Harold K. Jordan knows what it’s like to take risks. After leaving a position with a builder developer in 1989 and seeing the apartment industry go through a downturn, he knew that it was time to make the leap into the life of an entrepreneur and start his own business.

“I began approaching people I knew about getting the financial backing necessary to start a multifamily construction company,” he said. “I felt there was a need for a more professional and structured approach to multifamily building.”

Now, 35 years later, Harold K. Jordan & Co. (HKJ) has grown from two employees to 60, with annual revenues of over $300 million. The company specializes in any type of repetitive housing, student housing, apartments, residential over retail, infill, and motels. At any one time, HKJ, which is licensed in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, normally has between 12 and 20 projects under construction at any one time.

“We are known for working with developers to solve problems, in addition to our product quality, orderly and timely competition, and our professional employees,” shared Jordan. “We grew when we had the personnel and capital to grow, taking advantage of good opportunities. We are always living by the old adage ‘pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.’”