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He spent many of his 92 years as a mentor to other local businesspeople and entrepreneurs. Written By: Laura Butterbrodt | × Joel Labovitz at the University of Minnesota Duluth in October 1984. (Photo courtesy of the UMD Archives) Joel Labovitz spent much of his life cultivating Duluth’s economic development, the effects of which are still at work today through the national retail chain Maurices; Labovitz Enterprises and the Lion Hotel Group; and the Labovitz School of Business and Economics at the University of Minnesota Duluth. The entrepreneur, businessman and mentor d...

He made Maurices a national retailer, developed hotels and mentored generations of entrepreneurs.

'Towering ambassador' for Duluth business Joel Labovitz dies at 92 Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune © Star Tribune/Star Tribune/University of Minnesota Duluth/Star Tribune/TNS Joel Labovitza’s company owns the Holiday Center in Duluth and other hotels across the country. DULUTH – Joel Labovitz left a big stamp on the Duluth business community — one that officials and colleagues said was a powerful and positive force. He grew the family business, Maurices, into a national retail chain. He founded Labovitz Enterprises, which owns the Holiday Center in downtown Duluth and a c...