Our History
In 1928, Howard W. Allen incorporated his bus line, Allen’s Auto Stage, as Missouri, Kansas & Oklahoma Coach Lines, Inc.. That small bus operation grew to become a regional intercity carrier serving the nation’s mid-section in both regular route and charter bus operations.
Diversification efforts in the early 1970’s established the company in the commercial real estate business under the name of Venture Properties. In an overhaul of the corporate structure in the late 1980’s, prior to the sale of the bus operating division, the corporate name was changed to H W Allen Co., LLC in tribute to the founder.
What We Do
Venture Properties owns and manages commercial real estate across Oklahoma, Arkansas and Colorado with most assets located in Tulsa. The company owns and operates roughly 700,000 square feet of retail and office space ranging in size from 3,000 to 150,000 square feet in addition to multiple land holdings. Most of the retail centers are tenanted by locally owned businesses and anchored by a large grocery or regional hardware store.
The company’s interests also include the MK&O Ranch, a commercial cow-calf operation in the Flint Hills of southeastern Kansas, oil and gas exploration, and various limited partnership real estate investments.