1988
The Richland Companies founding partners; Edna Meyer-Nelson and Suzanne Klein meet in Houston, Texas, while Ms. Nelson is a vice president of a national bank.
1992
Edna Meyer-Nelson resigns her position with a national bank and The Richland Companies is officially launched.
1993
The Richland Companies acquires its first property; an 89,000 square foot shopping center in Mayde Creek off Fry Road in Houston, Texas.
1994
The Richland Companies purchases two 3-story office buildings on Sugar Creek Boulevard, in Sugar Land, Texas.
1995
The Richland Companies continues to expand and acquires a 78,000 square foot shopping center in Pearland, Texas.
1996
The Richland Companies begins purchasing real estate within the Dallas/Fort Worth area; buying properties in Southlake, Flower Mound and Dallas, Texas.
1997-1998
The Richland Companies opens an office in San Antonio and quickly becomes the largest buyer of commercial real estate in the city by acquiring nine properties in 1-year!
2001
The Richland Companies purchases their first properties outside of the state of Texas; starting in Hot Springs and Little Rock, Arkansas.
2011
The Richland Companies adds single tenant properties to its highly successful portfolio throughout the United States.
2015
The Richland Companies purchases an office building located at 550 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, Texas, which becomes The Richland Companies’ headquarters.
2017
Edna Meyer-Nelson becomes the first woman to receive the prestigious Houston Business Journal’s Landmark Lifetime Achievement Award.
2020- Present
The Richland Companies continues to grow and develop its highly successful portfolio of 35 properties across five states representing 2.5 million square feet of real estate.
