HOMESTEAD HAPPENINGS
Employee Spotlight: Dustin Holskey
Job Title: Ops Manager
Property: Home Office
1.) How long have you been with Homestead? 4.5 years
2.) What were you doing before Homestead? Property Manager
3.) Where are you originally from? Barnesville, Ohio
4.) What are your favorite hobbies? Traveling & Hiking
5.) What would you most like to tell your 13 year old self? Be yourself!
6.) If you could have coffee with three people, dead or alive, who would it be? My grandparents, Steve Jobs, Elton John
7.) Who is the most famous person you have ever met? Arnold Schwarzenegger"
8.) What is your dream vacation? Traveling through Italy
9.) What is the one THING, you can’t live without? Music!
10.) What is your proudest moment at Homestead? Being a part of the Ops dream team making that magic happen! - When I was on site: When my team received the property of the year award.
Champ Chain Winner: Anthony Hill
Congratulations to our Champ Chain Winner, the team member who went above and beyond to deliver on our mission statement of providing the best resident life experience possible: Anthony Hill, our Maintenance Supervisor at Helix!
"Anthony provided our team with true Leadership during his first turn at Helix. He was the first one in and the last to leave every single day for the entire one month of turn! I am so impressed with Anthony's dedication and his "Do it Right" attitude. I am proud to have Anthony lead our maintenance team, as he provides mentorship to our team and truly "walks the walk." Thanks for all you do, Anthony!" - Heather Doty, Community Manager
Thank you, Anthony, for your amazing leadership and dedication to your team and property. We all know maintenance is the heart of our communities and the main driver for resident satisfaction and renewals. We appreciate you! And congrats on a fantastic 2020 turn and move-in!!
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone over the age of 6 months receive an annual flu vaccine. is proud to offer you a flu vaccine this winter to prevent the onset and spread of the virus.
Maintenance Hero Award
Able Roof and Homestead Companies recognized Floyd Castle at the cookout for winning the Maintenance Hero Award hosted by Contractor's Inc!
Employee Referral Program
As Homestead continues to grow, we are looking for hardworking people just like you. Share your love with your friends, and when you refer a future Homesteader, you could earn an extra $250!! So your friend gets a great job, and you get a great bonus. Full criteria are available on SharePoint.
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Big Win For Homestead Companies
Homestead Companies has inked a new partnership with Lykens Companies and teaming up to bring over 300 apartments to the northeastern corner of Italian Village.
The proposal, announced this week by Homestead Companies and Lykens Companies, calls for 315 units and 398 parking spaces built on eight of the 22 acres that make up the Clark Grave Vault site.
A five-story apartment building and four-story townhomes are being proposed for the first phase of the development, which will be heard by the Italian Village Commission on October 13.
That portion of the proposal would be located on the south side of East Fifth Avenue, adjacent to the railroad tracks that form the neighborhood’s eastern boundary and just north of the large, green-roofed buildings that make up the Clark Grave Vault manufacturing facility.
A site map provided by the Homestead Development shows a second phase of the development to the south, but that portion of the project will not be reviewed by the commission next month.
The map also shows an extended Grant Avenue that could potentially enable connections to the Station 324 apartment complex on East Second Avenue and several neighborhood streets to the west.
“We have built our great reputation through trusted relationships and attractive, high quality, and walkable developments that communities want,” said Matt Canterbury, vice president of development for Homestead, in a statement. “Our partnership with Lykens Companies and the opportunity to enhance the Fifth Avenue corridor is another great example of designing and building multi-family projects that enhance our urban landscapes.”
The proposed project would sit across Fifth Avenue from Thrive Companies’ Grant Park development. And to the west of Grant Park, two significant development proposals were recently approved by the Weinland Park Community Civic Association.
“This is such a special project for us,” said Kevin Lykens, owner of Lykens Companies. “Remaking an industrial parcel like the Clark Grave Vault site into a welcoming gateway that honors Columbus’s hard-working history is exactly the challenge we love to tackle.”
Employee Spotlight: Lauren Rayner
Job Title: Community Manager
Property: Northpointe Apartments
1.) How long have you been with Homestead? Almost 8 years
2.) What were you doing before Homestead? I started with Homestead a couple of months after graduating high school
3.) Where are you originally from? Albuquerque, New Mexico
4.) What are your favorite hobbies? Shopping, Watching the Bachelor, and Making Tiktoksl
5.) What would you most like to tell your 13 year old self? Your mom is almost always right about everything!
6.) If you could have coffee with three people, dead or alive, who would it be? Maryellis Bunn, Jaclyn Johnson, and Ariana Grande (of course)
7.) Who is the most famous person you have ever met? Toby Keith
8.) What is your dream vacation? Fiji
9.) What is the one THING, you can’t live without? Music!
10.) What is your proudest moment at Homestead? Seeing all of the renovations come together at Northpointe!
11.) What was your favorite Halloween costume? Ariana Grande
Winner of the QR Code Challenge!
Congratulations to Kara Lackman, Leasing and Marketing Manager at The Valley in State College, PA. Kara is the winner of the $50 gift card QR Code Challenge that was featured in last month's Homestead Happenings. Thank you to everyone who participated