Our Projects

Who we are: We are builder/owners who are actively involved in every aspect of caring for our places, from all aspect of management and leasing to mowing the lawns and weeding the flowers gardens. With just 8 buildings all near Ithaca, we make a point of staying on top of things, and we are easily accessible if you ever have a question.



Building the Ellis Hollow apartments has been a family affair.  Ann designed the buildings, selecting (and fetching to the jobsite) all the finish materials, paints and appliances, and lending a hand wherever help was needed, from pouring concrete, doing much of the finish painting, and making runs to the dump with trash. 

Charlie was brains and brawn behind the projects, overseeing the construction, figuring construction supplies, and doing the actual building as well. Our son Shawn worked full time along with us, and son Ben pitched in during the summers and on winter break from college.   




Clearing lot 1682 entailed a great deal of chainsaw work.  We ended up with large piles of black locust, some of which we will eventually saw into flooring, and the rest is for sale as fence posts and rails.




Charlie and Shawn are shown sawing trees salvaged from ice storm damage using a Turner Band Saw. Lumber will be for a future building project.  


Charlie Leonard

 Charlie Leonard (Cornell University '78) is a residential housing contractor whose business, Artisan Construction, has been building high quality homes in the Ithaca area for over 20 years. Should anything need attention, Charlie has the tools and the experience to put things right in short order.



Charlie's "free time" passion is long distance running, and not just your hop, skip and jump marathon, either. A "short race" is 50k or 32 miles, it isn't unusual for him to run a 40 or 50 mile run, and he has successfully completed a 100 mile run as well. Races take up the least amount of time: training for these "ultras" as they are called, takes many hours, and miles of training.

Pictured are fullblood Italian Chianina beef cattle, largest of all the beef breeds. Charlie has a small herd. Mellow is the bull, who will be sold shortly, Mandy is shown with her 2006 calf Melinda.  

Ann Georgi Leonard

 Ann Leonard (Cornell University '78) is the home and garden designer, property manager, groundskeeper and avowed plant and animal fanatic. Have a question? Just ask Ann.

Ann's training partners, from left to right: Idaho, Janine, Lady Jane

 

Ann rides her mare Lady Jane, a 23 year old registered Morgan horse, in competitive trail rides around the state.  Most of their training for these races takes place right alongside Charlie's... it's the only way Ann can keep up with him!

Above: Ann at the top of Mount Jefferson, White Mountains, NH 2004

Besides being fond of hiking and backcountry camping, Charlie and Ann also do short and long distance orienteering, a map and compass sport that they have competed in around the world. Learn more about this year round activity at United States Orienteering Federation's website: http://www.us.orienteering.org/ and then try a local event... check the schedule by logging onto Central New York Orienteering's website: http://cnyo.us.orienteering.org/cnyo/  Why stick to the beaten path when you can find your own way with map and compass?