Sandor “Sandy” Hofstedter, a Holocaust survivor who came to Canada and played a major role in Toronto’s post-war expansion with H&R Developments, died in Toronto on Dec. 4 at the age of 97. He was also remembered as a generous but unassuming philanthropist when it came to Jewish causes and charities, both here and in Israel. H&R Developments became one of the largest integrated real estate developers in Canada, encompassing thousands of residential, industrial and commercial projects in the Greater Toronto Area. Hofstedter’s sons, grandchildren and other loved ones would go on to run or work in different divisions of...