Omaha Home: builder feature Story by Carol Crissey Nigrelli • Photos by minorwhitestudios.com
(L-R) Marshall Wallman, Director of Design; Curt Hofer, CEO; Steve Huber, President; and Craig Linnenbrink, Vice President of Construction.
“Band of Brothers”
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urt Hofer raises his shoulders and gently shakes his head in wonder, a rare loss for words by the usually gregarious homebuilder. How did his journey from a one-man, door-to-door home remodeling service morph into one of Omaha’s premier high-end home construction companies that bears his name? “Honestly, that’s the mystery of the story to me,” said Curt. “It all happened so fast and that is something I will ask God when I get to heaven. It was nothing pre-meditated or prefabricated, just a coming together of a team.” The Curt Hofer Construction team starts with the founder himself.
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“I grew up on a ranch in Chester, Mont., the youngest of five kids,” said Curt. By all accounts he was a rascal. “My defining moment came from a high school shop teacher and coach who didn’t want me to become a jerk, so he worked with me on shop projects and changed the course of my life.” A pretty nurse also changed Curt’s life and the couple settled in Omaha after college. Linda Hofer’s $6,000 in savings started Curt on his fledgling remodeling business in the early 90’s. If Curt forms the foundation of the company, then his three closest associates represent the pillars that keep the structure strong: www.OmahaPublications.com