Red Seal Homes History

Red Seal Development Corp. (also known as Red Seal Homes), one of Chicagoland’s leading builders of luxury homes, was founded in 1934 by Joe Horwitz.  In the housing boom following World War II, Red Seal created large new residential communities in Glenview and Arlington Heights.  Under Mr. Horwitz’s leadership, the company followed with communities in Deerfield and Northbrook.  Mr. Horwitz served as President of the company until 1977.
 
David A. Hoffman, Chairman, joined Red Seal in 1969 as Executive Vice President and became Chief Executive Officer in 1972.  He purchased the company in 1977 and served as President through 1998.  Under Mr. Hoffman’s leadership, Red Seal’s activities expanded throughout Northbrook, Highland Park, and into Wisconsin and Florida as well as the City of Chicago encompassing a variety of custom and production residential communities as well as sizable commercial and hotel construction ventures.  Detailed lists of these projects can be found by clicking here.
 
Complementing David Hoffman’s leadership efforts are:
 
            Todd Fishbein, President and Chief Executive Officer
            Brian Hoffman, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
            Michael Larsen, C.E., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
            Brian Nagorsky, Director of Development
 
The company’s leaders are supported by a staff wholly dedicated to excellence and to providing the highest quality of service to Red Seal’s customers.
 
Since 1934, Red Seal has established itself as one of Chicago’s most acclaimed builders, winning prestigious awards on an annual basis.  Red Seal was honored as the 2000 Illinois Family Business of the Year by Loyola University Chicago Business Center.  The company has been honored with numerous Crystal Key awards from the Home Builder Association of Greater Chicago in recognition of excellence in housing design including in 2008 for Housing Design at our Deer Park Estates community.  Red Seal has been featured in all local publications and in such national publications as Architectural Digest, Professional Builder, Wall Street Journal, Builder Magazine, and The Urban Land Institute’s Publications.
 
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