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Bruce E. Karatz
Karatz has led KB Home during a period of immense growth. When he took over the CEO position, the company was selling and delivering 4,000 prefabricated homes a year. By 2003, the company was producing and selling over 27,000 homes. Karatz grew the business through... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
Archie A. Alexander
Alexander was one of the first and most successful black engineers to enter the large-scale industrial construction business. Through his leadership, his firm built over 300 major construction projects in the United States including several bridges, dams, and roadways... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
- 04 Jan 2016
- News
Getting ‘Them’ Out of the Equation
Dick Simon (MBA 1980) is CEO of RSI, Inc., a Boston-based real estate development and investment management company, and founder and chair of the kNOwTHEM Initiative. In this video, he discusses the need for... View Details
- 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
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
indoor-generated contaminants to maintain good indoor air quality. The IRA will accelerate the adoption of proven technologies like Sorbent Ventilation Technology by providing funding for state and local governments to adopt more efficient building codes and for the... View Details
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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 Jan 2010
- News
Marvin S. Traub, MBA 1949
founded Marvin Traub Associates, a diversified consulting firm specializing in retailing, brand, and real estate development focusing on international markets. His client base includes companies in 12... 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
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Manuscript Collections
incorporated in 1922, during the real estate boom of the early 1920s, and was engaged in the first and second mortgage business until 1934, when the firm went into receivership. In 1929 the firm organized... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
parlayed his fame as a celebrity real estate developer into a winning pitch to voters as a Washington outsider. Emphasizing his decades of experience as a wheeler-dealer building luxury hotels, casinos, and... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
the pandemic’s suddenness caught many without sufficient ready cash. A real estate CEO noted: “We had ongoing construction and needed to pay our contractors but were not sure that we would receive payments... View Details
Jon Staff
Consumer brand building - Mission/vision/values development and adherence - Co-founder and early stage team building - DTC marketing - Go-to-market strategies - Hospitality startups - Real estate businesses... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
You’re an Old Fuelie
but not widely understood. “It’s a beautifully engineered system that I think was maybe more like a solution looking for a problem,” Hyde explained to the New York Times (December 2, 2007). After a career in real View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
@Soldiers Field
China’s one-child policy might impact the real estate market, as well as his opinion on the American presidential race. (Dongik Lee) (Dongik Lee) In December, the Boston Redevelopment Authority officially... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Spangler, Former UNC President, Candidate for Board of Overseers
Governor Jim Hunt named Spangler chairman of the state's Board of Education, where he served for four years. Following graduation from HBS and two years of army service, Spangler, a Charlotte native, made his mark in his family's construction and View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 17 Mar 2017
- News
Clare B. Hawthorne (MBA 2012)
Ernst & Young then drew her back to the East Coast. After spending three years in the Real Estate Audit Group at EY, Hawthorne decided to go to business school in order to prepare for her next career step.... View Details
- August 2018 (Revised September 2018)
- Case
National Storage Affiliates: The REIT IPO Decision
By: Charles F. Wu, Max de la Bruyére and Gregory D. Himmel
In 2015, two years after founding National Storage Affiliates (NSA), Arlen Nordhagen and Tamara Fischer had an important decision to make. Should they proceed with NSA’s IPO? Although they had targeted to receive $15–17 a share, it was now apparent that the figure was... View Details
Wu, Charles F., Max de la Bruyére, and Gregory D. Himmel. "National Storage Affiliates: The REIT IPO Decision." Harvard Business School Case 219-026, August 2018. (Revised September 2018.)
- December 2017 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
The Campbell Home (A)
By: Leslie K. John and Matthew G. Preble
Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.
Campbell siblings Thomas and Sally are faced with selling their childhood home. They need to make several difficult consequential decisions, all the while navigating their... View Details
Campbell siblings Thomas and Sally are faced with selling their childhood home. They need to make several difficult consequential decisions, all the while navigating their... View Details
Keywords: Agents; Bidding Process; Negotiation; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Preparation; Negotiation Participants; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; United States
John, Leslie K., and Matthew G. Preble. "The Campbell Home (A)." Harvard Business School Case 918-017, December 2017. (Revised January 2020.) (Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.)
- March 2013 (Revised October 2013)
- Supplement
Growing Integrated Services at Jones Lang LaSalle (2008) (C)
By: Ranjay Gulati and Luciana Silvestri
This case describes the strategic and organizational challenges that Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) faced between 2005 and 2008. Having dismantled its long-standing service-line-oriented structure, JLL created two interdependent groups: Accounts and Markets. Accounts housed... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Structure; Strategy; Integration; Real Estate Industry; North America; South America; Central America
Gulati, Ranjay, and Luciana Silvestri. "Growing Integrated Services at Jones Lang LaSalle (2008) (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 113-116, March 2013. (Revised October 2013.)