Lawrence F. Levy

Co-Founder

Founder of both Levy Family Partners and Diversified Real Estate Capital, with more than 50 years of experience in the Commercial Real Estate Industry.

Major real estate developments have included River Point, a 1.1 million square foot office building in partnership with Hines and Ivanhoe Cambridge; 321 N. Clark in Chicago; Park Tower at Transbay in San Francisco, developed with The John Buck Co. and Golub & Co. and recently leased to Facebook; The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center; One South Dearborn, in partnership with Hines; One Magnificent Mile; and Woodfield Lake Office Campus.  Over 10 million SF developed.

Significant investor in multifamily real estate projects in major US markets through Diversified and interests in Waypoint Residential and Redhill Realty investors.

Developed and owned hotel and resort projects in the United States and internationally, including a current interest in Esperanza Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Developed Levy Restaurants into an internationally recognized food service organization with the market leading share in sports and entertainment catering throughout North America and Europe.

Currently the Chairman of the Board of Del Taco Restaurants (NASDAQ: TACO) and owns a significant stake in Del Taco and Blaze Pizza.

Through his family office, Larry has been a successful private equity and venture investors with stakes in such diverse companies as Intensity Therapeutics, Cleversafe, Home Depot Supply, Organic Life, Lakeview Investment Group, Nest, Popchips, Signal, SpaceX, Uber, Peloton, and Swipesense.

Larry and his wife Carol created and endowed the Levy Institute of Entrepreneurial Practice and the Levy Social Entrepreneur Lab at Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Larry serves on the boards of the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Lincoln Park Zoo, the Art Institute of Chicago and Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Larry received his B.S. and M.B.A. at Northwestern University.