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WEALTH FOR LIFE<br />
ELECTRONICALLY REPRINTED FROM JUNE 2012<br />
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FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY OF THE YEAR<br />
PHOTOGRAPHS BY BRETT KRAMER<br />
Orchestrating deals from housing to shopping malls, Quintin E.<br />
Primo III has hatched a plan to transform one of the nation’s largest<br />
black-owned real estate investment firms into a global powerhouse<br />
By Alan Hughes<br />
NESTLED BETWEEN BALDWIN HILLS ESTATES—ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S<br />
wealthiest majority African American neighborhoods—and Crenshaw—the<br />
location where the classic film Boyz n the Hood is based—is Baldwin Hills<br />
Crenshaw Plaza. Situated on 43 acres in South Central Los Angeles, this<br />
865,000-square-foot shopping mall may still be a diamond in the rough.<br />
However, Quintin E. Primo III considers it his crown jewel.<br />
Acquired for approximatel<a title="89707_elite[1] page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4c7642e2?page=1"> WEALTH FOR LIFE ELECTRONICALLY REPRINTE</a>
<a title="89707_elite[1] page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4c7642e2?page=2"> Orchestrating deals from housing to shopping mall</a>
<a title="89707_elite[1] page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4c7642e2?page=3"> SON OF A PREACHER MAN Primo attributes his father</a>
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<a title="89707_elite[1] page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4c7642e2?page=5"> Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall Remodel Entr</a>
<a title="89707_elite[1] page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4c7642e2?page=6"> n Renovate the exterior of the bridge that serves</a>