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Our Mission
To always
offer the highest quality housing and services to the
residents of our communities and to the owners of our
homes while providing a fair return to our investors and
adhering to the highest standards of integrity.
Firm Background
Robert
A. (Bob) Lawson started The Lawson Companies in 1972,
but our roots trace back to a company started by Bob's
father-in-law in 1946, Bush Realty. In his twenty-nine
years at the helm, Bob Lawson has built a reputation of
integrity and excellence through the construction of thousands
of housing units and many millions of dollars of development.
With the expert leadership and thoughtful guidance of
Mr. Lawson, the Company has become a diverse group of
wholly owned subsidiaries with expertise in a wide range
of real estate disciplines from affordable housing development
to luxury single-family construction. Each of these subsidiaries
is listed below with a brief description of their role.
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The Lawson Group
The Lawson
Group is an investment and development subsidiary of The
Lawson Companies that was incorporated on November 27th,
1979. Lawson Group develops and invests in multi-family
properties, land development deals, and commercial properties
in the Hampton Roads area and beyond.
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The R.A.
Lawson Corporation (also trading as Lawson Homes)
This subsidiary
is a licensed Class A General Contractor in the state
of Virginia (License number: #2701 015279A) that was founded
on January 11th, 1972. The R.A. Lawson Corporation builds
single-family residential, multi-family residential projects,
and also rehabilitates multi-family properties. The company
has built more than 700 multi-family units and more than
650 single-family homes since entering that business more
than a decade ago. The R. A. Lawson Corporation maintains
in-house computer aided design and reprographic capability
in order to produce our own construction drawings. This
design capability gives us the ability to customize plans
for each project or buyer as needed.
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Lawson Realty
Corporation
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Licensed
in 1946 as Bush Realty and reorganized in 1972 as Lawson
Realty, this subsidiary has managed multi-family properties
in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Hampton, Portsmouth,
and Richmond, Virginia. We recently expanded into South
Carolina and are pursuing further expansion into other
Southeastern states.
We
are an Accredited Management Organization® with the
Institute of Real Estate Management®. This designation
exemplifies the standard of excellence that IREM®
requires of it's affiliated property management corporations.
The
Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM®), an affiliate
of the National Association of REALTORS®, is an association
of professional property and asset managers who have met
strict criteria in the areas of education, experience,
and a commitment to a code of ethics.
The company is extremely knowledgeable
in the management of virtually every type of multi-family
project, including:
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Tax credit
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Conventional
Market Rate
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HUD Section
236
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HUD Section
8
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Rural Development
(formerly Farmers Home)
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Virginia Development
Housing Authority (VHDA)
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Department of
Defense Set-Aside properties
We have
managed properties for a diverse group of owners, including
general partnerships, limited partnerships, sole owners,
nonprofit owners, Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority,
Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Hampton
Roads Housing Corporation, and the Department of Defense.
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Lawson
Asset Management
This subsidiary
provides our managed properties with expertise in partnership
management, capital management, and financing support.
Lawson Asset Management handles all partnership issues
involving capital structure and long-range planning. Typical
issues are review and approval of fifteen-year capital
plans, ongoing review of capital structure, transfers
of interests, and financing support. Financing support
includes the preparation of loan applications and compilation
of underwriting support documents, sources and uses analysis,
the analysis and selection of financing type and source
(including competitive quotes), management of the due
diligence process and all required third party documents,
and management of the closing process.
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Lawson
Residential Realty
This subsidiary
was formed in 1990 to provide marketing and sales support
to The R. A. Lawson Corp. As such, Lawson Residential
provides a full range of marketing and sales support,
including:
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Determination
of target market
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Location, design,
and decoration of model homes.
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Selection of
elevations/floor plans, as well as specific features
and amenities to be offered.
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Coordination
of signage, site literature, and sales office displays.
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Implementation
of grand opening and all ongoing marketing programs.
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Staffing and
training of on site personnel.
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Management of
the closing process.
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Southeastern
Computer Corporation
SECC provides
turnkey computer support for each of our subsidiary companies
and for each of our managed properties.
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