Omaha, NE: SB Communities, LLC, owned by Jerry Slusky and Bob Batt, is a privately-owned real estate development company known in Nebraska and Iowa for its focus on building new, first-class apartment communities since 2013, specializing in identifying Midwest communities with populations of around 50,000 where there is a particular need for amenity-filled apartments. SB Communities, LLC fulfills this need and develops projects with resort-style pools, innovative clubhouses, full-size fitness facilities, and individual apartments with quartz island countertops, stainless steel appliances, and washer/dryers as basic amenities. They have followed this model for the past seven years, and it has been a huge success. The company has recently passed the milestone of completing one-thousand apartment units. Jerry and Bob put their decades of experience earned in real estate development and furniture sales and marketing to give SB Communities, LLC this extraordinary pace of growth.
Bob Batt grew up and went to college in Omaha. He retired from Nebraska Furniture Mart (now a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary) after a long and successful career in marketing and executive leadership. He then joined with Jerry to create SB Communities, LLC.
Attorney Jerry Slusky has been in real estate law practice for over 45 years, most of which have been spent assisting clients in all aspects of the development of the commercial real estate. Jerry is the Founder of the CRE Summit – an annual commercial real estate conference now in its 32nd consecutive year; he is also one of only seven Nebraska Fellows of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL).
Some of the company’s widely recognized projects include The Sterling Apartments of Grand Island, The Sterling Apartments of Kearney, and The Sterling Apartments at Prairie Trail in Ankeny, Iowa.
Speaking about their recent achievement, Jerry said, “A thousand units is an important number. It demonstrates that we were right to invest in research and move forward with providing these communities the products they were missing. SB Communities, LLC provides a first-class apartment living experience that is more like a home, set in an amenity-filled community campus”.
This achievement opens many new doors for SB Communities, LLC. Bob Batt is very optimistic about the future of the company. He says, “Mrs. B, Founder of the Nebraska Furniture Mart, often told me, ‘It’s not what you want. It’s what the customer wants.’ And that’s true for this business as well! The transfer of business ideas and theory applies as we consider what the customer is wanting, not what we want.”
transfer of business ideas and theory applies as we consider what the customer is wanting, not what we want.”
SB Communities, LLC is also a partner in a joint venture in the development of 300 units in Papillion, NE, Axis Apartments, which opened its first two buildings last August. The company is also planning to break ground on a new 404-unit apartment community in the Prairie Trail subdivision of Ankeny, IA in May 2021.
COMPANY CONTACT INFORMATION
SB Communities, LLC is a Nebraska owned and operated company, focused on bringing outstanding, home-like rental apartments to Midwest living. More details about SB Communities, LLC can be found on its website (sbcommunities.com) or via email ([email protected]) while inquiries can also be made via phone calls to 402-505-8105.