Kemper freeman jr biography

The Eastside is basically where I’ve lived almost all my life. Bellevue didn’t even become a city until 1953…so if anything was to be done, it was simply neighbors getting together to make the Eastside a better place. ” — Kemper

Kemper Freeman is a third-generation resident of Bellevue, Washington. He is principal owner and hands-on leader of Kemper Development Company, which has played an important role in Bellevue’s growth from the early days of downtown to the economic force the city is today.

In all, Kemper has developed a total of 5.5 million square feet of Washington State real estate and manages The Bellevue Collection, comprised of the well-known Bellevue Square, Bellevue Place, and Lincoln Square. The Puget Sound Business Journal says “it would be hard to overstate Freeman’s impact on the Eastside.”

Yet despite his business successes, Kemper says he would rather be operating a tractor than sitting in a board meeting. His first taste of hard work came as a nine-year-old living in Bellevue. He earned 50 cents an hour running a tractor on a dairy farm located at the site of today’s Marymoor Park.

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A fourth-generation Washington businessman and leading Eastside real-estate baron, Kemper Freeman Jr. directed redevelopment of his father's Bellevue Square into a first-class urban mall with 200 stores and anchors including Nordstrom and The Bon Marche' (now Macy's). He went on to develop several of Bellevue's premier commercial spaces and taller buildings, at Bellevue Place in the late 1980s and Lincoln Square in the 2000s. The outspoken Freeman is renowned for his support of "roads over transit," opposing transit projects like the Regional Transit Authority's 1995, $6.7 billion plan for light rail, commuter rail, and regional bus service. He helped defeat that plan, but was unable to stop a slimmed-down plan costing $3.9 billion that passed in 1996. Ironically, the 1995 plan would have served Bellevue, while the 1996 plan does not. Freeman remains unapologetic, arguing that roads need more funding and that transit plans cost too much and serve too few travelers.

A Family of Business Movers

Kemper Freeman Jr., comes from a long line of colorful frontiersmen and business movers, who broke new ground in one way or another over more than a century and a half. His great grandfather, Legh (pronounced Lee) Richmond Freeman (1842-1915) was a Confederate soldier during the Civil

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Kemper Freeman

American politician

Kemper Freeman
In office January 8, 1973 – December 31, 1976
Preceded by	John D. Jones
Succeeded by	Paul Sanders
Born	Frederick Kemper Citizen Jr. (1941-10-23) October 23, 1941 (age 83)
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Betty Austin
Children	Amy Schreck promote Suzanne McQuaid
Parent(s)	Frederick Kemper Freewoman Sr. unacceptable Clotilde Citizen (née Duryee)
Alma mater	Bellevue Lofty School
Profession	Real manor developer
Known for	Kemper Development Company

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