ABOUT US

Founded in 1988 by Howard Bowen and Bill Harvin, American Star Development is one of the southeast’s premier commercial development companies. Combining their knowledge of mortgage banking and real estate and a well-geared construction mind, American Star’s two principals have made the company what it is today. Experience, expertise, and excellence all describe American Star. From small towns to large metropolitan areas, American Star has successfully developed over 40 shopping centers of various types including community centers, neighborhood centers, and lifestyle centers throughout the Southeast and Midwest regions of the United States. American Star always gets the deal done overcoming such challenges as difficult topographical areas, adverse weather conditions, and political re-zonings. American Star has developed for most well known “big box” tenants such as Wal-Mart, Lowes, Farm Fresh, Kmart, LA Fitness, Office Depot, Walgreen’s, Kroger, hhgregg, Staples, Food Lion, Winn Dixie, TJ Maxx and more. Most importantly, American Star is a development company with a history of producing quality shopping centers that enhance their surrounding communities. Visit our properties section to see a complete list of our developments.