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 list ranks companies by percentage change in revenue growth during the 2020 to 2021 timeframe. “We had a record-setting year in 2021 with $2.95 billion in transactions and $443 million in earnings,” founder and managing partner Larry Connor said. “We’ve seen unprecedented demand across the country for apartments, and we see the next 12 to 24 months as the best buying opportunity in more than a decade.” The recognition comes amid massive expansion at The Connor Group, both locally and nationwide. Currently, construction is underway in Dayton with a 22,000-square-foot office addition. The new building will add approximately 30 to 40 jobs over the next five years. Simultaneously, the company is in the midst of its next five-year strategic plan and anticipates adding Phoenix, AZ, as its 17th market. “We’re looking to double our transactional activity from $2.5 billion a year to $5 billion per […]
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 down off the coast of Florida Monday, April 25, at 1:06 p.m. During his 17-day mission in space, Connor worked alongside former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría (commander of Ax-1) and mission specialists Eytan Stibbe of Israel, and Canadian Mark Pathy. The surprise welcome home comes after nearly three weeks of quarantine and more than two weeks on the ISS. While there, he conducted live broadcasts with school children. He also partnered with renowned medical experts at the Mayo and Cleveland Clinics on four different experiments to study the heart, brain, spine and aging. Connor said the work he did in space was truly a collaborative effort and one he couldn’t have conducted without support on the ground. “At the end of the day, it’s not really about us when we’re up there. It’s about everyone else who made that happen. Was it not for you […]
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 others to dream big, aim high and set impossible goals,” Connor said. “Nothing is impossible unless you think it is impossible. Both of these feats are great challenges that came with great responsibility.” Connor is the founder and managing partner of The Connor Group, a Dayton-based company that has grown from $0 to $3.5 billion in assets since 1992. He’s also founded The Connor Group Kids and Community Partners, a non-profit activist investing group poised to do more than $500 million of non-profit work over the next decade. Last April, Connor completed three dives in just five days to the deepest ocean depths in the Mariana Trench. The three explorations took Connor to the Challenger Deep, Sirena Deep and a seamount in the Mariana Trench, located in the Western Pacific Ocean near Guam. Now the Dayton businessman docked at the International Space Station for an […]
Sept. 8, 2020 – The Connor Group announced six partner promotions at the company’s first-ever national awards broadcast in August. Associates promoted to partner include Brad Dykes, regional vice president, Jessica Clark, area manager, Amanda Barnes, property manager, Jon Coontz, maintenance, Brittney Merritt, maintenance and Zach Rainwater, recruiting. “People make the difference,” founder and managing partner Larry Connor said. “We have great systems and strategies, but without the right people none of that matters. As a company, we also believe in sharing the wealth. It’s the right thing to do.” The Dayton-based real estate investment firm used innovative solutions to reward and recognize associates amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Typically, the company announces partner promotions in-person at biannual awards breakfast celebrations. This year it launched a national awards broadcast across its 14 markets to celebrate promotions while following social distancing recommendations. “We saw an opportunity to raise the bar and recognize elite performers on a national level,” said Connor. “The broadcast recognized six new partners, 10 national award winners, and more than 350 regional award-winners across 40 properties.” The partnership program at The Connor Group is unique. Partnership is open to anyone, in any position within the company. Each partner holds […]
