A family business since 1970 Founded in 1970 by Sam Cicero, Sr., Cicero's Development remains a family-owned business of renovation professionals. Sam Cicero, Sr. and his son, Sam, Jr., brought with them a wide array of talent, but most importantly, a set of core values they embedded deep into the corporate philosophy. Those values have allowed them to successfully grow to an organization that now serves every hotel brand in the hospitality industry along with major commercial property owners across the United States.