The person behind the ventures
01 / The storyALWAYS BUILDING.
Always becoming.
A business is a chapter.
The person behind it is the story.
I’m Garland Shields. My work has taken me through consumer businesses, real estate, technology, and business development. Each chapter has brought a different problem to solve—and something new to learn.
I’m drawn to practical ideas, independent thinking, and the possibility of helping people grow. The work matters. So do the people you do it with.
ONE LIFE.
Many chapters.
Milestones from my entrepreneurial journey.
See the possibility.
Do the work.
- 2002Aqua Massage Spas
The first chapter.
A consumer business that grew to eleven shopping-mall locations across New York and Connecticut.
- 2008YungJunk
Make it useful.
A textbook-rental business built around a straightforward problem: making books more affordable for students.
- 2010SubHut Realty
A place to begin.
A boutique apartment-rental brokerage, followed by a move into online listing syndication for owners, agents, and brokers.
- 2012Frozen Social
Build for the neighborhood.
An ice-cream parlor in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. A new chapter in local, hands-on entrepreneurship.
- 2015RealFeed
Connect the dots.
A real estate listing syndication platform bringing a technology perspective to the property world.
- 2017The BrickCity Group
See what a place can become.
A real estate investment firm focused on townhomes and commercial properties in Baltimore.
- NOW2017 to now / Shields Industries
The story continues.
Follow the next chapters at Shields Industries.
See the progress
ROOM TO
be human.
Cycling. Basketball. A good book. Time with family and friends. The moments outside business are part of what makes the work worthwhile.
A few moments along the way