Influence - Las Vegas Sun

22A | INFLUENCE • 2005
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
IN BUSINESS LAS VEGAS
Bruce Langson
Langson Development, President
Susan Wincn
EJM Development Co., Vice President of Nevada Properties
When Bruce Langson says
developing property in Las
Vegas is a family affair, he
means it.
Langson, a native Las
Vegan with 38 years of construction
and development
experience, may be the
president of Langston Development,
responsible for
overseeing everything from
operations to design. But
he’s only part owner.
“There are four owners
— my wife Cathy,
my son Ryan and my
daughter Nicole Terry,”
he said proudly.
And building, it seems,
is in Langson’s blood. “My
grandfather was a builder
and my father was a builder
in Las Vegas,” he said.
In fact, when it comes to
naming the person most
influential in his own life,
Langson is quick to credit
his father. “As a teenager
he allowed me to sit in on
meetings and that’s where I
learned how to put together
a subdivision and all about
lending,” he remembered.
Langson Development is
building Las Vegas Central,
a $1 billion, 1,000-home luxury
high-rise condominium
project that will include more
than 100,000 square feet of
shopping and dining.
Amazingly, it requires demolishing
apartments built
by Langston’s father more
than 40 years ago — the
Kona Loha apartments on
Sierra Vista Drive — as
part of the undertaking. “I
was a laborer on that project!”
he said.
Langson said developing
property has been a profitable
family business because
it is one of life’s three necessities.
“There’s food, clothing
and housing. It’s not a fad
thing. We’ve just stayed with
the basics.”
Deborah Roush
Susan Wincn is an expert
in the art of negotiation.
IN her position as vice president
of EJM Development
Co.’s Nevada properties, her
job makes her responsible
for negotiating all leases and
proposals for the city’s thirdlargest
commercial real estate
developer.
In addition, she oversees
the property and
facility management
departments, develops
tenant retention
practices and represents
the company in
the public sector.
EJM is privately owned
and headquartered in Los
Angeles with a portfolio in
excess of 10 million square
feet of industrial property in
California, Nevada, Arizona,
Utah and New Mexico.
EJM is developing the Arroyo,
a master-planned business
park located off I-215
between Rainbow and Buffalo
drives that will accommodate
4.5 million square
feet of industrial, office and
retail space.
With more than 12 years of
experience at EJM, Wincn
stands behind major projects
including Arrowhead Commerce
Center, Spencer Helm
Business Center, Warm
Springs Business Center and
Century Park. Since she
opened the Nevada operations
of EJM in 1994, the local
staff has grown from one
to 20 employees.
Before joining EJM, Wincn
spent many years living in
Europe as well as multiple locations
within the U.S. where
she worked in a variety of real
estate-related disciplines.
After relocating to Las
Vegas, Wincn worked for
CB Commercial in their industrial
division. She then
joined EJM.
Deborah Roush