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Charles Underwood

Charles Underwood (1791 – 5 March 1883, Clifton, Bristol) was a builder in Cheltenham who moved to Bristol, where he became a neo-classical architect.

Los Angeles Sentinel

On March 17, 2004, the Sentinel was purchased and came under the direction of real estate developer and community activist Danny Bakewell.

Olav Thon

Olav Thon (born 29 June 1923 in Ål, Hallingdal) is a Norwegian real estate developer and listed in the Forbes list of billionaires as the 198th richest person in the world with a net worth of $6 billion as of March 2013.

Phil Tagami

Tagami rose to prominence in 1998 as a real estate developer when, utilizing a combination of his tireless pursuit and political support, he and his partners secured the right to renovate the historic Liberty House department store situated across the street from Oakland's City Hall.

Wilbur Breslin

Active in real estate development, leasing and brokerage for over 45 years, Breslin is an active member of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, the National Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, the International Council of Shopping Centers, the National Association of Real Counselors and the National Association of Review Appraisers.


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Admiralty Arch

In October 2012, the winning bidder was reported to be Spanish real estate developer Rafael Serrano, who planned to turn the property into a luxury hotel.

Arden Heights, Staten Island

Erastus Wiman, a noted Staten Island real estate developer, coined the name "Arden Heights" in 1886; the neighborhood's name probably refers to the hill that currently looms above the Village Greens shopping center and housing development.

Bob McCaffrey

McCaffrey joined his father-in-law, John Bonadelle, and became real estate developer in Fresno, California; he now heads The McCaffrey Group and is on the Board of Directors of the Building Industry Association of Fresno/Madera Counties, having previously served as Chairman of the Board.

Bowery Mural

Real estate developer Tony Goldman started the Bowery Mural with Jeffery Deitch and Deitch Projects.

Call and Post

Another example of advocacy took place in 1982, with a scathing editorial in support of Cleveland real estate developer Winston E. Willis, whose properties, located near University Circle, had been targeted by the Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve University, and University Hospitals for expansion.

Chicago 21 Plan

Real estate developer Arthur Rubloff was quoted by the Chicago Daily News as saying that "I'll tell you what's wrong with the Loop.

Claudio Scajola

In April 2010 Italian newspapers wrote that Scajola, in July 2004, reportedly used €1,100,000 in slush funds to buy a flat in Rome near the Colosseum At least €900,000 of those funds where reportedly traced as coming from Diego Anemone, a real estate developer under accusation of public servants bribing.

David Desmond

He is a grandson of the real estate developer Fred Trump; the son of Maryanne Trump Barry, who is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; and the nephew of Donald Trump.

Digital DNA

Former Palo Alto mayor Leland Levy and real estate developer Roxy Rapp proposed a $500,000 revitalization of Lytton plaza.

Egon Steuer

Since his retirement Egon has been active as Managing Advisor for Bouwfonds N.V., a Dutch ABN Amro Bank N.V. owned real estate developer.

Eichler

Joseph Eichler (1900–1974) was a residential real estate developer.

Fernand Fonssagrives

Fonssagrives was survived by a daughter from his first marriage, Mia Fonssagrives-Solow, a sculptor and jewelry designer who is married to real estate developer Sheldon Solow, and a son from his second marriage, Marc Fonssagrives.

France Soir

In April 2006, the Tribunal of Commerce in Lille announced that the paper would become the property of Jean-Pierre Brunois, a real-estate developer, and Olivier Rey, a former journalist for the paper.

Gabor Acs

He worked early in his career with the noted architect I. M. Pei, and was the chief architect for the Italian international real estate developer Società Generale Immobiliare (for whom he helped to successfully build the Watergate complex in the United States).

George Merrick

George E. Merrick (1886–1942), real estate developer in Coral Gables, Florida

George Warren

George Henry Warren II (1856–1943), New York City stock broker and real estate developer.

Gloria DeHaven

Her second husband was real estate developer Martin Kimmel; they were married June 21, 1953, and divorced the following year.

Greenbelt News Review

In 1965, an article by reporter Dorothy Sucher in the News Review published two quotations of citizen remarks at City Council meetings in which they characterized as "blackmail" the actions of Charles S. Bresler, a local real estate developer and member of the Maryland House of Delegates.

H. W. Harkness

He rose to prominence as physician, educator, real estate developer, and newspaper editor in Sacramento, becoming part of the social circle of early California notables such as Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, Collis Huntington, and Mark Hopkins.

He Poos Clouds

The track "This Lamb Sells Condos" refers to the Toronto real estate developer Brad J. Lamb, who had previously used the song's title phrase as an advertising slogan.

Henry Radusky

266 22nd Street (2002–04) - This building in Brooklyn's Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn neighborhood was designed for real estate developer Jack LoCicero.

Herb Rule

In addition to his legal career and political career, Rule has farmed soybeans, rice and corn near Keo, Arkansas; has been a real estate developer; co-owned a restaurant; and was a board member and stockholder of a plywood startup company in the Arkansas delta.

Hook Tavern

The Hook family and its descendants owned the tavern and its surrounding property from 1840 until 1987 when it was purchased by real estate developer Edward Noble of Atlanta, Georgia.

Hudson View Gardens

Dr. Charles V. Paterno, a real estate developer, purchased land on Pinehurst Avenue and Cabrini Boulevard, between West 182nd and 186th Streets, across the street from his estate, atop a ridge above the Hudson River.

Irwin Chanin

Irwin Salmon Chanin (29 October 1891 – 24 February 1988) was a Jewish American architect and real estate developer, best known for designing several Art Deco towers and Broadway theaters.

Jacobszoon

Jan Jacobszoon Hinlopen (1626–1666), rich Dutch cloth merchant, officer in the civic guard, real estate developer, alderman and art collector

Kedzie

John H. Kedzie (1815–1903), American lawyer, real-estate developer, and politician; a figure in the history of Chicago

Kettler Capitals Iceplex

Originally named Ballston Ice Arena, it was renamed by Washington, D.C. area real estate developer Robert C. Kettler.

Lexington Avenue

Both Lexington Avenue and Irving Place began in 1832 when Samuel Ruggles, a lawyer and real-estate developer, petitioned the New York State Legislature to approve the creation of a new north/south avenue between the existing Third and Fourth Avenues, between 14th and 30th Streets.

Maas Brothers

It was in the same year that Canadian real estate developer Robert Campeau completed his takeover of Allied Stores Corporation.

Maryanne Trump Barry

She is the daughter of real estate developer Fred Trump and Mary MacLeod Trump, the older sister of real estate/entertainment magnate Donald Trump and the mother of Dr. David Desmond, a neuropsychologist and writer.

Milstein Hall of Ocean Life

Paul Milstein was a legendary real estate developer, business leader and philanthropist and Irma Milstein is a long-time Board member of the American Museum of Natural History.

Murder of Robert Kissel

Robert Kissel's brother Andrew, a former American real estate developer, was found murdered on 3 April 2006.

National Institute for Discovery Science

It was founded in 1995 by real-estate developer Robert Bigelow, who set it up to research and advance serious study of various fringe science, and paranormal topics, most notably ufology.

Newman, Texas

It was named for real estate developer Henry L. Newman, who earlier tried to develop Newman, New Mexico, just to the north across the New Mexico border, without much success.

Paul Martin Newby

After four years in private practice in Kannapolis, a year as a counsel to a real estate developer, Vice President and General Counsel of Cannon Mills Realty and Development Corporation, Newby was appointed Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina in 1985, a post he held for almost twenty years.

Pittsburgh Associates

Other investors include Chicago real estate developer Harvey Walken, Pittsburgh contractor Frank Schneider and Pittsburgh businessman Frank Fuhrer as well as Block Communications co-owner and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette publisher William Block.

Pittsburgh Athletic Association

The club was organized in 1908 by real estate developer Franklin Nicola.

Placer High School

Brad Johnson – played Deputy Lofty Craig on Gail Davis's Annie Oakley television series; later real estate developer in Los Angeles

Ralph Norman

He was born in York County, South Carolina, and currently resides in Rock Hill, where he is a real estate developer at the Warren Norman Company, a business founded by and named after Norman's father.

Stephen Ross

Stephen M. Ross (born 1940), Miami Dolphins owner, real estate developer, and founder of The Related Companies

Thomas Healey

Thomas G. Healey (1818–1897), Atlanta real estate developer, politician, street railway entrepreneur and banker

Touhy

Patrick L. Touhy (1839–1911), born in Ireland, a real estate developer who founded the Rogers Park section of Chicago

Trojan Knights

Famous alumni of the organization include actors John Wayne and Tom Selleck, who were also both members of Sigma Chi, Disneyland's First President Jack Lindquist, the "winningest" college baseball coach of all time Raoul "Rod" Dedeaux, Nevada Senator Dean A. Heller, Richard Nixon's USC Mafia Members Donald H. Segretti and Dwight Chapin, and real estate developer Rick J. Caruso.

William Lee Popham

William Lee Popham (1885-1953) was an American author, evangelist, Chautauqua speaker, and real estate developer who was important in the growth of Apalachicola, Florida and St. George Island, FL.

William W. Hannan

William Washington Hannan (July 4, 1854 – December 24, 1917) was a real estate developer and the first president of the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges (now National Association of Realtors).

William W. Smith

W. Wheeler Smith (William Wheeler Smith) (c. 1838-c. 1908), American architect and real estate developer