Ryan Companies US, Inc. History Timeline

1938 – James Henry Ryan and Francis Ryan, his son, started Ryan Lumber and Coal.

1940 – When Russell Ryan (brother to Francis) joined the company, they made one agreement: to never argue about money. “And in all the decades we worked together as partners, we never did,” recalled Russell.

1946 – RELATIONSHIP HIGHLIGHT: Ryan built first National store, the company’s first design-build/development project. Ryan built 60 National stores over its 30-year relationship with the company.

1949 – Russ and Fran formed Ryan Realty Company to own and manage the commercial real estate they built.

1964 – Ryan formed two new companies: Ryan Properties (replacing Ryan Realty) and Ryan Construction Company (a wholly owned subsidiary of Ryan Properties). Brother Ed joined partnership and opened a Minneapolis office.

1965 – Jim Ryan, Russell’s son, joined Ed in Minneapolis as a project manager.

1966 – RELATIONSHIP HIGHLIGHT: Ryan built the fourth Target store in Bloomington, Minnesota.

1967 – RELATIONSHIP HIGHLIGHT: Ryan built the first Byerly’s store in Golden Valley, Minnesota. Ryan built 24 stores for Byerly's throughout the Midwest.

1969 – Tim Gray, Jim Ryan’s Notre Dame roommate, joined the company to modernize accounting practices at the company.

1969 – RELATIONSHIP HIGHLIGHT: SuperValu and Ryan started their relationship with a grocery store in Hibbing. Currently, Ryan is expanding a food warehouse for SuperValu in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania.

1976 – Ryan incorporated design into its growing offering of services and Ryan began speculative development.

1983 – Pat Ryan, cousin of Jim and grandson of James Henry, joined Ryan, spearheading development.

1984 – Ryan broke ground on the company’s first downtown Minneapolis office tower International Centre Phase I, which was the first in a three-phase project that included International Center II and the AT&T Tower.

1989 – Jim, Pat and Tim took over as active owner-managers of the company. Jim is CEO; Pat, President; and Tim, CFO.

1990 – Ryan opened its first regional office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa office. The office’s first project was 221 Towne Center, a 200,000-square-foot class “A” office building in downtown.

1994 – Ryan opened its Phoenix, Arizona regional office, in response to Target Corporation expanding its national presence.

1997 – MILESTONE PROJECT: The Quarry, a 420,000-square-foot retail development that firmly established Ryan not only as a great retail developer, but an expert in brownfield redevelopment.

1998 – RELATIONSHIP HIGHLIGHT: Ryan built its first project for Isle of Capri – a hotel and parking ramp in Bettendorf, Iowa. Ryan just completed a new casino and hotel for Isle of Capri in Waterloo, Iowa.

2000 – Ryan opened another regional office, this time in Chicago, Illinois, to support new stores for Byerly’s Inc.and Target. Ryan also opened its first satellite office in Des Moines, Iowa.

2000 – RELATIONSHIP HIGHLIGHT: Ryan performed some expansion and remodel work for the Mercy Medical's 353-bed acute care hospital. Ryan continues to work closely with Mercy on the hospital as well as satellite clinics, a health plaza and other projects.

2001 – MILESTONE PROJECT: Ryan design-built, developed and managed its first downtown office tower in Phoenix — the Phelps Dodge Tower.

2002 – MILESTONE PROJECT: Ryan completes a three-block redevelopment in downtown Minneapolis – US Bancorp, Target Corporate Headquarters and Retek on the Mall — which included the first two-story Target store in the country.

2003 – RELATIONSHIP HIGHLIGHT: Ryan builds two Gander Mountain stores for developer Oppidan, Inc. The relationship has expanded to more than 30 stores throughout the country.

2004 – Ryan’s Design-Build Associates company transitioned into a Ryan Companies US, Inc. satellite office for Chicago, serving the Quad Cities area.

2004 – MILESTONE PROJECT: Ryan constructed its first LEED-certified building, a gold-level-certified, 10,000-square-foot office building for North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement.

2005 – Ryan’s Phoenix office opened a satellite office in San Diego, California. RELATIONSHIP HIGHLIGHT: Ryan had been in the market since 2003 when it built its first office building for The Hartford Financial Services Group in Santee, California.

2006 – MILESTONE PROJECT: Midtown Exchange officially opens. This is one of the largest and most impactful projects Ryan Companies US, Inc. has done to date – 1.1 million square feet and $192 million.

2006 – MILESTONE PROJECT: Ryan’s integrated design-build system delivers the Sears Centre, an arts and entertainment arena built at two-thirds the cost and eight months faster than industry standard.

2006 – Ryan opened its latest regional office in Tampa, Florida, to support customers Target and Graybar.

2007 – RELATIONSHIP HIGHLIGHT: Ryan began working with Rockwell Collins on that company’s first newly constructed project in 40 years. The building will be LEED certified.

2007 – MILESTONE PROJECT: Twin Cities Cristo Rey Jesuit High School/Colin Powell Youth Leadership Center opens its doors. The mission of this unique partnership is “to raise up a new generation of urban leaders that are excellent: educationally, technically, morally and vocationally.”

2007 – Ryan wins the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties' (NAIOP) Developer of the Year Award.

2008 – Ryan breaks $1 billion revenue milestone for fiscal year 07/08.