What You Don't Know About Ed Lowenbaum

Photo explanation: Apres (almost) skiing in Steamboat with Pete Harmon, John Stephens, and Mike Dolan. (Ed's in the white jacket.)
Job title: President of Lowenbaum REP
What that means: Chief cook and bottle washer. From selling the project to delivering the space.   
What your company does: We have several personalities. We represent corporate users on leasing, buying, and building facilities around the country, and we provide project management and development services on renovations and new construction.
Memorable project: We sold the land at Kimball and the Kennedy to Northeastern Illinois University for that new very cool structure. I think it’s a boat.
Hometown: St. Louis, Mo.
School: U of Colorado, Boulder, Engineering
First job: Working in a sofa manufacturing company in north St. Louis in the summer. It was about 120 degrees inside.
First CRE job: Industrial broker in Newport Beach, Calif.
Job in another life: Water ski instructor.
Person (living or dead) to meet: Teddy Roosevelt—great outdoorsman.
Greatest fear: Next year, and what they're not telling me.
Daily habit: The Daily Show.
Favorite music group and song: Grateful Dead's "Going Down the Road."
Favorite book: Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller by Jeff Rubin.
Favorite movie: Anything with Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn.
Favorite vacation: Bareboating in the Spanish Virgin Islands.
Favorite restaurant: Wiener Circle.
Bucket list: Sailing around the world.
Family facts: Wife Julie, daughter Kate, son Andy, dog Bear.
Hobbies: Way too many… everything outdoors—boating, skiing, hunting, riding.
Startling fact: I have a lot of tools, and I'm pretty handy.