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Jonathan Sayre Slauson (1829–1905) was a land developer in 19th century Southern California who was responsible for establishing the town of Azusa and mayor of Austin, Nevada. Biography [ edit ]
In 1905, he and others began the development of 47,000 acres of land in the San Joaquin Valley and 50,000 acres in the San Fernando Valley. [ 9 ] In 1909 he formed the Suburban Homes Company, a syndicate, along with Harry Chandler , H. G. Otis, M. H. Sherman and O. F. Brandt. [ 21 ]
Martin Theodore Kearney (1842–1906), also known as M.T. Kearney or M. Theo Kearney, was a nineteenth century English immigrant to the United States and a pioneer land developer. In a biography of Kearney, Rehart and Patterson referred to him as "one of the most powerful and prosperous agricultural leaders in the state of California."
These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America. [1] Under Spain, no private land ownership was allowed, so the grants were more akin to free leases.
Angelo Tsakopoulos (born August 4, 1936) is a Greek-American businessman and real estate developer in Sacramento, California and the founder and owner of AKT Development. Tsakopoulos attended California State University, Sacramento. Tsakopoulos was a minority owner of the Sacramento Mountain Lions franchise of the short lived United Football ...
Moses Hazeltine Sherman (December 3, 1853 – September 9, 1932) was an American land developer who built the Phoenix Street Railway in Phoenix, Arizona, and streetcar systems that would become the core of the Los Angeles Railway and part of the Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, California, and owned and developed property in areas such as the westside of Los Angeles, the San Fernando ...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking aim at 'predatory' land brokers looking for a quick buck at the expense of wildfire-ravaged neighborhoods. California governor bans 'predatory' land offers ...
Hartranft's first real estate development was in 1892, in Glendale and Montrose, California. [5] Shortly after 1897, he secured a tract of land from the Kern County Land Company for resale to more than 300 families in what is today Wasco, California. He called this effort the "Fourth Home Extension Colony." [6] Bolton Hall in Tujunga