Building Community from the Ground Up

" From Marquette's commitment to redesign your quality of life come innovation in product, systems and people, that is extraordinary for the residential building industry."  quote by Jonathan Kempner, President of the National Multi-Housing Council, Washington, D.C.

Constant innovation; unparalleled quality; exceptional value and a commitment to customer satisfaction that is legendary. These principles, practiced diligently for more than a decade, make Marquette a nationally recognized leader in residential community development and management.

During the past 17 years, Marquette has developed and/or managed more than 12000 luxury apartments, townhomes, condominiums, and single family homes throughout the Midwest in partnership with some of the nation's premier state pension funds and financial institutions.

Marquette enjoys a successful track record in developing both residential and commercial real estate including high profile office, industrial and retail centers. Today, Marquette specializes exclusively in developing and managing trend-setting residential communities. Tomorrow holds the promise for bold new innovations in community building throughout our nation and the world!

As a visionary leader Marquette has led the industry by:

• Redefining the quality of life for its residents through its commitment to extraordinary customer service, and
• Creating innovative master planned communities with neighborhoods that feature unique product design, physical environments and lifestyle choices.

Marquette Companies’ continuing commitment is to design, develop, and manage residential communities that are praiseworthy additions to the American scene and proud investments for our future.

Just one look and you'll agree ... Marquette knows how to build beautiful places!

Early in 1990, Marquette's Managing Partners made a milestone decision to specialize in developing residential communities solely. They committed themselves to discovering how living in community with others can help fulfill people’s lives.

That same year, Marquette announced its exclusive "We C.A.T.E.R." Program. "Customized Attention To Every Resident" revolutionized apartment living by creating added value for its residents by providing extraordinary customer service. Marquette set the standard for resident customer services and is copied by fine apartment communities everywhere today.

Thus was born the concept of adding value to those beautiful places we learned so well to build. We learned that building homes is just the beginning in creating real value where you live. As we gave more customer service, people paid more and stayed longer ... and for most residential managers, that is an accomplishment to be proud of.

For us, it wasn't enough. Our residents still longed for something that was missing, something that would fill their emptiness. They wanted to belong, feel important, feel valued, and benefit from the experience of others. Marquette embarked on a journey to discover the VERY nature of building genuine community in hopes of FULFILLING OUR RESIDENTS’ MOST HEARTFELT NEEDS.

Marquette's managing partners consulted with business, civic, and spiritual leaders. They affiliated with sociologists, psychologists, and experts in the technology of communication and interpersonal relationships. In 1996, they helped form the (IFC) Institute For Community... A non-profit corporation committed to helping people build quality relationships where they live and work through power of community; a organization formed to explore the very nature of relationships in effective living.

With the help of the IFC and other experts, Marquette evolved the structure for developing genuine community, and licensed coursework in communication, accountability and community building. Today, Marquette offers community-building workshops to its employees and residents alike, in hopes of living and working more effectively together. And the results of our research and development are tested on our properties nationwide.

When the opportunity for developing a new community named HighPoint emerged in 1995, the idea to affiliate with the IFC as a sponsor for achieving community enrichment came to life. HighPoint is the first major assignment for the IFC in "building genuine community from the ground up"...an alliance and commitment that is unique in this country today.

We believe that HighPoint is the beginning of an era of genuine community building. HighPoint is the new prototype for building residential communities of tomorrow, one that is setting the standard by which new suburban developments will be measured. And with the success of HighPoint’s neighborhoods, Marquette and the IFC are working together to help major homebuilders across the country to build our communities of tomorrow…from the ground up.

For Marquette, community building is serious business ... it's your life.