Joe Lumer, CEO of WallyPark, Joe’s Auto Parks
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OE LUMER, CHIEF Executive Officer of the L&R Group of Companies in Los Angeles, drowned the last week in Decem- berwhile on a visit to
Argentina. He was 62. Lumer was vacationing with his
wife, Esther, in Buenos Aires and did not return from an early morning walk. His body was later found in the Rio de la Plata. Local police said foul play was not involved. “He was well respected in the
industry,” said Charles Bassett, COO of WallyPark, one of the companies that make up the L&R brand. “He will be missed for his leadership skills and vision.” WallyPark began in 1992 and has
grown to 11 locations in seven markets. Most recently it opened a 1,500 car facility at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Lumer was personally involved in the development of the property and the project. L&R also operates dozens of
Joe’s Auto Parks in downtown LA, and recently sold its interests in Net- work Parking, SystemParking and Five Star Parking. Many thought that “Joe’s” Auto
Parks was named after Lumer, but in fact it was named for an uncle who founded the business. The younger Joe Lumer was credited with growing the company from that local business into one of the nation’s largest parking prop- erty owners.
After World War II, the family
began to purchase vacant lots in down- town LA to create Joe’s Auto Parks. Much of the land has since been devel- oped with offices and condos. There are still 75 Joe’s parking lots in LA. Beyond his business acumen and
his involvement in the parking business, Lumer also had an extreme interest in the Holocaust. He wrote two books on the subject, including “Noah theWater Carrier and Other Stories,” a collection of short stories about Jews and Gentiles living in a small Polish city in the 1930s. The son of Holocaust survivors,
Lumer was born in a displaced per- sons’ camp in Germany in 1948 and grew up in Berlin. He came to the U.S. when he was 8, first to Detroit and lat- er to California. After college, he lived in Israel, but
returned to Los Angeles and took over the family business when his father became ill. In addition to his wife, Lumer is
survived by three sons,Gilad, Rayee and Nitzan.
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