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  • 03 Jun 2016
  • News

Again in a Great City

history. As the 68-year-old real estate developer navigates the central business district, he sketches an idiosyncratic map of the city—almost three decades of knowledge of what each piece of property used... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
  • 15 Jul 2024
  • News

A Sporting Chance

The fall that had such a profound effect on Jorge Perez de Leza’s life would later have a big impact on others with disabilities as well. “When you hear somebody say that in one minute your life changes—it really can happen,” says Jorge Perez de Leza (MBA 1996), the... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2003
  • News

Rural Renewal

graze. “I immediately told the real estate agent that this was my dream house,” she says shaking her head, still surprised by how she let emotion cloud her usually savvy negotiation skills. Reade didn’t plan... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; Crop Production; Agriculture
  • Alumni WDYDWYD

Margaret Regan

thinking "I can do that!" My goal was to lead a meaning-filled life. My HBS MBA led to a real estate opportunity in Houston which led to another opportunity which led to me starting my own... View Details
  • 11 Dec 2017
  • News

A Pioneer of Affordable Housing

Ross Freeman (PMD 30, 1975) launched Pioneer Group in 1997 to turn historic buildings into affordable housing and office space in the American Midwest. “I had never really thought about being a real estate... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

Letters to the Editor

Praise for Stevenson I was delighted to read the article on Howard Stevenson, "The House That Howard Built," in the June Bulletin. It brought back fond memories of my time in his real estate courses in... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • Profile

Larry Braithwaite

venture, Larry is collaborating with a partner to "develop residential real estate in low-income areas in Philadelphia. We want to prove a point – that underserved inner-city communities can provide... View Details
  • 02 Dec 2020
  • News

HBS Alumni Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 List

of the nonprofit Sports & Entertainment Equity Network, which aims “to close the diversity, equity, and inclusion gap in the business of sports & entertainment”; and Gabrielle Starfield (MBA 2018), Senior Associate at Blackstone Group, who is highlighted for playing "a... View Details
  • 20 Nov 2014
  • Blog Post

An update from the Hospitality Club

surprise gift - Marriott Gold Membership status! We are also pleased with the increased collaboration with other clubs at HBS, such as the Real Estate Club who we are working with on the Dubai Trek and the... View Details

    Clarence H. Shaver

    Shaver led United States Gypsum through periods of prosperity and downturns in the construction business. Despite the downturns in the economy, USG consistently paid handsome dividends, and under Shaver’s leadership, USG’s revenues and earnings were increased by 50%. View Details
    Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

      William Blackie

      Blackie took Caterpillar Tractor from a small U.S. based factory in Peoria, Illinois to a multinational corporation. Blackie was instrumental in creating new markets for Caterpillar products. He invested heavily in international expansion – setting up manufacturing... View Details
      Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

        William Levitt

        Levitt was a pioneer of fast, affordable housing construction. In many ways, he created the modern suburban landscape. Among other projects, his company built two Levittowns (Long Island and Bucks County) – mass-produced building projects with family houses, community... View Details
        Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

          Arthur J. Decio

          Decio transformed his family’s company from a small coach firm in a garage in Indiana into one of the three largest builders of manufactured homes in the United States. Under his leadership, Skyline grew to 25 companies with 3,500 employees in 12 states. In the... View Details
          Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
          • Fast Answer

          Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

          module on LSEG Workspace check out our Learn with Baker Library LSEG Workspace Introduction. Preqin
          Information on PE & VC firms, funds, private companies, and deals. REIS
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          • 24 Feb 2014
          • Research & Ideas

          Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’

          The "sharing economy" is a burgeoning business model in which people offer their personal belongings and personal services to others, usually through online marketplaces that facilitate the transactions. It seems absolutely egalitarian at face value: Anyone who owns a... View Details
          Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate

            Louis B. Neumiller

            Under Neumiller's "home-town-boy" leadership style, Caterpillar's revenues grew from over $100 million in 1941 to $827 million in 1963, prospering through World War II and the global post-war boom. Neumiller built the Caterpillar brand into a common worldwide... View Details
            Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

              Howard H. McClintic

              Marshall and McClintic built the largest independent steel fabricating firm in the United States. Among their numerous projects were the George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and the Waldorff Astoria Hotel. By 1931, the... View Details
              Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

                Garner A. Beckett

                Through a series of four mergers, Beckett transformed his small Riverside Cement Company into the American Cement Corporation, one of the largest providers in the United States. During his tenure, the company’s revenues increased dramatically – from a few million in... View Details
                Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

                  Henry J. Kaiser

                  Kaiser successfully built a highly diversified construction business consisting of 82 companies. His company handled millions of dollars of highway and bridge construction as well as several dams (e.g. Hoover Dam), levees and pipelines in the United States, Canada and... View Details
                  Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

                    Henry Crown

                    During its first year of operation, Materials Service Corporation had sales of $218,000. Crown took over the helm shortly thereafter and grew the company until it dominated the Chicago sand and gravel market. After retiring from his presidency, the firm Crown built... View Details
                    Keywords: Construction & Real Estate