Howard Sokolowski
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Howard Sokolowski, OOnt is a property developer, philanthropist and sport business owner from Toronto.[1] He is the husband of Linda Frum and was the former co-owner of the Toronto Argonauts with David Cynamon from 2003 to 2010.[2] His parents, Henry and Eva Sokolowski, were Holocaust survivors from Poland.[3][4]
Sokolowski was born to a Jewish family[5] and raised in Toronto and attended York University. Upon graduation he went into property development, eventually co-founding Tribute Communities. Over the next 25 years, the company went on to develop more than 25,000 homes. Later, Sokolowski founded another property development company, Metropia.[6] At the moment, Howard Sokolowski serves as chairman and chief executive officer at Metropia, where he has developed over 14,000 homes.[7]
He is a benefactor of Mount Sinai Hospital, the UJA Federation, Yad Vashem, the Bishop Strachan School, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Gardiner Museum, York University among other institutions. Sokolowski has received awards from J.D. Powers and Associates, the Ontario Home Builders Association, and the Greater Toronto Home Builders Association (BILD) including Project of the Year, Community of the Year and Builder of the Year.[8] In 2025 Howard Sokolowski was awarded BILD's highest honour, the Lifetime Achievement Award recognizing his decades of impact to the GTA and beyond.[9]
Personal life
He is married to the Honourable Linda Frum, a writer and former Conservative member of the Senate of Canada.[10][11] In 2011, Sokolowski was appointed to the Order of Ontario for 'his contributions to the arts, healthcare and education'.[1]