The Heller Company
The origins of The Heller Company trace back to 1945.  That is the year Mike Heller Sr. moved from Chicago to Sacramento and started his own construction company Continental Heller Corporation (CHC).  For the next 4 decades CHC grew into a regional power in the construction industry.  Heller earned a reputation for taking on the most complex and challenging jobs and he relished in bidding against the nation's largest contractors.  This was certainly the case in hometown Sacramento where Heller refused to lose a bid to any out-of-town competitor.  The company creed was Quality, Economy and Dependability and backbone was engineering excellence.  The Sacramento skyline is a testament to CHC's presence in the marketplace.  Most notable of CHC's project include the Atlanta Subway System, Vandenberg Airforce Base, Anaheim Stadium Expansion and local Sacramento projects such as 455 and 555 Capital Mall office towers, SMUD Headquarters Building, The IBM Building and the Restoration of the California State Capital.  In 1980, Heller sold the company to an international construction conglomerate and headed into retirement.  What remains is a distinguished reputation for excellence in construction, for the desire to compete and for innovation.  

The Heller Company (THC) now carries on this tradition.  In 1991, Heller and Son Mike Jr. teamed up to form THC.  Rather than build for third parties, the plan was to develop real estate for Heller's own account.  Heller Jr. came into the venture with a strong background in finance, leasing, and design.  United the two Heller's formed a formidable team with a broad base of expertise.  The 1990's were spent buying value-added office projects throughout Sacramento from distressed sellers.  The 2000's marked new construction of cutting edge, innovative office projects.  All facets of property investment, development, leasing and management were taken in-house and a quality portfolio of investment real estate emerged.  THC continues to this day as one of Sacramento's finest boutique developers committed to the same business principals established in 1945 by Mike Heller Sr.

Michael J. Heller, Sr.
Michael J. Heller, Sr. earned a BCSE degree with a major in Structural Engineering from Purdue University, where he was nominated for prestigious engineering and science honor societies. He founded the Continental Heller Corporation (CHC) in 1945 and worked on many prominent projects, including the total restoration of the Sacramento Capitol Building, the SMUD Building, NASA projects, and the Atlanta Subway System, as well as numerous department stores, manufacturing plants, and office and medical buildings around the country. Throughout his career he added sixteen buildings to the downtown skyline and was involved in multiple Sacramento area civic organizations. After many years enjoying retirement and traveling the world with family, Heller, Sr. passed away in October 2007. He is missed by all.

Michael J. Heller, Jr.
Michael J. Heller, Jr. was born and raised in the Sacramento area and is an alumnus of Jesuit High School. He attended the University of Southern California and earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a Finance major, and later a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis on Real Estate Development. In 1991 he joined with his father, Michael Heller, Sr., to create The Heller Company, a real estate development and management company, and has served as the President of The Heller Company ever since. Heller Jr. is a licensed California Real Estate Broker, on the Board of Directors of the Crocker Art Gallery, an active volunteer at Shriners Hospital in Sacramento, and a member of SACTO, the Sacramento Downtown Task Force, and the Mayor Commission on Development Services.