Koury Corporation is a real estate evelopment company based in Greensboro, North Carolina. The company was founded by Joseph S. Koury in 1952 and it is one of the largest privately owned real estate companies in the United States. The company is very diversified and owns apartment complexes, hotels, condos, shopping centers, industrial parks, and residential communities. The Joseph S. Koury Convention Center is the largest hotel/convention center complex in the Carolinas (according to their website). Koury Corporation has a number of departments, including construction, real estate, business development, house keeping, communications, and at one time its own police department. The Company employs more than 1400 people in the Greensboro area.