Coronavirus was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Since then, it has spread quickly, causing thousands of deaths globally. The virus has also resulted in a brutal decline in economic activity that is hitting many Black owned businesses and professionals hard. In this series, we will be sharing personal stories from Black entrepreneurs and…
Charles Barkley is looking to give back to his hometown in Alabama. During a recent interview with WJOX 94.5, Barkley revealed that he plans to sell memorabilia from his NBA career to build affordable housing in his hometown of Leeds, Ala. “We’ve probably got 30 eyesores, as I call them, where houses used to be when I…
The Osei Rubie Charitable Fund is the philanthropic arm of National Standard Abstract (NSA), a family – and Black-owned title insurance firm that in just four years has closed over $1 billion in real estate transactions. In its inaugural year, the fund awarded $100,000 to help more than a dozen organizations advance black culture, education,…
Ayesha Selden is a self made millionaire who has amassed a real estate portfolio of 0ver 30 properties and 41 units. We caught up with Ayesha to find out more about her incredible journey and accomplishments. What inspired you to get into real estate? When I was a kid, we lived in a rough part…
C D Moody Construction is an award winning, Black owned construction company based in Lithonia, GA. When CEO, C. David Moody struck out on his own in 1988, he and his wife were in debt, struggling to make ends meet, and working out of their bedroom. Over thirty years later, C.D. Moody Construction is a…
Roy Donahue “Don” Peebles is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Peebles Corporation, the largest Black owned real estate development and ownership company in the US, with a multibillion-dollar development portfolio of luxury hotels, high-rise residential and commercial properties. He recently announced that his firm will be launching a $500 million investment…
Hip-hop icon Queen Latifah is returning to her hometown of Newark to invest in a cluster of multi-family town homes along Springfield Avenue and South 17th Street. The $14 million project is expected to break ground in the summer. Latifah, a co-president of BlueSugar Corporation, is working with GonSosa Development on the project, which is…
Leslie Anderson is President & CEO of the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority (NJRA), a multi-million dollar independent financing institution created by the state of NJ to transform economically distressed urban communities. She is reportedly the only Black woman in the country that is leading an independent public financing institution. Under her leadership, NJRA has used its…
Pam Brown Courtney is a real estate developer/investor and educator. She’s also the only person I know of that has built a 51 home subdivision from scratch. Obviously, we had to know more about this amazing woman. How did you get started in Real Estate? A friend of mine’s mother was a real estate investor…
In 2007 Tyler Perry purchased his first studio lot. A year ago, the property was put for sale (for $25 million), so that the company could move to a larger studio on the grounds of an old abandoned Army base (Fort McPherson) located just outside Atlanta. The studio reportedly sold for $18.5 million and closed…
