 The McIntyre Company had its auspicious beginnings in a time of national upheaval: the Great Depression of
1929. William Cleveland McIntyre, a developer and landlord, had to
sell all but two of his properties to survive and wound up owning
and managing two neighborhood markets in Hollywood and San Marino.
 His son, William Louis, Sr., worked as a butcher as a youth
attending Hollywood High and later to support his new family. Yet he
felt drawn to the family's original roots of development and
construction.
After serving in the U.S. Army from 1942-45 and seeing action in the
Pacific Theater (he went ashore with the second wave of American
troops at Iwo Jima), William Louis, Sr. returned home to earn a
business degree from the University of Southern California.
One day, father and son went for a drive that would forever change
their lives.
They were searching for a location where they could build homes for
American servicemen returning from the war and where William Louis,
Sr. could settle down to raise his new family and have a successful
business.
They headed east along Garvey Ave. until they found an ideal
location: The City of Covina.
Soon after, in 1947, they purchased a piece of land, sub-divided it
and built their first two homes. The two would build more than 1,500
new homes over a 30-year span.
In the late 1960s, William Louis, Sr., with his son, William (Bill)
Louis, Jr., also a USC business school graduate, began developing
small office buildings on major Covina thoroughfares (Citrus,
Barranca, Grand, Rowland and others). Their first office building,
located on Rowland Avenue, has been the home of The McIntyre Company
for more then 40 years.
 In 1972, with the continued success of the office projects, Bill,
Jr. was named president of the company. He would forever change The
McIntyre Company’s focus by shifting its efforts from home building
to the development and management of investment properties.
Under Bill's watch, from 1972 to the present, The McIntyre Company
has developed over 500,000 sq. ft of office and retail properties
and has joint ventured to develop an additional 600 homes.
 Today, The McIntyre Company is still family-owned and operated. It
owns and manages over 350,000 square feet of office and retail space
made up of 19 properties. Bill serves as company president. His son, Andrew McIntyre, who
continued the family tradition by earning a degree in public policy,
management and planning from USC, was recently brought into the company as senior project manager to help run the business."
Father and son cite four factors crucial to their success: four
generations of McIntyre construction and property management
history, exceptional customer service, quality of development and
community involvement.
"Designing real estate projects and then seeing them come to life is
one of the most rewarding aspects of this job," says Bill McIntyre,
Jr. “Our family has been in the real estate development business for
a long time, yet we still get excited when we have the opportunity
to develop a property that will enhance and attract businesses to
the community."
Adds Andrew McIntyre, "All of my family has been born and raised in
the communities we serve, and we still live in those communities, so
we take our work very seriously. It's rewarding to know that The
McIntyre Company improves neighborhoods and increases property
values wherever our projects are located." |