George Leaming was President of Clark Leaming, developer of Arrow Press Square, and several years later upon my return to Salt Lake City, the Bank of Utah Building.  He was instrumental to the my initiative to acquire and redevelop 200 East South Temple, and was my father-in-law for 15 years.  Clark Leaming, in addition to being a major factor in the development of downtown Salt Lake City west of Main Street, was widely regarded as the best interior design house in Salt Lake City.  

Robert Hart was Executive Vice President of Transcontinental Realty Corp., a source of capital to small and medium sized developers of residential property in several U.S. markets.  At an early point in my career, Bob entrusted the monitoring of several such projects to me.  When he became President of Valdora Corp., a residential developer active in Denver, he brought me with him to develop a 10 acre property in Salt Lake City with residential condominiums.  

Douglas Salter was President of Grubb and Ellis Development Co. during the development of the Clorox Building and Wells Fargo Building, and years later when I returned to Grubb and Ellis to develop an office building in downtown San Francisco in partnership with Bramalea.  

Harold Ellis, Jr. was Chairman and CEO of Grubb and Ellis Company during the development of the Clorox Building and Wells Fargo Building, and years later when I returned to Grubb and Ellis to develop an office building in downtown San Francisco.