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The CEO talks about the company’s record growth last year and how it continues to prioritize its people.
Ask George S. Quay how he won the 2003 Multifamily Executive Executive of the Year award and he is quick to correct you. Quay will say he didn't win the award. It was the leasing agents and maintenance technicians at Village Green Cos. that won the award. And the people in human resources and accounting at the company's headquarters in Farmington Hills, Mich., won it, as well. "I always say I am kind of like a conductor in an orchestra where my role is to create an environment where talent can thrive," Quay explains. "I don't rent the apartment. I don't clean the hallways. I don't service our residents day in and day out. I just put an organizational structure together that allows people who do the work at Village Green to succeed."
Environmentally friendly buildings have always been trendsetters, but the expense of recycled materials, alternative energy systems, and high-efficiency mechanicals could be absorbed by only the biggest budgets. Even today, high-profile luxury buildings like New York's 293-unit Solaire high-rise get most of the press. (