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Real Estate 2025: CLARKE IV, GEORGE B.
FOUNDER, OWNER, CEO AND CHAIRMAN, MEB, CHESAPEAKE
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Real Estate 2025: CLARKE IV, GEORGE B.
FOUNDER, OWNER, CEO AND CHAIRMAN, MEB, CHESAPEAKE
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
In 1982, Clarke not only graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering; he also founded MEB General Contractors, a full-service construction firm and master builder. Previously president, he transitioned to CEO and chairman when David M. Ervin was promoted to president in January 2024.
Launched with a handful of employees as a small federal government contractor serving military installations across the Hampton Roads area, MEB has since grown into a 380-employee firm with $136 million in revenue for 2023.
MEB’s portfolio includes projects such as the Greater Williamsburg Sports and Events Center, a 200,000-square-foot basketball and volleyball venue under construction, and the 285,000-square-foot Virginia Beach Sports Center. MEB also completed the Norfolk Ohio Creek Watershed National Disaster Resilience Project, which won the Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate‘s 2023 Award of Excellence for Best Sustainable Project.
Clarke received the Virginia Tech Myers-Lawson School of Construction’s Outstanding Service Award in 2010 and represents Virginia Beach on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission.
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