Peter DePaul, the developer of Delaware River waterfront condominiums, has died. He was 95.
Peter DePaul, 95, of Blue Bell, foreman of The DePaul Group, former president of the bygone Keystone racetrack, and father of 11 and great-grandfather to 33, died Friday, Dec. 2, of an infection at ThomasMr. DePaul, born and raised in Germantown, left high school during his freshman year in 1942 to join the family business, Tony DePaul & Son, a highway and utility construction and material company. During his 80 years there, Mr.
Callahan remembered Mr. DePaul for his innate and occasionally obsessive business savvy: He would drive past apartment complexes and count the cars in their parking lots to estimate occupancy and would mentally tally how many tables were in a restaurant to see if they were turning profit during dinners.
The construction business often played a role in family life. Today, four of Mr. DePaul’s children and at least one grandchild work for The DePaul Group Bartynski’s son Andrew now works as a project manager for The DePaul Group, after starting in construction during Mr. DePaul used to own a stable of competitive race horses who ran tracks in New Jersey, Baltimore, and Delaware, and was president of The Keystone Racetrack before it became the Parx Casino in Bensalem. He also was a stakeholder in the bid for a Foxwoods Philadelphia Casino, and held positions on the boards of Temple University and Blue Cross.
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