Broadstone Real Estate Co-Founder Norman Leenhouts Dies at Age 81
Broadstone Real Estate, LLC announced the death of co-founder and senior advisor Norman Leenhouts. Leenhouts, who died at his home on Jan. 7, was 81. In 2006, Leenhouts co-founded Broadstone Real Estate with his daughter, Amy Tait, and her husband, Bob Tait. He served as chief investment officer of Broadstone Real Estate and as an officer and director of the firm’s two private REITs, Broadstone Net Lease and Broadtree Residential, from their inception until 2015.
Leenhouts and his twin brother, Nelson, founded real estate development company Home Leasing Corp. in 1967. The brothers went on to form and lead Home Properties as a public REIT in 1994, operating as co-CEOs until 2003.
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