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Celebrating Our Commitment To Affordable Housing

Posted on December 6, 2018

Many of you who are reading this are either building or working at one of our luxurious apartment communities where the focus is on providing the highest level of service to, and of course, getting an appropriate rent from our residents. At the same time, I know many of you are aware of our company’s long involvement and commitment to affordable housing, but I worry that not everyone in the company is, and it’s important to me that you are.…

Culture Leadership Senior Leadership

Reflections of An Ordinary Man

Posted on October 1, 2018

For years, Tom Bozzuto has been collecting quotes and thoughts that struck him as particularly important. They started as notes in a journal, and turned into his new book, Reflections of an Ordinary Man. After sharing a copy with every Bozzuto employee to commemorate our company’s 30th anniversary, we decided to sit down with Tom to ask him a few questions about his book. Q: When and how did you realize you had the makings of a book? A: As…

Build & Develop Ideation Leadership Senior Leadership

Is the Construction Industry Ripe for Disruption?

Posted on August 23, 2018

As customer preferences evolve and change, businesses across all industries are faced with the pressure to innovate and offer the next best thing. Within the construction industry, we have watched the pace of production and innovation increase minimally over the years, which raises concern as to whether our industry is ripe for disruption. First, let’s define disruption. “Disruptive Innovation” was first coined by one of the most influential business theorists in modern history, Clayton Christensen. Christensen defines the phrase as……

Leadership Senior Leadership

The Simplest Gesture Can Be Extraordinary

Posted on January 15, 2017

“A Baltimore shoe salesman recently provided a valuable lesson in how simple gestures can create extraordinary experiences for our customers and clients.” I buy my shoes at Allen Edmonds. They look great, last forever and, importantly to me, are made in America. Allen Edmonds recently opened a store in Baltimore. Before that, I had to purchase my shoes online or when traveling to a city with a store. Just the other day, I went into the new Baltimore store in…

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