Since 1994 Yigal Lelah has been in the real estate development and construction business. Throughout this time, the company has built over several hundred single-family homes with expertise ranging from customer’s seeking the most luxurious homes up to $5,000,000.00 to first time home buyers with prices starting at $100,000.00 seeking the dream of homeownership. Yigal has completed close to $100,000,000.00 in homes sales.
Yigal has also been the developer of several custom homes in Beverly Hills, CA building in some of the most prestigious gated subdivisions in the hills above Los Angeles.
In addition to expanding his business within DFW, Yigal Lelah has been working with the City of Dallas Housing Department since 2002. Furthermore, the company Neighborhood Builder’s, CDC, a non-profit homebuilding company which Yigal is the executive director of, had CHDO status approved with the City of Dallas in 2010. Currently, Yigal is participating in two of the Dallas’ housing programs to bring affordable housing to South Dallas.
As land and finished lots became scarce Yigal started developing his own subdivisions for his Casa Bella line of homes focused on workforce housing and completing over 300 lots.
In 2008 Casa Bella homes was one of the few companies to successfully make its way through the recession of 2008 due to construction expertise, solid financial decision making and strategic management.
Of the awards Yigal has received, including The American Institute of Architects AIA in Ft. Worth and several of his properties being featured in print such as D Magazine and Home Builder, however, he is quoted saying that the greatest reward is “help[ing] a family purchase their first home”, and that “the joy, appreciation and excitement in their eyes is truly indescribable.” The gratifying experience has prompted Yigal to direct his focus on granting first time homebuyer’s and low-income families the same home buying experience as the experienced luxury buyer.
