Ariston Realty was formed in 1988 to service and bridge the real estate needs of the downtown business community with that of the rest of the GTA. Originally employing a small staff of downtown professionals to service the high-end retail and office sectors of the downtown core, we were located in the heart of Yorkville in the commercial tower of The Park Hyatt (formerly the Park Plaza) at the corner of Bloor Street West and Avenue Road. From 1991 to 1994 the existing partnership joined Ariston Realty to expand the full service format to include expertise in Land, Retail, Development, Industrial, Investments, Management and Consulting services. During the nineties the company was responsible for the assembly of hundreds of Acres in Vaughan and York regions (including present day Woodbridge) and many retail plaza strip centres in the GTA and Southern Ontario cities. To handle the increased real estate business, property management and investing performed for our overseas investors here in North America, we increased our office space in the Park Hyatt Commercial Tower. More recently we have moved from our Park Hyatt offices to larger renovated offices in The Kingsway/Bloor West Village area. Still conveniently on the subway line, our move was based on providing convenience, better exposure and easy access for parking, highways and service to our clients, institutions and general public. Ariston Realty Corp. is a partnership comprised of highly talented individuals that collectively have over 100 years of first hand experience in all facets of the marketplace. Our boutique size allows us an advantage over cumbersome larger companies, especially when it comes to the private and confidential issues concerning your business.

Barrie, Ontario (2006 population 125,000) is located on Kempenfelt Bay, an arm of Lake Simcoe in Central Ontario, Canada. It is the county seat of Simcoe County. The Barrie CMA (Census Metropolitan Area) population is estimated at 175,000 in 2006. The city's north and south ends are separated by a deep valley which contains the downtown area as well as Kempenfelt Bay. Barrie's waterfront is at the heart of its tourism industry, with events like the Kempenfest arts and crafts festival attracting more than 300,000 people. Unique recreational activities, include skiing at nearby Horseshoe Valley, Snow Valley, and Blue Mountain, as well as boating in Kempenfelt Bay. At the north end of Barrie is the Highway 11 and Highway 400 interchange. Many consider this the gateway to Ontario resort destinations north in cottage country, and is represented by the 400ELEVEN icon for travel north in Ontario. Barrie is home to the main campus of Georgian College, with 5,000 full-time students and over 10,000 part-time students. As a result, many of the bars and clubs in downtown Barrie are filled with students during the school year. Barrie is also home to the MacLaren Art Centre, an innovative art gallery that supports the visual arts in Simcoe County. It inspired the "Art City" project, which has had many different large sculptures installed around the city. These can be found in parks and along the scenic waterfront. Several manufacturers are currently located in Barrie and Canadian Forces Base Borden is nearby. In recent years Barrie has become a bedroom community, for people to commute to Toronto, which is approximately 100km south of Barrie, or (more often) to the northern suburbs of Toronto in York Region. Barrie is located in Ontario's snowbelt region. Lake effect snowfalls throughout the winter provide an average 238 centimetres (95 inches) of snowfall annually, as a result there are numerous winter recreation activities and facilities in the surrounding area, including Skiing and Snowboarding resorts, Snowmobiling trails and Ice Fishing. and its friendship city is Murayama, Japan.