Real Estate and Construction




Measuring up
How to gauge how well you're really doing
Bob Webb depends on his past customers to draw new ones to his custom home-building business, so he knows he’d better treat people ri...


Loyalty rewards
How David Caprio gets his staff to stay at Geotechnical Consultants Inc.
Businesses grow for a variety of reasons, but Geotechnical Consultants Inc. has expanded because its executives treat employees with respect, a...


Tom Mosure
Chairman and President, ms consultants inc.
There’s a fine line between being a hands-on leader and being an intrusive micromanager. Tom Mosure, chairman and president of ms consul...


Humble pie
How Paul Bordner II changed the way he does business at Laser Reproductions
If you don’t believe in the power of the written word, Paul Bordner II has a book for you — a book that changed the way his compan...


Living by the Golden Rule
Jack Kessler nurtures relationships at The New Albany Co. and the John W. Kessler Co.
As the chairman of The New Albany Co. and the owner of the John W. Kessler Co., John “Jack” W. Kessler believes in developing real estate projects t...


Michael DeAscentis II
CEO, Lifestyle Communities
Business is in Michael DeAscentis II’s blood. His father, Michael Sr., was in the excavating and housing business in the 1970s and 1980s...


Tré Giller
CEO, Village Communities LLC
When Tré Giller was about 10 or 11 years old and having trouble in school, his mother gave him some advice: When problems arise, you have to learn to...


Survival of the fittest
How Michael Glimcher drives growth by embracing new ideas — and the changes they bring — at Glimcher Realty Trust
In Michael P. Glimcher’s world, there are just two constants: change and communication. Glimcher is president, CEO and trustee of Glim...

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Family affair
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Building blocks
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Rolling with the punches
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All in the family
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Tough as nails
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Building profits
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Leaders, too, must follow
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No facade
Donald A. Borror, chairman emeritus of Dominion Homes, remains as down to earth as the day he built his first house nearly 50 years ago.


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