Stuart Leland Rider is a commercial real estate developer, commercial general contractor, lecturer, and author. Over the past 30 years, he has successfully developed 785,000 square feet of commercial office space and 625,000 square feet of retail shopping center space, and currently has active projects totaling 350,000 square feet of retail space. As a general contractor, he has managed the construction of one hotel, one paper manufacturing plant, eight restaurants, three office buildings, three commercial subdivisions, and twenty-three miscellaneous buildings. He is the author of: From Dirt T...