Desert
Viking family of companies
specializes in the revitalization of key
Arizona business and residential centers.
Since 1998, the company has acquired and
rehabilitated six National Register historic
properties and completed numerous historic
restoration projects in the Valley of the
Sun. They are the recipient of numerous
prestigious awards including the 2002
Arizona Heritage Preservation Honor Award
for the restoration of four historic
buildings that are credited with
re-establishing Historic Downtown Chandler
as a viable economic center. In 2004, they
received the Governor’s Heritage
Preservation Honor Award for rehabilitation
of the Gold Spot Marketing Center in
downtown Phoenix. Other notable awards
include five Architectural Excellence
Awards; the Chandler Chamber of Commerce
2004 Small Business of the Year award and
the Valley Forward 2004 Environmental
Excellence Award. The company’s principals
are Mike Hogarty and Niels Kreipke, who
combine a broad background of experience in
development, construction, community
planning and corporate management.
For more information about the Desert Viking
family of companies and their properties,
visit - www.desertvikingcompanies.com
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Niels E.
Kreipke
Mr. Kreipke began his construction and
renovation projects in Tucson focusing on
small to medium-size strip centers and
residential projects. His first
project in the Valley was the construction.
startup, and management of a 25,000 square
foot health club. In 1997, Mr. Kreipke
returned to full-time property development,
managing design-and-build as well as
rehabilitation projects, including shopping
centers and freestanding commercial
buildings. An early rehabilitation
project was the Historic Suhwaro Hotel in
Downtown Chandler, a dilapidated structure
unoccupied for more than twenty years.
Rehabilitating the Suhwaro Hotel under the
guidelines of the State Historic
Preservation Office and the National Park
Service began his love of historic buildings
and their return to useful service.
Under Mr. Kreipke's direction, Desert Viking
has completed numerous historic restoration
projects throughout the Valley.
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Niels
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Mike W.
Hogarty
Mr. Hogarty is an accomplished professional
manager with a background in general
management of Fortune 1000 companies,
corporate direction, and business
development. During his career, Mr.
Hogarty has grown businesses to more than
$200 million annual sales, managed the
design and construction of over thirty major
manufacturing and office facilities, and
developed both consumer and professional
product lines. He is a graduate of
Yale University with engineering and
business degrees and a former licensed
professional engineer with a strong
background in technical, marketing and
general management.
Mr. Hogarty has served
as a vice-president of Johnson & Johnson,
president and chief executive officer of the
Specialty Baking Division of Bestfoods (now
a $2 billion division), and president and
chief executive officer of Edy's (Dreyer's)
Grand Ice Cream (now over $1 billion in
sales). In 1988, Mr. Hogarty purchased
an ethnic food business and expanded its
operations both nationally and overseas,
creating a public company which he sold ten
years later. Since 1999 Mr. Hogarty
has partnered with Mr. Kreipke, his
son-in-law, contributing his management
expertise, financing experience and
engineering skills to the development
projects of the Desert Viking family of
companies.
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