Gerald D. Hines
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Gerald D. Hines is the founder and chairman of Hines, a privately held real estate firm with its U.S. headquarters located in Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

, and its European headquarters located in London.

Born in Gary, Indiana
Gary, Indiana
Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The city is in the southeastern portion of the Chicago metropolitan area and is 25 miles from downtown Chicago. The population is 80,294 at the 2010 census, making it the seventh-largest city in the state. It borders Lake Michigan and is known...

, Gerald Hines moved to Houston in 1948 after graduating with a bachelor in mechanical engineering from Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

. He formed an engineering partnership and started a fledgling real estate business on the side, and he formed Gerald D. Hines Interests in 1957. Early Hines projects were warehouses and small office buildings. His first large-scale commercial development came in 1967 when Shell Oil Company
Shell Oil Company
Shell Oil Company is the United States-based subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, a multinational oil company of Anglo Dutch origins, which is amongst the largest oil companies in the world. Approximately 22,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. The head office in the U.S. is in Houston, Texas...

 hired Hines to construct a new downtown Houston headquarters. The Galleria, Pennzoil Place
Pennzoil Place
Pennzoil Place is a set of two 36-story towers in downtown Houston, Texas, United States. Designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee and built in 1975, Pennzoil Place is Houston's most award-winning skyscraper and is widely known for its innovative design....

, Transco Tower (now Williams Tower) and more than 400 other major buildings followed. Today, Hines is one of the largest real estate firms in the world, according to a 2005 report by the Lipsey Company with operations throughout the U.S. and in 16 other countries. Many of his buildings were designed by well-known architects: I. M. Pei
I. M. Pei
Ieoh Ming Pei , commonly known as I. M. Pei, is a Chinese American architect, often called a master of modern architecture. Born in Canton, China and raised in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Pei drew inspiration at an early age from the gardens at Suzhou...

, Philip Johnson
Philip Johnson
Philip Cortelyou Johnson was an influential American architect.In 1930, he founded the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and later , as a trustee, he was awarded an American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and the first Pritzker Architecture...

, Cesar Pelli
César Pelli
César Pelli is an Argentine architect known for designing some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. In 1991, the American Institute of Architects listed Pelli among the ten most influential living American architects...

, Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry
Frank Owen Gehry, is a Canadian American Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles, California.His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions...

, and Robert A.M. Stern.

Today, the Hines portfolio of projects underway, completed, acquired and managed for third parties includes more than 1,100 properties representing approximately 454000000 square feet (42,177,980.2 m²) of office, residential, mixed-use, industrial, hotel, medical, retail and sports facilities, as well as large, master-planned communities and land developments. With controlled assets valued at approximately $25.8 billion, Hines is one of the largest real estate organizations in the world, as stated in the press release, “Leading Sustainable Property Owner/Manager Hines Extends "Green Office" Program to It's (sic) 4,000+ Tenants."

Awards

  • Hines has an Urban Land Institute
    Urban Land Institute
    The Urban Land Institute, or ULI, is a non-profit research and education organization with offices in Washington, D.C., Hong Kong, and London...

     competition and award named in his honor: the ULI/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition.
  • 2000: Honor Award
    Honor Award
    The National Building Museum promotes excellence in architecture, engineering, construction, planning, and design. In furtherance of that mission, the Museum instituted an annual Honor Award in 1986 to recognize individuals and organizations that have made important contributions to the U.S.'s...

     from the National Building Museum
    National Building Museum
    The National Builders Museum, in Washington, D.C., United States, is a museum of "architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning"...

  • 2008: the first Visionary Leadership in Real Estate Development Award, a lifetime achievement award from Harvard University
    Harvard University
    Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

  • 2009: with his wife Barbara, the Guardian of the Human Spirit Award from the Holocaust Museum Houston
    Holocaust Museum Houston
    The Holocaust Museum Houston, is located in Houston, Texas and was opened in 1996. The museum is located in the Houston Museum District.The museum is the fourth largest Holocaust memorial museum in the United States. The museum's mission is to make people aware of the dangers which prejudice,...


See also

  • Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture
    Hines College of Architecture
    The Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture is an architecture school and is one of twelve academic colleges of the University of Houston. It offers both undergraduate and graduate level degree programs....

  • Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park

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