Elliot Rubin Weinstein, founder of Village Development Group, a leading developer of residential communities and commercial retail space in the Baltimore-Washington corridor, died Nov. A devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Weinstein, a resident of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Weinstein was a native of the Bronx, N. As a young man, Elliot Weinstein took night courses and graduated from New York University with a degree in banking and finance, all while working in the construction industry.
He also served in the U. Army and was a Korean War-era veteran. In his mids, Weinstein moved to Silver Spring to take over a Maryland-based construction company that would eventually become Village Development Group. He worked five-and-a-half to six days a week. He was very driven, he pushed everybody to be the best they could be.
Soon after moving to Maryland, Weinstein met his future wife of 57 years, Susan Weinstein nee Rudo , an art teacher. The couple had their first date at the old Pimlico Restaurant and became engaged shortly thereafter. The way he looked at her, with a sparkle in his eye, was a beautiful thing. He and Mom laughed all the time. He always told us that we were his greatest achievements. He loved spending quality time with his family. Marilyn Berman said her father was well-respected by his peers for his integrity and ethics, as well for his sense of compassion for others,.
He was always willing to help. He just had a library of jokes and he kept them all in his head. Demand for Merry-Go-Round continued to rise, so he opened a store directly across the street called Sexy Sadie.
All I did was change colors. By , he was running four stores, and a friend from Baltimore, Harold Goldsmith, showed up.
While Boogie, the merchant, dealt with the longhairs and continued opening stores, the younger, more clean-cut Goldsmith complemented him by signing leases and dealing with banks and computer systems.
Boogie previously had tried for a space at Lenox on his own. Goldsmith lined up a second interview with the manager, and this time, he had Boogie cleaned up and wearing a suit. With his charisma and knowledge, Boogie came to an agreement with the man, who owned another 80 upscale mall locations.
Boogie jokes that it was a woman who brought the billion-dollar firm down, but it was a series of events. Gabrielle Pepper, whom he had been with on and off in Baltimore for three years, was in Aspen. Boogie chased after her in the early s and asked her to marry him. He and two others who were killed had departed from Las Vegas. Running the business solo from Aspen, Boogie was no longer looking at any of the clothes. By the time he traveled to Baltimore, it was too late. Boogie said that it could have been overcome had the Merry-Go-Rounds been doing business.
Crew and Eddie Bauer. The diners, along with stores, were shuttered in February Six months later, Boogie was diagnosed with cancer and took a harder look at the future. With Over Easy management failing to wow, Boogie turned to his kids, who have been managing the businesses since. Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality, locally relevant journalism.
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