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Texas Association of Builders
November/December 2015
Builder Profile
G
reg Hawes was already president
of a successful Houston home
building company when he sold
his interest and started Jamestown Estate
Homes five years ago. So why start a new
business? His main reason was personal:
he wanted to work with his three daughters.
The family business is still going strong
today. Jamestown Estate Homes is a
single-family, luxury, custom home
builder, and the baby of the Hawes family,
Victoria, is now Jamestown’s marketing
director. Being both young and female, she
represents a fairly unique demographic in
the Texas building industry. She won the
Star Award for 2014 Project Manager of
the Year, and in 2015 she joined the Texas
Association of Builders Board of Directors,
as well as the NAHB. “I’ve really enjoyed
the networking that comes with being
on the board because it’s not something
I’m exposed to as much locally,” she said.
“[TAB] is really amazing at being a voice
of advocacy for builders with the state
government. Being involved is a great way
to meet other builders that aren’t your
direct competition and see what pearls of
wisdom can be shared.”
Despite following in her father’s footsteps,
Victoria Hawes truly blazed her own trail
to becoming a builder. “I started at the
University of Texas in Austin and then
dropped out and moved to L.A. to be an
actress when I was eighteen,” said Hawes.
“I worked as Britney Spears’ body double in
two music videos” (see her work in “Toxic”
and “Everytime”). Although she fared well
out west, she was drawn back home a year
later to work in sales at her dad’s previous
company and attend the University of
Houston. She stuck with it this time and
graduated first in her class with a degree
in corporate communication. After that,
she moved yet again to get a master’s in
communication at Purdue University, and
she worked briefly for a Chinese battery
company in investor relations. “At that
point I felt like I’d tried enough other
things that I could come back to what I
knew and loved,” said Hawes. “There’s
nothing quite like building houses because
you get spoiled being able to show people
what you can do. It’s really fun to create
pretty stuff all day.”
Victoria Hawes | Jamestown Estate Homes
By Chad Andycha
Luxury, Custom Building
with a Personal Touch
