Q&A: Developer Don Peebles talks Affirmation Tower, ‘affirmative development’ and diversity in real estate

Developer Don Peebles discusses Black advancement in real estate and efforts to build the largest skyscraper in New York in question-and-answer with theGrio

As the head of the largest Black-owned real estate development company in the U.S., Don Peebles takes his role seriously.

The chairman and chief executive of the Peebles Corporation, which has a portfolio worth $8 billion, has set out to challenge the barriers that Black people continue to face in the development space.

He is also among a disproportionate number of Black architects in the country. Of the more than 116,000 licensed architects in the U.S., just 2% are Black,  today!

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