Cathy Sloss Jones
Catherine Sloss Crenshaw is president of Sloss Real Estate Company. She has used her position to push for increased attention to the rehabilitation of historic buildings and commercial districts such as the Center for Regional Planning and Design and Dr Pepper Place. She was also instrumental in directing Sloss' partnership with Integral Properties in the rebuilding of Metropolitan Gardens as a HOPE VI project.
Crenshaw is the daughter of A. Page Sloss Jr., granddaughter of Arthur Page Sloss who founded the real estate company, and the great-great granddaughter of Colonel James Whithers Sloss, the early Birmingham industrialist, railroad man, and land developer. She graduated in 1975 from Wofford College in South Carolina. She returned to Birmingham after the death of her grandfather to help in the family's real estate business.
In the 1980s and early 90s her primary focus was the development of the Lakeview district, beginning with 7th Avenue South and later expanding north to Pepper Place. More recently she and her firm have developed One Federal Place and she has contributed to the development of the Hope VI housing at Park Place.
Crenshaw was chosen as "Woman of the Year" in 2002 by The Birmingham Business Journal. She holds positions on the boards of the Civil Rights Institute, The Birmingham Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Lakeshore Foundation, Brookwood Hospital, Birmingham Rotary Club, Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, Region 2020 and Operation New Birmingham. She also serves on the advisory board for the UAB School of Business, the Inner City Council for the Urban Land Insitute and the Ford Foundation's Farmer's Market Advisory Council.
She is married to Larry Crenshaw, former president of the Alabama Environmental Council.
References
- Crenshaw's bio at Sloss Real Estate Co.
- Michael, Brooke. (March 23, 2006) "Pepper Place Prevails". Birmingham Weekly.
- Tomberlin, Michael. (March 28, 2004) "HOPE VI transformation of 12 blocks set to begin." Birmingham News.
- Riley, Cindy. (Spring 2005) "Catherine Crenshaw: Making a Commitment to Downtown Development." Venture UAB School of Business. Vol. 8, No. 1