SPANNING a career of twenty-nine years in the homebuilding industry, Eric Johnson has managed the construction of thousands of new homes and condominiums. After graduating from the University of Rhode Island and receiving an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Mr. Johnson spent five years with RYAN HOMES. As a vice president in the Washington DC area, his division built single family homes in Northern Virginia.

IN 1982 he left RYAN HOMES and formed THE GABLES COMPANIES, a diversified construction and property management company that built luxury apartment communities, garden condominiums, and town homes. In 1992, THE GABLES was ranked in the top 150 builders in the country by BUILDER magazine. PROFESSIONAL BUILDER magazine listed the Gables as one of the top 400 builders in 1993