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PRESIDENT AND CEO, LAWSON COS., VIRGINIA BEACH
PRESIDENT AND CEO, LAWSON COS., VIRGINIA BEACH
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
Hardee has been with Lawson Cos. for more than half of its 52-year tenure, and he became president and CEO in 2016. He oversees a 190-employee real estate company specializing in the development, construction and management of affordable, low-income and market-rate multifamily housing communities.
Although the company got its start in Hampton Roads and still develops and manages numerous residential properties in the region, Lawson Cos. also has expanded into Richmond, Lynchburg, Roanoke and Woodbridge.
Opened last year, Market Heights Apartments in Norfolk was awarded the 2024 CoStar Impact Award for Multifamily Development of the Year in the Hampton Roads market.
A Gulf War veteran, Hardee graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1987. He serves on TowneBank’s Portsmouth regional board, as well as Southeast Virginia Community Foundation’s board, on which he serves as vice president. He also is Lawson’s executive certified property manager and holds real estate broker licenses in Virginia and the Carolinas.
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