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Meet Steve Kenney

“I want each community we develop to be a nice place to live, and each commercial property we develop to be an interesting place to visit or shop,” Company President Kenney says. “That’s our goal. I want everyone involved to be proud of the neighborhoods we create and the services we provide communities.”

Steve Kenney is a native of Raleigh and a 1974 graduate of Sanderson High School. He attended Clemson University on an All Atlantic Coast Conference football scholarship and graduated with a degree in administrative management in 1978. After playing football in the NFL for eight years, he returned home and began developing real estate in 1988.

Kenney believes that people who help build homes and communities should participate in local civic organizations. Kenney is an active member of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. He is a past member of the board of directors and Executive Board of the Chamber. In 1998 & 2001, he chaired both of the successful Raleigh Road Bond Campaigns.

Awards and Recognition
"Kenney Properties strives to put the right people on our team. Because we insist on the best, others recognize our accomplishments. One of the most prestigious recognitions came from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which recognized our work as outstanding for its soil and erosion engineering, saying “This is the best we have had in the four years I have been working with this program.”
— Miriam Gardner, District Conservationist on single-family neighborhood River Oaks

Other awards include:

  • The Home Builders of Wake County recognized Kenney Properties with the MAME award for the outstanding new residential community for single-family neighborhood River Oaks
  • Triangle Home Builders of Wake, Durham and Orange counties named Steve Kenney the developer of the year in 1992
  • The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce honored Steve Kenney with its prestigious Pinnacle Award, recognizing Kenney Properties as the Chamber’s outstanding small business of 1997
  • Town of Holly Springs awards Kenney Properties the “Certificate of Excellence” for the Trellis Pointe Apartment home community.
  • Wake County recognizes Trellis Pointe and nominates the apartment community for its prestigious Soil and Erosion Control Award.


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