Private company

Southwest Properties

Canadian property developer

Josef Meier "Jim" Spatz is a Canadian property developer from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Born in Munich, he immigrated to Halifax as a child where his father ran a grocery store business and later founded the real estate company Southwest Properties.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Feb 1950Founded1

Josef Meier "Jim" Spatz is a Canadian property developer from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Born in Munich, he immigrated to Halifax as a child where his father ran a grocery store business and later founded the real estate company Southwest Properties.2

Corporate structure

Southwest Properties sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Southwest Properties Halifax
    • The Algonquin Resort Owned ยท St. Andrews, Canada

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Southwest Properties reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • The Algonquin Resort

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Jim Spatz

Also owns

  • The Algonquin Resort since 2012

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2012Acquired The Algonquin Resort1

Timeline

  1. 2012Acquisition Acquired The Algonquin Resort1
  2. Feb 1950Founded Founded1

Sources

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