers

The patriarch of the family, Jacob Ghermezian, moved from Iran to Canada with his four sons in 1964. The four sons, Eskandar, Nader, Raphael and Bahman, grew the family rug business into a large real estate and construction company.

Estate

The family's estates include the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta and the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. and many other businesses. In 2011, the family's Triple Five Group acquired the troubled Xanadu Meadowlands project in New Jersey, they renamed the project American Dream. The mall opened on October 25, 2019.

Family members

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