Our latest interview with Jared Westhoff of EGI Financial in Leeds, Utah gave us great insight into a
company that plans to remain profitable even though we are in the middle of an economic downturn. Located in the southern part of the State while working on projects from St. George to the greater  Salt [...]

  
 
 
 
While “sustainability” is a word that if often flung around in today’s society, hearing it in the world of building and development is becoming more common. According to Ian Gillis of Urban Community Partners, LLC, “Everyone has their own definition of sustainability. For me I prefer the word “walkable. We want to create a community where [...]

 
While there is much talk about having reached the economic bottom for the real estate market and that a possible upturn is right around the corner, developers and builders still may have uncertain times ahead.  Our latest interview was with Jeff Daley, a 36-year old Assistant Vice President for a regional developer in the southeastern [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Since beginning our interviews last year, we have come across one amazing story after another. While no one is enjoying, necessarily, the changes in the present real estate market, they are welcoming the creative opportunities rising from the ashes. Our latest interview with Michael Barnes was an exciting glance at new unforeseen opportunities and investments.
 
Situated [...]

 
In our latest interview we touched base with the Western Regional President of Kimball Hill Homes, Tom Jacobs. Jacobs has been with the builder for 18 years and has journeyed with the company on its rise to the national top 20 spot and now on its slow and graceful exit from the building industry.
 
Last April, [...]

 
 
In our latest interview, we discussed with Daniel Crow of Banner Communities, their innovative and ground-breaking methods for successful building in a struggling economy. Crow has been in development and construction for nearly 40 years spanning all areas of building from luxury housing to commercial development to affordable rental housing.
 
For the last two years [...]

 
 
 
In my latest interview with Mountain Capital Group (MCG) partner, Ellen Bellandi Alexander, I was really impressed not only with her understanding of her area of influence, but also with her ability to see the larger picture and incorporate others into it.

 
MCG is a private boutique equity lender providing Capital and Mezzanine Loans to [...]

As the goal of this blog is to keep you, the reader, informed about the pain being caused by this housing crisis and what others are doing to weather the storm, I wanted to share with you the letter that I’ve just received from the NAHB. Many of their suggestions for solving this crisis quickly [...]

Marty Mitchell is the Vice CEO and Vice President of Land and Business Development for Mitchell and Best Homebuilders, focusing on single family home development in Washington D.C. and outlying areas. 
 
 
Having survived the slump of the early 1990’s, they were very aware of the market cycle. But no one could have predicted their present circumstances. [...]

One Architecture

Shelby Navarro is the founder and owner of ONE Architecture in Tulsa, OK. Navarro has had his own firm for six years and unlike other companies in his industry, Navarro has been very successful in branching out into other areas to compensate for the lack of building in the present economic crisis.  

While focusing mainly [...]