Long before the COVID pandemic forced elementary school students to learn online, two childhood best friends and recent college grads decided to harness the Internet to help underserved students with their school work. Stephen Chen and Neeraj Kapoor founded Learn to Be in 2008 and began connecting kids with free online tutoring. “We thought it
JULY 6, 2022 – The Connor Group sold Terracina in Denver, the second largest property sale in the company’s 30-year history. The disposition marks the company’s first sale in the Denver market and its fifth sale this year. Financial details of last week’s transaction are not being disclosed. “We first identified the Denver market as
JUNE 16, 2022 – Exponential growth from 2020 to 2021 placed The Connor Group on the Top 100 Companies list compiled by the Dayton Business Journal. The Dayton-based real estate investment firm closed $2.95 billion in transactions in 2021 and is the highest-ranked real estate firm on this exclusive list at No. 13 overall. The
June 8, 2022 – Enrollment is underway for the Greater Dayton School, Ohio’s first private non-religious elementary school exclusively dedicated to under-resourced students. The innovative educational model will cater to the whole child and, according to its founders, set the bar for a national model that provides students access to all the resources they need
June 1, 2022 – The Connor Group closed a $162 million sale in Nashville today with the sale of Elliston 23. The transaction is the third-largest property sale in the company’s 30-year history. The Dayton-based real estate investment firm purchased the 331-unit property in 2014. Today’s disposition highlights the unprecedented investor demand in the Nashville
April 28, 2022 – The Connor Group acquired Sonterra Blue last week, its third acquisition in the San Antonio market within the last 12-months. The 342-unit property is located in the Stone Oak submarket. Financial details of the transaction are not being disclosed. “Whenever we enter a market, we are always thinking long-term,” founder and
DAYTON, OH – Ax-1 pilot Larry Connor returned home to Ohio Wednesday after successfully completing the first fully-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. The founder and managing partner of The Connor Group was welcomed home by about 100 associates, friends and family outside of the Dayton-based real estate investment firm. Connor successfully splashed
April 26, 2022 – The Connor Group sold L2 Uptown Apartments this month, its seventh transaction of the year. The Dayton-based real-estate investment firm acquired the property in May 2020 and, after 23-months, provided investor returns nearly five times larger than original projections. Financial details of the transactions are not being disclosed. These exceptional returns
Dayton, Ohio – Real estate and technology entrepreneur Larry Connor successfully piloted the historic Ax-1 mission to outer space Friday, the first fully private mission to the International Space Station. The launch makes him the first person in history to reach space and the deepest parts of the ocean within one year. “I’ve always encouraged
