{"id":18203,"date":"2021-09-02T20:27:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T20:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=18203"},"modified":"2025-02-17T13:46:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T18:46:05","slug":"carl-hardee-lawson-president-and-ceo-recognized-on-virginia-500-power-list-for-second-consecutive-year","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/news\/carl-hardee-lawson-president-and-ceo-recognized-on-virginia-500-power-list-for-second-consecutive-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Hardee, Lawson President and CEO Recognized on Virginia 500 Power List for Second Consecutive Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VIRGINIA BEACH, VA \u2013 September 2, 2021 \u2013 Carl Hardee, President and CEO of Lawson has been recognized in the real estate category of the Virginia 500 Power List for the second consecutive year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Virginia 500 Power List, published by Virginia Business highlights Virginia\u2019s most powerful and influential leaders in business, government, politics, and education. The 2021 list marks the second annual edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hardee&nbsp;joined Lawson in&nbsp;1991&nbsp;after serving in the U.S. Army&nbsp;during&nbsp;the&nbsp;First&nbsp;Gulf War.&nbsp;He was hired as a Regional Property Manager trainee&nbsp;with&nbsp;the intention&nbsp;of gaining industry experience prior to taking over his family\u2019s real estate investment business.&nbsp;Instead, Hardee found a home at Lawson and was exposed to&nbsp;nearly every&nbsp;department at&nbsp;Lawson&nbsp;during his training period&nbsp;including&nbsp;maintenance, accounting, leasing, site management&nbsp;activities, and compliance,&nbsp;eventually taking over property&nbsp;management&nbsp;as&nbsp;the Principal&nbsp;Broker.&nbsp; He then led Development, Construction, Accounting and Finance as the Chief Operating Officer.&nbsp;&nbsp;In 2016 he was promoted to the role of President and CEO.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hardee has worked closely&nbsp;alongside&nbsp;Lawson Chairman, Steve Lawson,&nbsp;to build the&nbsp;vertically-&nbsp;integrated real estate development company into a respected leader in the industry.&nbsp;The firm\u2019s&nbsp;deep experience and expertise&nbsp;in the financing, development, construction, and management of&nbsp;LIHTC (Low Income Housing Tax Credit) affordable housing positions&nbsp;Lawson&nbsp;as a leading provider of&nbsp;top-quality&nbsp;affordable&nbsp;and market-rate multifamily&nbsp;housing in Virginia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCarl\u2019s insight and leadership has been an invaluable asset to the growth of the company.\u201d, said Lawson Chairman, Steve Lawson. \u201cOver the past three decades Carl has grown alongside me and the company, and we\u2019re grateful for his contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Carl-Hardee-President-and-CEO-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1023 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Carl-Hardee-President-and-CEO-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1023 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Carl-Hardee-President-and-CEO-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Carl-Hardee-President-and-CEO-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Carl-Hardee-President-and-CEO-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Carl-Hardee-President-and-CEO.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Lawson&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Lawson, we understand that what we do \u2013 and how we do it \u2013 affects the everyday lives of people we care about. Since 1972, we\u2019ve focused on positively impacting the communities we serve, from team members and residents to investors and business partners. We manage and own nearly 6,000 apartment units and continue to grow with approximately 1,200 units in development. Our business model provides vertical integration of development, construction, property management and asset management, which enables our team of experts to add value at every stage for our partners. When you act with integrity, focus on quality and work to find creative solutions, great things are possible. It\u2019s how we\u2019ve done business at Lawson for over 45 years. For more information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawsoncompanies.com\">www.lawsoncompanies.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"news-topic":[236],"class_list":["post-18203","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-topic-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Carl Hardee, Lawson President and CEO Recognized on Virginia 500 Power List for Second Consecutive Year - Lawson Companies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/news\/carl-hardee-lawson-president-and-ceo-recognized-on-virginia-500-power-list-for-second-consecutive-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Carl Hardee, Lawson President and CEO Recognized on Virginia 500 Power List for Second Consecutive Year - Lawson Companies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"VIRGINIA BEACH, VA \u2013 September 2, 2021 \u2013 Carl Hardee, President and CEO of Lawson has been recognized in the real estate category of the Virginia 500 Power List for the second consecutive year. 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