Tom Fellman and Howard Kooper have dedicated their careers to changing the area’s rental housing landscape, through the belief their residents deserved something more. That shared belief brought them together in 1968 to create Broadmoor Development.
Born in Omaha, Tom Fellman attended Central High School and then the University of Oklahoma where he graduated with his Bachelor of Science in Real Estate and Accounting. He began his career as a staff accountant at Alexander Grant, spending his day breaking Frank Goldberg’s pencils. After a year, Tom started his journey as the Tom Fellman Company which built single family homes and duplexes and operated a property management company that included his personal investments along with retail strip centers of the Newman family. Howard Kooper, also an Omaha native, attended Central High School and went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Howard entered Creighton Law, but after a successful first year, Howard decided to switch his career to real estate. Since partnering with Tom in 1978, Howard has been the man in the office at least six days a week, overseeing daily operations, putting together the framework of the next deal, and strategies and foresight for the company’s growth.
