New Orleans real estate developer John Yemelos dies at 82 | News

John Yemelos, a real estate developer celebrated for his skill at sizing up property in the New Orleans area and on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, died Saturday at East Jefferson General Hospital. He was 82. Among his projects were the three Lakeway towers in Metairie overlooking Lake Pontchartrain; hotels in Covington, Slidell and Biloxi, Mississippi; … Read more

Lee Shau-Kee, Hong Kong Real Estate Tycoon, Dies at 97

Lee Shau-kee, a Hong Kong real estate tycoon who made his immense fortune building tens of thousands of apartments for middle-class descendants of refugees who had fled Communist mainland China, died on Monday. He was 97. His death was announced by the company he founded, Henderson Land Development. It did not say where he died … Read more