The Family Business
September 22, 2017 at 10:25 am Bill DiFilippo Leave a comment
Photo via Hoffman United
A pair of Penn State students are using their entrepreneurial spirit to try to revitalize their hometown.
Erie natives Paul and Christine Hoffman, sophomores who are two-thirds of a set of Penn State triplets, formed the group Hoffman United in 2014. As the duo told GoErie.com, Hoffman United is a real estate development, construction and property management company that seeks to help cities by “redeveloping areas to make long-lasting impacts.”
Namely, Hoffman United buys neglected real estate and renovates the buildings to turn them into apartment complexes. Paul, the company’s president (who got his start in business mowing neighbors’ lawns at age 12) and Christine, its vice president, purchased their first property in 2016, for $69,000, and plan to own more than 100 by the end of 2017.
Christie told Erie.com that her motivation in all of this is to help their local community. Paul echoed this sentiment, saying “We believe every neighborhood can be transformed.”
Bill DiFilippo, online editor
Entry filed under: Students. Tags: Erie, Hoffman United.
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