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Virginia's top
industrialist
by Virginia Business Staff
June 2003
There’s
hardly a corner of Northern Virginia that WEST*GROUP
founder, president and CEO Gerald T. Halpin hasn’t
touched. Since creating the real estate firm more than
40 years ago, Halpin has had a hand in developing more
than 13 million square feet of business and residential
space. Halpin was honored recently for his work by Gov.
Mark Warner, receiving the Virginia Life Achievement
in Industry 2003 award.
Halpin
has had a prolific career. He’s launched other
businesses — in 1976 Halpin founded McLean-based
World Resources Company, an environmental risk-management
and recycling firm. In 1992 he founded Aviation Facilities
Company Inc., also in McLean, a leading developer of
air-cargo facilities in the U.S. In 2001 he helped form
Green Sea Venture Inc., which is working on a way to
control carbon dioxide levels and reduce global warming.
Halpin’s
real estate dealings extend far from Virginia. He has
developed resorts and hotels in Scottsdale, Ariz., and
Jackson, Wyo., and is now developing homes at a 2,000-acre
ranch and wildlife preserve in Texas.
Virginia
Business - June 2003
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