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Prominent Developer Robert D. Selleck Dies at 79

LOS ANGELES-The broker-turned-developer was responsible for several successful projects, particularly in the San Fernando Valley. His $100-million the Plant in Van Nuys is credited with reinvigorating the once-declining neighborhood.

By David W. Myers | Updated on March 25, 2001

LOS ANGELES-Robert D. Selleck, the prominent Southland developer and philanthropist known locally almost as well as his actor son, has died from complications following surgery. He was 79.

Like millions of others, Selleck moved to the LA area from the Midwest shortly after World War II. And, as Bing Crosby crooned in a popular song at the time, he made the San Fernando Valley his home.

Selleck hammered out a living in the Post War years by selling and leasing commercial real estate. “I don’t think people realize that he came out here… with nothing but the family car and the GI bill,” says one of his sons, actor Tom Selleck. “He bought an 1,100-sf house for $11,000 and he risked everything on a straight commission job.”

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